LGBT Bar 2019 Annual Report
This annual report describes the LGBT Bar’s efforts over the past year to provide our members and our community the resources, actions, and support needed to promote LGBTQ+ equality across the legal profession in the fiscal year of 2019.
This annual report describes the LGBT Bar’s efforts over the past year to provide our members and our community the resources, actions, and support needed to promote LGBTQ+ equality across the legal profession in the fiscal year of 2019.
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ADVOCACY & PROGRAMS<br />
This year, the <strong>LGBT</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> expanded our campaign against the <strong>LGBT</strong>Q+ panic defense, bestowed<br />
nearly 50 awards, and hosted our biggest Lavender Law® Conference and Career Fair to date.<br />
<strong>LGBT</strong>Q+ PANIC DEFENSE<br />
The <strong>LGBT</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> is proud to be<br />
leading the effort to ban the<br />
<strong>LGBT</strong>Q+ panic defense.<br />
As of November 1, <strong>2019</strong>,<br />
the following states passed<br />
legislation to ban the<br />
defense strategy: California,<br />
Illinois, Rhode Island, Nevada,<br />
Connecticut, Maine, Hawaii,<br />
and New York.<br />
As of November 1, <strong>2019</strong>,<br />
the following jurisdictions<br />
introduced legislation to<br />
ban the defense strategy:<br />
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,<br />
New Jersey, Minnesota, Texas,<br />
New Mexico, Washington, D.C.,<br />
and Washington state.<br />
AWARDS<br />
This year, we celebrated <strong>LGBT</strong>Q+ and ally<br />
legal professionals and law students whose<br />
work has made a positive impact on the<br />
<strong>LGBT</strong>Q+ legal community through seven award<br />
categories:<br />
• Dan Bradley Award<br />
• Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award<br />
• Best <strong>LGBT</strong>Q+ Lawyers Under 40 Awards<br />
• Frank Kameny Award<br />
• Student Leadership Award<br />
• Leading Practitioners Award<br />
• Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition<br />
<strong>2019</strong> LAVENDER LAW<br />
CONFERENCE AND CAREER FAIR<br />
Our <strong>2019</strong> Lavender Law Conference & Career<br />
Fair was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with<br />
around 1,700 registered attendees, including over<br />
370 law students from around the country. This<br />
year’s conference brought in over 200 sponsors<br />
and more than 180 recruiters, including law firms,<br />
government agencies, and nonprofits.<br />
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<strong>2019</strong> ANNUAL REPORT
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