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June 4-7, 2008
This event has been postponed
until Spring 2009
International Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Conference
Co-sponsored by the Williams Institute
Los Angeles
The International Lesbian and Gay Law Association (ILGLaw)
unites people around the world who are dedicated to the
principle of equality under the law for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people. Held every three years,
the ILGLaw Conference brings together attorneys,
academics and activists from around the globe to discuss
developments in sexual orientation and gender law, and
honors an individual with the Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
award for an important contribution to the cause of
legal equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people. This year's conference will take
place in Los Angeles and will feature panels and
presentations on topics including the continuing
criminalization of same-sex intimacy in many countries,
pension benefits eligibility, and legal partnership
recognition and other family law matters. For more
information or to register, please visit
www.ilglaw.org early
in 2008.
June 22, 2008
Please join us for a cocktail party at the home
of Norm Blachford and Peter Cooper to introduce the
Williams Institute to the San Diego, California
community.
Click here to RSVP
July 23-25, 2008
MCLE Program: International Perspectives on Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identity Law
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. 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.
Click here for more information or to register.
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