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Video Highlights:
Check out the video from our 2020 Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair!
- Dan Bradley Award – David Lat
- Frank Kameny Award – GLMA
- Leading Family Law Practitioner Award – Abby Rubenfeld
- 2020 Class of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40
- Student Leadership Awards – Ian F. Tapu + AK Shee
- Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition Awards – Cassidy Duckett + Ellen Bertels
- Preview: Addressing Racial Equity within the LGBTQ+ Legal Community
- Preview: Title VII and Beyond: The Scope of Civil Rights Protections in the Aftermath of Bostock/Stephens/Zarda
- Preview: Fighting The Rise of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legal Groups
- Preview: Why Trans Kids, Why Now: The Reactionary Attack on Transgender Rights
LGBT Bar 2019 Annual Report
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.
How We Support our Members:
Since 1989, we have been the legal voice of the LGBTQ+ community. With over 1700 members,
we are the largest LGBT Bar and Ally Lawyer association in the country.
Access to Clients
Every working professional understands the need for a strong network of industry relationships.
Access to Talent / Jobs
We work to provide access to top talent and jobs within the LGBT and ally legal community.
Access to Information
Information sharing is an essential part of staying ahead in the legal profession.
Advocate for Equality Within the Legal Profession
All people within the legal profession should be equal, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity & expression.
Shared Identity & Values
Shared values are what brings us together as a community of legal practitioners.
Access to Pro Bono Work
Oftentimes our members seek pro bono work where they can advocate for causes that are important to them.
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Counsel
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The National LGBT Bar cannot provide any legal counsel or advice. Please visit lgbtbar.org/gethelp for resources on how to find an LGBTQ+-friendly attorney.
Prima Facie
Member Spotlight
Paula M. Neira
SERVING HER COUNTRY AND HER COMMUNITIES Paula M. Neira holds both a law degree and a nursing degree, but she didn’t grow up thinking she’d be interested in either field. Neira graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy in 1985 and served primarily as a surface warfare officer until 1991, when she came to terms […]
Success Story
Debra Zepeda
Sometimes, life doesn’t always go according to plan. Debra Zepeda can certainly attest to this, having grown up most of her early life imagining she would become an engineer. Today, she’s an attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner practicing patent law. Throughout her life, Debra was always drawn to building and fixing things, figuring out […]
Events
LGBT Bar Annual Conference & Career Fair 2021
July 28, 2021 - July 30, 2021
Los Angeles, CA - Loews Hollywood HotelSCOTUS Bar Swearing In Ceremony
June 20, 2022
Supreme Court of the United StatesLGBT Bar Annual Conference & Career Fair 2022
July 13, 2022 - July 15, 2022
New York, NY - Marriott Marquis (**Please note new dates**)
LGBT Bar Annual Conference & Career Fair 2023
August 9, 2023 - August 11, 2023
Chicago, IL - Marriott Chicago Magnificent MileLGBT Bar Annual Conference & Career Fair 2024
August 7, 2024 - August 9, 2024
Washington DC, Renaissance Downtown DC