MCLE Program
International Perspectives
on
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law
July 23-25
University of
Amsterdam in the Netherlands
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Co-sponsored by the Williams Institute, Whittier Law
School and Hofstra Law School
This three-day program will
offer attorneys the opportunity to earn up to 17 units of
MCLE credit (including elimination of bias (CA only), ethics in the
profession and substance abuse credits) while studying
International LGBT legal issues in historic Amsterdam. The
program will be led by leading experts in LGBT legal issues
from the United States and Europe including:
· Lee
Badgett, Research Director, The Williams Institute
·
Jon Davidson,
Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
·
Paula
Ettelbrick, Executive Director of the International Gay and
Lesbian Human Rights Commission
·
Elizabeth
Glazer, Professor, Hofstra Law School
·
John Heilman,
Professor, Whittier Law School
·
David Kaye,
Executive Director,
International Human Rights Program, UCLA School of Law
·
Holning Lau,
Professor, Hofstra Law School
·
Jenny Pizer,
Senior Counsel, Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund
·
Russell
Robinson, Professor, UCLA Law
·
Brad Sears,
Executive Director, The Williams Institute, UCLA Law
·
Kees Waaldijk,
Doctor of Law, Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands
·
Evan Wolfson,
Executive Director, Freedom to Marry
Participants will also have
the chance to interact with over twenty-five law students
and lawyers from around the world attending a month-long
summer program co-sponsored by Whittier Law School and the
Williams Institute. Credits will be approved in advance for
California and New York and will include one unit of
elimination of bias, three units of ethics, and one unit of
substance abuse credit. Registration for the entire program
will be $1150, including one lunch and one cocktail
reception.
Checks should be made payable to "Whittier Law School."
The Radisson SAS, Amsterdam
is offering a special room rate from July
22-July 27th for reservations made before June 2nd. Please
call their reservations desk at +31
20 5208300 and ask to
book a room under the Williams Institute room block.
Checks should be made
payable to "Whittier Law School."
Registration
will be considered complete upon receipt of payment.
Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis
and is not limited to lawyers.
UCLA
School of Law is a state bar of California approved MCLE
provider.
Hofstra Law School is an Accredited Provider of New York
State Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. New York CLE
credits are available to satisfy the mandatory requirements
for non-transitional attorneys. No credit
can be given for partial attendance. Scholarships are
available.
For more information, contact Darcy Pottle at
pottle@law.ucla.edu
or at 310-825-8760. |
