Roger Clegg writes, speaks, and conducts research on legal issues raised by the civil-rights laws. He is vice president and general counsel at the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank that specializes in civil rights, immigration, and bilingual-education issues.

From 1982 to 1993, Clegg held a number of positions at the U.S. Department of Justice, including assistant to the solicitor general, where he argued three cases before the United States Supreme Court, and was the number-two official in the Civil Rights Division and Environment Division. From 1993 to 1997, Clegg was vice president and general counsel of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, where he wrote and edited a variety of publications on legal issues of interest to business. He is a graduate of Rice University and Yale Law School.

Clegg lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with his wife and son.