Every year, the sharpest legal minds in the LGBT community gather at the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association's annual conference and career fair.
Hundreds of practicing attorneys, dozens of scholars, over 500 students and many leading members of the judiciary are expected to attend over the course of this year's events.
Full Schedule
Wednesday, September 3rd
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. |
Welcome Celebration Sponsored by Nixon Peabody LLP |
Thursday, September 4th
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Recruiter and Attendee Check-In |
| 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. |
| 10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. | 2008 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 |
| 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Ice Cream Social |
| 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. | 20th Anniversary Celebration, Creative Black Tie Dinner Dance Presentation of the Dan Bradley Award Sponsored by Littler Mendelson |
Friday, September 5th
8 a.m.-5 p.m. |
Attendee Check-In |
| 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | General Attendance Plenary Session One The Way We Were: Legal Issues in Our Community, A History |
| 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 Lunch |
| 2 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 p.m. | People of Color Celebration Sponsored by Thomson West |
| 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. | Women's Night OUT and Men's Night OUT |
Saturday, September 6th
| 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | General Attendance Plenary Session Two Bias in the Legal Profession: Intersections of Gender, Race, Nationality and Sexual Orientation |
| 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. | Student Lunch Sponsored by Latham & Watkins |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. | Concurrent Workshops - Session Five |
| 3 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | General Attendance Plenary Session Three Legal Issues Facing our Community in 2008-2012 - Where We're Going and How We Will Keep Winning! |
| 4:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. | Law Student Celebration & Caucus Michael Greenberg Writing Competition Awards Winners Announcement of the 2009-2010 Law Student Division Chairs Sponsored by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |