W. Cole Durham, Jr. is the Susa Young Gates Professor of Law and Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University. For the past 20 years, Durham has been an untiring advocate of law and religion throughout the world. In his work directing the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Professor Durham has hosted nearly 700 delegates from over 100 countries at the annual law and religion symposium at the University. Professor Durham has also presented at hundreds of conferences, training sessions, and classes on the topics of human rights and the principles of religious freedom.

Professor Durham recieved his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as Note Editor of the Harvard Law Review and Managing Editor of the Harvard International Law Review.