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Seventh Annual Update on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Policy
 

Friday, February 22, 2008
Seventh Annual Update on Sexual Orientation Law and Policy
UCLA School of Law

The Williams Institute's Seventh Annual Update featured panels and presentations exploring recent developments in sexual orientation law and policy. Panelists included Professor Jody Armour, USC Gould School of Law; Williams Institute Research Director Lee Badgett;
Stuart Biegel, UCLA School of Law; Professor Grace Blumberg, UCLA School of Law; Toni Broaddus, President & Executive Director of the Equality Federation & the Equality Federation Institute; Professor David Cruz, USC Gould School of Law; Jon Davidson, Legal Director, Lambda Legal; Professor Chai Feldblum, Director of the Federal Legislation Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center; Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Williams Institute Senior Research Fellow Gary J. Gates; Professor Angela Harris, Boalt Hall School of Law; Fred Hertz, Attorney;  Professor Nan Hunter, Brooklyn Law School; Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights; Professor Mignon Moore, Sociology Department, UCLA; Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow Doug NeJaime; Professor Nancy Polikoff, American University Washington College of Law; Professor Russell Robinson, UCLA School of Law; Williams Institute Public Policy Fellow Adam Romero; Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow Cliff Rosky; Williams Institute Executive Director Brad Sears; Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow Dean Spade;  Lee Swislow, Executive Director of GLAD; Kenji Yoshino, Guido Calabresi Professor, Yale Law School; and Deborah Wald, Founder of The Wald Law Group.


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Keynote - The Constitutional Claim for Equality in LGBT Rights Litigation (Nan Hunter, Kenji Yoshino and Brad Sears)

Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Couples (Lee Swislow, Kate Kendell, Gary Gates and Jon Davidson)

(Lunchtime Sessions were not filmed)

Beyond Marriage (Grace Blumberg, Nancy Polikoff and Angela Harris)

Anti-Discrimination Legislation (Toni Broaddus, Matt Foreman, Dean Spade and David Cruz)

Beyond Anti-Discrimination Legislation (Chai Feldblum, Lee Badgett, Jody Armour and Russell Robinson)