{"id":17425,"date":"2026-01-23T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgbtqbar.org\/annual\/?page_id=17425"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:56:32","slug":"qlss-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lgbtqbar.org\/annual\/qlss-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Queer Legal Scholarship Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Calling all legal professionals interested in the academic track!<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]You are invited to join the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association & Foundation for our second annual Queer Legal Scholarship Symposium (QLSS)!<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s QLSS has been expanded to a full-day program, running concurrently with the annual Lavender Law\u00ae Conference and Career Fair in Chicago, IL, at the Chicago Marriott Marquis (hotel information <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>; QLSS attendees are eligible to use the Lavender Law\u00ae block rate).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 <\/span>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.<\/p>\n

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\u00ae Career Fair.) <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Registrants may register by either of two <\/span>unique<\/b> tracks:<\/span><\/p>\n