Lavender Law Conference
From Phyllis Frye, PRFrye@aol.com
What, When, Where
The Lavender Law Conference is the annual legal event for the lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. It is being held on October 15-17
in Boston.
Workshop Clusters
Interest workshop clusters include but are not limited to AIDS, Careers, Civil
Rights, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Youth Concerns, Transgender
Law and two Plenary Sessions.
Workshop Titles
Workshops include but are not limited to the Impact of Abbot, ADA, Insurance,
Confidentiality, Job Search, Litigating under Romer, First Amendment, Solomon
Amendment, Grass Roots Organizing, LGBT Elder Rights, Hate Crimes, Domestic
Violence, Same-Sex Harassment, Adoption, Drafting Documents for Forming
Families, Divorce in the Same-Sex Relationship, Legislative Strategies,
Domestic Partnership, Health and Social Services for LGBT Youth, LGBT Youth
and the Schools, Transgender Overview, Building FTM/Lesbian Coalition,
Communications Law, Handling Media, LGBT in the Military, Civil Rights
Roundtable, and a Morality Debate.
Panelists And Speakers
Speakers include but are not limited to Spencer Bergstedt, Patricia Cain,
Diana Cicotello, Matt Coles, Mary Coombs, Henry Doering, Beatrice Dohrn, Sarah
Douglas, Paula Ettelbrick, Chai Feldblum, Taylor Flynn, Phyllis Frye, Judge
Linda Giles, Suzanne Goldberg, Aeyal Gross, Ruth Harlow, Nan Hunter, Rebecca
Isaacs, Kate Kendall, Jean Love, Shannon Minter, Dixon Osburn, Nancy Polikoff,
Robert Raben, Abby Rubenfeld, Bill Rubenstein, Sharon Stuart, Urvashi Vaid,
Melinda Whiteway and Evan Wolfson.
LGBT Organizations Represented By Speakers
Organizations represented by the various speakers include but are not limited
to the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and
Defenders, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal Defense and Education fund,
Lesbian ande Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, National Center for Lesbian
Rights, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Policy Institute, Network for
Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund,
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and the Transgendr Law Conference (aka
ICTLEP).
Housing
The official hotel for the event is the Boston Park Plaza Hotel at
1-800-225-2008. NLGLA hopes that you reserve with the Boston Park Plaza.
Even so, if you simply cannot afford to come otherwise and need alternative
housing, call Five Star Travel at 617-536-1999 or startrvl@aol.com for other
arrangments.
Flying
American Airlines is the official airline. For flights, contact Five Star
Travel.
Registration
Registration fees are based on income with a large discount for law students.
Similarly are NLGLA membership fees. And registration fees do get a break for
early sign-up. All of this can be found at www.nlgla.org. Or send a long SSAE ($.55 US) to Phyllis Frye, 5707 Firenza, Houston, TX 77035 and request a brochure.
Event Sponsors
Lavender Law is sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
(NLGLA) which is the ONLY -- that is ONLY -- queer law organization directly
affiliated with the American Bar Association (ABA). The web address is
http://www.nlgla.org. This year's Lavender Law is also being promoted by the Transgender Law Conference (aka ICTLEP) and is IN LIEU OF the annual ICTLEP conference for 1998. For ICTLEP information, contact ictlephdq@aol.com or
607-547-4118.
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