LGBT law conference in Chicago March 4-5
The Chicago-Kent Lambdas is hosting an LGBT civil-rights conference March 4-5 at the Chicago-Kent School of Law, 565 W. Adams.
Forums will cover subjects such as transgender rights; hate crimes and bullying; the history of criminalization; elder law; and marriage-equality legislation. There will also be an opening and closing reception (sponsored by, respectively, Hinshaw & Culbertson and Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo.
Activist Art Johnston, owner of Sidetrack and a co-founder of Equality Illinois, will deliver the keynote address at the conference’s opening reception at 6 p.m. on March 4 at the Michael Lew Gallery, 415 S. Sangamon.
The public is invited, but people need to register for the free two-day event. Registration is available at www.cklambdas.com/register and all the information about the conference is at www.cklambdas.com.
Pride Law sports new blog
Pride Law, an online forum that focuses on serving the unique legal needs of the LGBT community, has a new and improved blog, found at www.pridelaw.blogspot.com.
As part of its online marketing efforts, Pride Law is urging people to visit the blog and make posts.