Calling all legal professionals interested in the academic track!

You are invited to join the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association & Foundation for our second annual Queer Legal Scholarship Symposium (QLSS)!

This year’s QLSS has been expanded to a full-day program, running concurrently with the annual Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair in Chicago, IL, at the Chicago Marriott Marquis (hotel information here; QLSS attendees are eligible to use the Lavender Law® block rate). 

A morning session will be dedicated to those interested in entering academia, with a robust panel discussion on joining the academy. We will then run our first session of presentations of legal scholarship on LGBTQ+-related topics from prospective and junior legal academics, after which audience members are encouraged to ask questions and offer comments. A mid-day luncheon and law professor caucus meeting will then be held, followed by two additional afternoon sessions of legal scholarship presentations on LGBTQ+-related topics with engaging commentary.  Those attendees interested in ultimately joining the legal academy are encouraged to reach out the Bar for personalized opportunities to participate in moot interviews with current faculty.

The Symposium will be open to all current academics as well as those lawyers interested in joining the legal academic community. Law students seeking an LLM, SJD, or other advanced degree are welcome; those in their rising 1L to 3L years are not eligible for attendance at the QLSS except for the initial program about entering the teaching profession (after which students will be asked to move to the Lavender Law® Career Fair.)

Registrants may register by either of two unique tracks:

• As a full attendee of the three-day Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair
  • July 13-15 in Chicago, IL | Register now for the full Conference at regular conference rates – QLSS attendance is included in full Lavender Law® registration. Then, please visit this page of our program agenda to register for the QLSS (pre-registration is mandatory.) Thank you!

• As a symposium-only attendee

• • July 13 QLSS ONLY in Chicago, IL | Register now and enter the promo code QLSS in Step 2, which will add the “Queer Legal Scholarship Symposium” option. Select this option as your registration type. The regular registration rate for this one-day opportunity is $250; active members of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association receive a discounted rate of $200.
    • NOTE: Our registration system will walk you through all steps as though you are a full attendee, but this registration type does not cover any additional programs, luncheons, or events. If you wish to upgrade to a full Lavender Law® attendee, you may do so up to 2 weeks prior to the conference by emailing us at programs@lgbtqbar.org.

For questions about registration, please contact Lia at lia@lgbtqbar.org; for questions about the Symposium, please contact Judi O’Kelley at judi@lgbtqbar.org.