Full Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, Lavender Law 2007 - Chicago events take place at the Chicago Hilton.

Your registration information will list room assignments.

Click here to see the PDF of the "Schedule at a Glance."

Wednesday, September 5

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Kick Off Celebration - Sponsored by and held at Winston & Strawn LLP, 35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago.

Everyone WELCOME!

Please RSVP with Maura McVey at Winston & Strawn: mmcvey@winston.com.

Thursday, September 6

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Registration/Information
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Career Services and Job Search Strategies for Law Students An experienced panel of law career services and legal recruitment professionals will discuss critical aspects of the job search from an LGBT perspective, from resumes and interviews to finding and researching gay-friendly legal employers. Carlos Dávila-Caballero, Mindy Baggish, Tom Grewe, Denise Brogan-Kator, Veta Richardson
10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.	Career Fair
10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Exciting New Service for Lavender Law Student Attendees! Individual Career Counseling!
Noon - 1 p.m.	NLGLA Board Meeting
Noon - 1 p.m.	Behind the Statistics, What Do Domestic Partner Benefits Mean to the LGBT Candidate? This session will provide LGBT job seekers with a description of possible questions to ask their prospective employers about domestic partner benefits and tips for analyzing whether the employers' policies are LGBT-friendly and consistent with best practices. We will discuss the most commonly-offered domestic partner benefits as well as some "cutting edge" policies that are offered only by the most LGBT-friendly employers. This session will help provide soon-to-be lawyers with the background they need to ensure that they are selecting a LGBT-friendly workplace. Todd Solomon CHI99_4872218_1 (ppt)
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Safe Space at Your School. This workshop provides an overview of Safe Space programs in schools in general, and then will discuss various aspects that are important for law schools to focus on and develop. The bulk of the presentation will discuss the nuts and bolts of implementing a Safe Space program, including: finding out whom to talk to, building a team and gaining support, planning, tailoring, and implementation. Finally, the workshop will review the Safe Space implementation at Chicago-Kent as a case study and use this as a basis for discussion. Safe Space Tools Daniel Attaway, Prof. Lawrence Levine, Prof. Perritt Resources List (doc) Ways that heterosexuality and homophobia hurt lgbt people (doc) Sample Agenda 1 (doc) Sample Agenda 2_faculty only (doc) Special Issues for GLBT Students (doc) Safe Space Workshop Symbols (doc) Top 5 tips on clients and co-workers (doc) Transgender Identity (doc) 6 Steps to Transition Your Workplace (doc) Becoming an ally (doc) Coming Out (doc) Coming out as a straight ally (doc) Definitions (doc) Developing a Safe Space NALP Article (doc) GLBT Legal Issues (doc) Heterosexual Questionnaire (doc) IMPLEMENTING A SAFE SPACE PROGRAM (doc) Match game (doc) Purpose of a Safe Space Program (doc) Recognizing & Assisting Students with Difficulties (doc)
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Law Student Ice Cream Social - Sponsored by Jones Day
3:30 - 5 p.m.	From FAIR (v. Rumsfeld) to Equal: The Top Five Things Law Students Can Do to Address the Discrimination Inherent in the Solomon Amendment - This workshop is a where do we go from here following the Supreme Court's 2006 decision in FAIR v. Rumsfeld upholding the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment. As a national constituency of advocates-in-training with a long-standing commitment to nondiscrimination in recruiting and a history that includes achieving a partial Congressional repeal of the Solomon Amendment in 1999, law students are uniquely situated to accelerate the effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Law students will return home from this practical workshop with concrete tools to advocate for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," using traditional methods, such as face-to-face lobbying and letter-writing campaigns, and more creative vehicles. Students will also leave understanding how to integrate these efforts into broader law school ameliorative efforts. Solomon/DADT Repeal Tool Kit (pdf) Sharra Greer, James Leipold, Kara Suffredini
6 - 8 p.m.	Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP for Recruiters, Candidates, Speakers and Attendees Presentation of the Dan Bradley Award to Patricia Logue Patricia M. Logue will receive NLGLA’s Dan Bradley Award. The Dan Bradley Award is NLGLA’s highest honor and recognizes efforts by a member of the LGBT legal community who has led the way for equality under the law. Dan Bradley was the first chair of the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee on the Rights of Gay People, now known as the Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Bradley saw the law as a powerful instrument of social justice, and he believed that lawyers had an obligation to place their skills as advocates at the service of the least powerful among us. Ms. Logue spent 14 years as an attorney with Lambda Legal. She began her career by opening Lambda Legal’s Midwest Regional Office in Chicago in 1993 as Managing Attorney. She also served as Interim Legal Director and Senior Counsel, as well as Director of Constitutional Litigation. Logue left Lambda Legal earlier this year to become an associate judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County. NLGLA is proud to bestow a lifetime achievement award to Pat Logue in recognition of her many years of legal work contributing to the rights, safety and respect our community gained during that time.

Friday, September 7

8 a.m.-5 p.m.	Registration/Information
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	*General Attendance Plenary Session One - Immigration Law in Context: "Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free; the Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore"*
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Concurrent Workshops - Session One
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Transgender Luncheon Reception
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Concurrent Workshops - Session Two
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Concurrent Workshops - Session Three
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	People of Color Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Seyfarth Shaw LLP Welcome comments by Irene Recio, Reed Smith NLGLA At-Large Board Member. Introductory comments by Atty. Melvin White President, D.C. Bar People of Color Keynote by Atty. El-Farouk Khaki
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.	Last Minute Addition to the Lavender Law Schedule: 2007 "Not For Women Only" Lake Cruise Lavender Law is teaming up with Shoreline Charters to make this year's 'Not For Women Only' Event truly special! The two-hour cruise around Lake Michigan will be held on Friday, September 7th after the People of Color Reception. Tickets will be available during Lavender Law Check-In beginning on Thursday, September 6th. Buy your tickets early - this event is guaranteed to sell out!

Saturday, September 8

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.	General Attendance Plenary Session Two - The Right and its Efforts to Unravel the Weave of Nondiscrimination Policies
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.	Concurrent Workshops - Session Four
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Law Student Lunch - Sponsored by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Workshops - Session Five
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	General Attendance Plenary Session Three - The Balkanization of the States and Family Law; What Practitioners and Students Need to Know about the Right Wing's "Public Policy Exception" and How it Leaves our Families Vulnerable
4:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Law Student Caucus & Send Off - Sponsored by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Michael Greenberg Writing Competition Awards. Announcement of the new Law Student Division Chairs for 2007 - 2008.