Each year, the National LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law® Conference provides a challenging and rewarding learning experience for our attendees and presenters. To cater to our highly diverse demographic of practitioners, legal scholars, members of the judiciary, and law students, the latter of whom make up half of the conference attendees, both introductory and advanced content will be presented.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
- Community Building Workshops
- General Attendance Session One
- VIP Sponsor & Corporate Counsel Brunch
- Concurrent Session A
- Concurrent Session B
- Concurrent Session C
Thursday, August 8, 2019
- Community Building Workshops
- General Attendance Session Two
- Concurrent Session D
- Concurrent Session E
- Concurrent Session F
Friday, August 9, 2019
- Law Student Career Planning Programming (NALP) and Continental Breakfast (Sponsored by Walmart Legal)
- Lateral Program
- How to Go In-House
- Corporate Counsel Luncheon Program (Sponsored by ACC Foundation)
- Lawyering En Español
- Insurance Law Institute
Community Building Workshops
Top August 7, 2019 | 7:45 am - 9:00 am12 Step/Recovery Meeting
LGBT Bar Affiliates' Problem Solving Work Session: Programs, Events, and Fundraising
General Attendance Session One
Top August 7, 2019 | 9:00 am - 10:30 amElection 2020
VIP Sponsor & Corporate Counsel Brunch
Top August 7, 2019 | 10:30 am - 12:15 pmBeyond a Perfect Score
Concurrent Session A
Top August 7, 2019 | 10:45 am - 12:15 pmA Comparative Discussion on the Intersectionality of American, Civil and Islamic Jurisprudences and its Impact on Everyday Life (Sponsored by VERMEG)
Administrative Law: The Lawyer's Tool for Government Action
After Pena-Rodriguez: Recent Cases on Anti-LGBT Jury Bias
Basic Vocabulary, Resources, and Information about and for Non-Binary, Intersex, and Gender Non-Conforming Lawyers
Breaking ID Barriers: Progress in ID Policy Work and Litigation
Future Directions for LGBTQ Law Reform
LGBTQ Sex Workers and the Criminal Law
No License to Discriminate
Redefining Intimate Partner Violence & Sexual Violence for Trans, Queer & HIV-Affected Communities
What Do You Mean My HIV Prevents Me From Serving My Country?
Concurrent Session B
Top August 7, 2019 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmA Comprehensive Look at Transgender Equality in the Workplace
Advocating for LGBTQ+ Issues in Law Schools
An Exploration of anti-LGBTQ Biases in the Criminal Justice System
Innovative Approaches to Deepen and Enhance Law Firm/In-House Relationships (Sponsored by Shell Oil Company)
Intersex & Nonbinary Considerations in Law & Policy
LGBTQ Youth Homelessness: Strategies for Reducing over-Representation and Addressing Systemic and Day-to-Day Legal Challenges (Sponsored by Hanson Bridgett LLP)
Moving the Legislative Ball on HIV Criminalization Reform at the State Level
Old New World: What is on the Horizon for LGBT Elders (and Your Future) (Sponsored by Horvitz & Levy LLP)
Protecting LGBTQ Lives By Restoring the Rule of Law to the US Immigration System
Proven Tactics for Retaining Diverse Law Firm Talent
The Right to Parent: Advanced LGBT+ Family-Building & Assisted Reproductive Technology
Trade in the Time of Trump
Concurrent Session C
Top August 7, 2019 | 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm"But I am on the Birth Certificate!": Understanding the Interplay of Birth Records, Marital Presumption of Parentage, Adoption Proceedings and Contested Parentage Cases in a Post-Pavan Era
A Lifetime of Power: How the Trump Administration is Overhauling the Judiciary with Anti-LGBT Judges
An Intersectional and Inclusive Approach to Workplace Trainings and Policies (Sponsored by Target Corporation)
Bi Caucus
Intersectional Lesbian Lawyers and Their Superpowers - Crushing it in the Private Sector
Law Professor & Law Student Caucus
Legal Services Caucus
Open and Authentic Service: Update and Strategies re Transgender Service Members
PrEP, TelePrEP, and Long-Acting PrEP: Legal and Policy Issues in the Current and Future HIV Landscape
Prosecutor Caucus
Saving LGBTQ Asylum in the Age of Divided Politics: The Case for Lawyers & Technology (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
Textual Healing
Community Building Workshops
Top August 8, 2019 | 7:45 am - 9:00 am12 Step/Recovery Meeting
LGBT Bar Affiliates' Problem Solving Work Session: Compliance, Administration, and Communications
General Attendance Session Two
Top August 8, 2019 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am2018-2019 SCOTUS Review: The Conservative Face of the Court
Concurrent Session D
Top August 8, 2019 | 10:45 am - 12:15 pmEfficient Resolution of Trans Issues without Expensive Lawyering and Litigation
Federal Benefits for LGBT Spouses/Partners and Children
Federal HIV Policy: Contradictions, Opportunities and Challenges
From the Middle to the Center: Visibilizing Bisexuality and Non-Binary Sexual Orientations in the Discourse Around LGBTQ+ Access to Justice
LGBTQ Employment Law in Practice (Sponsored by Wells Fargo)
LGBTQ State & Local Bar Affiliate Congress Caucus
Red State Rebuttal - Advocating for LGBTQ Clients in Conservative Regions
- Develop a deeper understanding of legal challenges facing LGBTQ clients in conservative jurisdictions.
- Compare/contrast the public policies that may underpin the statutes and policies impacting LGBTQ clients in conservative jurisdictions.
- Learn how practitioners in conservative jurisdictions are successfully advocating for LGBTQ clients.
The Dilemma of Queer Youth and Mental Health: Protecting Clients' Privacy Rights, Providing Pathways for Appropriate Medical Treatment, and Improving Client Outcomes
The Intersection of LGBTQ Rights and Reproductive Rights in the Newly Configured Supreme Court
Turning Crumbs Into Wedding Cake: What We Can Learn From the Historic Role of State Courts in Relationship Recognition
Concurrent Session E
Top August 8, 2019 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmDefending Anti-Conversion Therapy Laws & Suing Conversion Therapists in a Post-NIFLA World
Heterosexism, Global Business Travel and LGBTQ Rights
Impacting the LGBTQ+ Community through a Pro Bono Legal Clinic
Joining Together to "Erase Hate" and Embrace Diversity: How LGBTQ+ Lawyers Can Live Their Best Lives at Work
Medicare for All - what's in it (or should be) for LGBTQ persons?
New Frontiers of Environmental and Energy Law: from Climate Change to Corporate Sustainability
On the Basis of Sex(ual Orientation or Gender Identity): Administrative Options for LGBTQ+ Employees in a Time of Title VII Uncertainty
Pathways to the Judiciary
Transgender Parents and Children in Custody Proceedings
Walking the Path to Partnership
Additional CLE Materials:
- The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor (copyright 2010)
- The Path to Partnership: A Guide for Junior Associates by Steven C. Bennett (copyright 2004)
- What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles (copyright 1970)
Concurrent Session F
Top August 8, 2019 | 3:45 pm - 5:15 pmBefore, During and After: What are an employer's responsibilities when an employee transitions gender?
Consensual Non-Monogamy, Polyamory, and Polyparenting
Corporate Counsel Speed Networking
Estate Planning: Everything You Need to Know But Didn’t Think to Ask!
Law School Congress & Affiliate Group Meeting
Pushing Back Against "No Promo Homo" Laws and Other Restrictions on LGBTQ-Affirming Curricular Content
Shhh It's a Secret (or Isn't It?): Practical Ins and Outs of Health Care Privacy and Cybersecurity
SOGI Issues in the Courts: What Courts Are Doing to Assure Procedural Fairness and Advance Access to Justice for LGBTQ+ Court Users
The Alternative Path to Diversity, Inclusion and Equity
The Criminalization to Incarceration Pipeline of LGBTQ+ People
The Global Movement for LGBTIQ Freedom: Colonial-Era Anti-Sodomy Laws, American Evangelicals, "Gender Ideology," and Why It All Matters
Title IX and the Future of Protection for Students
Law Student Career Planning Programming (NALP) and Continental Breakfast (Sponsored by Walmart Legal)
Top August 9, 2019 | 8:00 am - 10:15 amCareer Planning Program
Lateral Program
Top August 9, 2019 | 8:30 am - 10:00 amMaking The Move: Best Practices for Lateral Candidates
How to Go In-House
Top August 9, 2019 | 10:15 am - 11:45 amCareer Advice for Law Students and Laterals from Seasoned In-House Counsel (Sponsored by T-Mobile)
Corporate Counsel Luncheon Program (Sponsored by ACC Foundation)
Top August 9, 2019 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pmACC Presents: Building a Diverse Leadership Pipeline and Disrupting General Counsel Demographics
Lawyering En Español
Top August 9, 2019 | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pmLawyering in Español
Insurance Law Institute
Top August 9, 2019 | 1:45 pm - 4:00 pmInsurance Law Institute
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