
Ian B. Huyett

Welcome; this website is a collection of my scholarly work. I work as a litigator and have published scholarly articles on law and religion, the legal implications of the blockchain, and other interdisciplinary topics.
My legal and other commentary has appeared on The American Mind, American Reformer, The Stream, and New Hampshire Journal.
My practice is currently focused on religious liberty, issues affecting religious organizations, and related constitutional issues. I worked in general litigation for a regional law firm before serving as Head of Litigation at Cornerstone, a Christian advocacy group in New Hampshire. In 2018–2019, I was a judicial law clerk at the Augusta County Circuit Court in Staunton, Virginia. I received my J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 2018, where I was active in moot court and was awarded 2nd Place, Best Advocate at the DC Regional, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition for 2016–2017.
I was also president of my school’s chapter of the Christian Legal Society and completed internships with the general counsel of Cru—an international ministry organization—and with the Hillsborough County Attorney’s Office in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Legal Scholarship
- Ian Huyett, How to Overturn Employment Division v. Smith: A Historical Approach, 32 Regent U.L. Rev. (2020).
- Ian Huyett & Brian Quirk, The Potential of the Blockchain for Asset Protection Planning, Cumberland L. Rev. Online (2020).
- Ian Huyett, Christianity, Ethics, and Politics in the Age of Isabella Chow, 74 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. Online 619 (2019).
- Ian Huyett, Church History, Liberty, and Political Morality: A Response to Professor Calhoun, 74 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. Online 546 (2018).
- Ian Huyett, “As I Had Mercy on You”: Karla Faye Tucker, Immanuel Kant, and the Impossibility of Christian Retributivism, 1 Religio Et Lex 15 (Summer 2018).
Other Scholarship
- Ian Huyett, Religious Parallels to the Simulation Hypothesis: Gnosticism, Mormonism, and Neoplatonism, Sophia (2023).