General Attendance Sessions
General Attendance Plenary I:
The Way We Were: Legal Issues in Our Community, A History
Lavender Law celebrates its 20th Anniversary by featuring the wealth of people who were instrumental in starting the LGBT legal movement. This plenary consists of the foremothers and forefathers of the movement, who will provide an inspirational and historical perspective on the LGBT movement in general, and also on 20 years of Lavender Law history.
Welcoming Remarks: Hon. James L. Warren, San Francisco Superior Court (Retired)
Moderator: Professor Bill Eskridge, Yale Law School
Phyllis Frye, Transgender Legal
Abby Rubenfeld, Vanderbilt Law School
Bridget Wilson, Rosenstein, Wilson & Dean, PLC
Friday, September 5, 2008 9:00-10:30am
General Attendance Plenary II:
Bias in the Legal Profession: Intersections of Gender, Race, Nationality, and Sexual Orientation
A diverse group of scholars and practitioners, including ones from opposite sides in the recent, historic California marriage litigation, will examine some of the constitutional and personal dimensions of the intersections of gender, race, nationality, and sexual orientation as they are reflected in U.S. legal systems and those systems’ varying responses to bias and discrimination.
Moderator: Professor Larry Levine, New York Law School
Kim Forde-Mazrui, University of Virginia School of Law
Mia F. Yamamoto, Private Practice
Chris Krueger, California Attorney General's Office
Therese Stewart, Office of the City Attorney for San Francisco
David Cruz, University of Southern California
Saturday, September 6, 2008 9:00-10:30am
General Attendance Plenary III:
Legal Issues Facing Our Community in 2008-2012 - Where We're Going and How We Will Keep Winning!
Key leaders of major LGBT advocacy organizations share how they, and their advocacy groups, are working to achieve equality and to identify critical legal issues facing the community in the years ahead. This plenary will look at the future, from 2008 to 2012, to comport with NLGLA’s new strategic plan.
Moderator: Professor Julie Greenberg, Thomas Jefferson Law School
Matthew Coles, American Civil Liberties Union
Kenneth Upton, Lambda Legal
Kate Kendell, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Victoria Neilsen, Immigration Equality
Kathi Westcott, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Saturday, September 6, 2008 3:15-4:45pm