Learn about the state and federal laws governing the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Understand the unique challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community, and hear strategies for attorneys to address those concerns. This new 3-hour program highlights recent developments in this rapidly-changing field of law, and looks forward to how the LGBTQ+ legal landscape is likely to develop next.
Participants gain an understanding of the major developments in the field of LGBTQ+ law since the Supreme Court’s 2015 marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The faculty discuss the major constitutional and statutory protections that apply to LGBTQ+ people on the federal level, as well as state-level protections in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Participants gain an understanding of the legal challenges currently facing members of the LGBTQ+ community, and what the near future of LGBTQ+ advocacy looks like.
Participants gain an understanding of the major developments in the field of LGBTQ+ law since the Supreme Court’s 2015 marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The faculty discuss the major constitutional and statutory protections that apply to LGBTQ+ people on the federal level, as well as state-level protections in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Participants gain an understanding of the legal challenges currently facing members of the LGBTQ+ community, and what the near future of LGBTQ+ advocacy looks like.
Course Content
9:30 am - 9:35 am
9:35 am - 9:50 am
9:50 am - 10:25 am
10:25 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:10 am
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
Please Note
Speakers
ChairAlexander Chen, Esq.,
Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston
Faculty
Patience Crozier, Esq.,
GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Boston
Mason J. Dunn,
GLSEN, New York
Chris M. Erchull, Esq.,
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Boston
