John Steenhof

John Steenhof is the principal lawyer at the Human Rights Law Alliance, a not-for-profit law firm based in Canberra, Australia, that specialises in religious liberty and freedom of thought, speech, and conscience.

He is a follower of Jesus Christ, the undeserving husband of Lana, and a devoted father to Johnny, Conrad, Annalies, James, Julia, and Richard.

John had twenty years’ experience in law prior to the establishment of HRLA in 2019. HRLA regularly represents clients in religious freedom cases, advises Christians, churches, schools and organisations, and advocates at Federal and State levels for laws that protect fundamental freedoms of religion, thought, speech and conscience.