The Defense of Marriage Act and anti-gay legislation during the Sochi Olympic games are chief among diversity law issues that will be explored at the 2014 American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting Feb. 5-10 in Chicago’s Swissotel, 323 E. Upper Wacker Dr., and the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Upper Wacker Dr.
Among the programs on the schedule are “Hot Topics in Diversity Law,” “DOMA Overruled: Implications for Health Care Plans and Other Employee Benefits” and “Olympian Troubles: Responses to Russia’s Anti-Gay Legislation During the Sochi Winter Olympics.”
In addition, the Stonewall Awards will take place Feb. 7. Three lawyers who have advanced LGBT legal issues will be recognized. Honorees are Judge Elaine Kaplan of the United States Court of Federal Claims, retired Justice Jim Nelson of the Montana Supreme Court and Stephen Whittle of Manchester Metropolitan University.
See www.AmericanBar.org.