Civil liberties activist Barry W. Lynn will address students at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Robinson law building. The public is invited free of charge.

Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, will speak as part of Cumberland’s Cordell Hull Speakers Forum.

His topic will be “A day without separation of church and state.”

Lynn has held his post at Americans United since 1992. Prior to that, he was legislative counsel for American Civil Liberties Union, and held other positions with organizations related to religious liberty.