  LGBTQ Law 2008: Where Do We Go from Here? Columbia Law School Saturday, November 15, 2008 Register for the conference online. The LeGaL Foundation, Columbia Outlaws, and the Columbia Program in Gender and Sexuality Law 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 a forum for reflecting on the November elections, commemorating recent LGBTQ legal victories, and strategizing about the way forward for the LGBTQ civil rights movement. Seven panel discussions will be taking place on diverse topics such as same-sex access to family courts, transgender legal advocacy, reforms to HIV/AIDS & Immigration Law and LGBTQ youth homelessness. Confirmed speakers are listed below. Click here to view the conference program. Noa Ben Asher, Columbia Law School, Associate at Law Sean Cahill, Ph.D., Managing Director, Public Policy, 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 Romeo, Staff Attorney, Sylvia Rivera Legal Defense Fund Sharon Stapel, Esq., Executive Director, NYC Lesbian & Gay Antiviolence Project Jay Toole, Community Activist & Shelter Organizer, Queers for Economic Justice Evan Wolfson, Esq., Executive Director, Freedom to Marry Registration is free for Columbia students, $10 for non-CU students, and $35 for lawyers and professionals. 6 professional practice CLE credits will be available for an additional $65 (with scholarship CLE rates available). Please click here to register. |