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William Durland (1931- ) is a U.S. attorney, peace activist, author, and former member of the Virginia State Legislature.

Education and Professional Life
He received an Bachelor's degree from Bucknell University in 1953, and a LL.B. degree from Georgetown Law School in 1959. In 1975 he earned an M.A. in Biblical Theology and Nonviolence from Notre Dame University and in 1977 he received a PhD. from Union Graduate School at Antioch College in Political and Religious Philosophy.

He served in the Virginia House of Delegates as a Democrat representing the 27th District (which at the time represented the County of Fairfax and the cities of Fairfax, Virginia and Falls Church, Virginia) from 1966-1969)

Durland has practiced in the areas of International, Constitutional and Military law with an emphasis on human right and civil liberties for more than 40 years. He argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar,.

Books Authored
William Durland has written several books on theology and Nonviolence including God or Nations Radial Theology for the Religous Peace Movement (1989), No King but Caesar (1975), People pay for peace: A military tax refusal guide for radical religious pacifists and people of conscience (1980), ''Ethical Issues. A Search for the Contemporary Conscience (1975), The apocalyptic witness: A radical calling for our own times (1988), and The illegality of war'' (1983).

Peace Activism
In 2002, Bill and his wife Genie traveled to Iraq as part of a delegation from Christian Peacemaker Teams.

In 2005, Durland defended Dale Bartell before a court-martial at Fort Carson.

In 2008 Durland served on the defense teams of Robin Long and Daniel Sandate the first two U.S. soldiers deported from Canada, after having fled to Canada to avoid fighting in the Iraq War.