Save the Date! LGBTQ Law 2008: Where Do We from Here?

Columbia Outlaws, the Columbia Program in Gender and Sexuality Law, and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association Foundation of Greater New York (LeGaL Foundation) and Columbia Outlaws are pleased to announce their upcoming law conference, "LGBTQ Law 2008: Where Do We Go from Here?", taking place at Columbia Law School on Saturday, November 15, 2008. The Conference will run from 9am – 5pm and a reception will follow.

The conference will serve as an opportunity to reflect on the November elections, commemorate recent legal victories, and strategize about the way forward for the LGBT civil rights movement. Six panel discussions will take place over the course of the day, covering topics such as marriage equality and full faith and credit in New York State, domestic violence and same sex access to family courts, issues affecting the transgender and intersex communities, and problems of homelessness among LGBTQ youth.

Registration is $10 for students and community members, $35 for lawyers and professionals, and may be completed securely online HERE. Continuing Law Education (CLE) credit will also be available through Columbia Law School for an additional fee.

Confirmed speakers include:

Noa Ben Asher, Columbia Law School, Associate at Law
Sean Cahill, Esq., Policy Director, Gay Men's Health Crisis
Natalie Chin, Esq., Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund
Anya Makari-Connolly, Esq., Urban Justice Center 
Hon. Daniel O’Donnell, Esq., New York York State Assembly Member 
Nancy Downing, Esq., Staff Attorney, Covenant House
Matt Faiella, Staff Attorney, New York Civil Liberties Union
Professor Katherine Franke, Director of the Columbia Program in Gender and Sexuality Law
Steven Goldstein, Esq., Executive Director, Garden State Equality
Professor Arthur S. Leonard, New York Law School & Editor of Lesbian/Gay Law Notes 
Glenn Magpantay, Esq., Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund 
Laurie Marin, Esq., First Vice President, LeGaL Foundation 
Sharon McGowan, Esq., Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union, LGBT Rights Project
Victoria Neilson, Esq., Legal Director, Immigration Equality
Stephanie Nilva, Esq., Executive Director, Day One 
Franklin Romero, Esq., Senior Attorney, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Sharon Stapel, Esq., Executive Director, NYC Lesbian & Gay Antiviolence Project
Jay Toole, Queers for Economic Justice
Evan Wolfson, Esq., Executive Director, Freedom to Marry

Columbia Delegation attends Lavender Law

Columbia sent eight (8) students to this year's Lavender Law Conference, held from September 3rd - September 6th at the Hyatt Embracadero in San Francisco, CA. Over the course of the four day conference, students attended a career fair, panel discussions presided over by preeminent LGBT legal scholars, and attended workshops aimed at improving the quality of LGBT lawyering.

The conference also saw the release of legal scholarship by recent Columbia Law graduate Adam Pulver. His article, “Gay Blood Revisionism: A Critical Analysis of Advocacy and the ‘Gay Blood Ban'", received First place awards at the 2007 NLGLA Conference in Chicago, was published in the Fall Volume of the Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane University Law School.

Our thanks go out to the Solomon Amelioration Committee for making our Lavender Law Trip possible!

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The 2008-2009 school year will be especially busy for Outlaws,
so stay tuned for information about our upcoming activities.