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LGBT Law Annual Forum 2016
This year's annual forum will discuss updates in legislation and case law affecting the LGBT community, as well as best practices in civil rights cases and religious freedom cases. Also included is a session on practice tips for representing transgender clients. In addition, we will have an ethics session on representing and communicating with clients in the LGBT community. Lunch will be provided, allowing for networking.
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PARKING: You may park in the Commerce Street Garage (corner of 3rd Avenue/Commerce St.). We will be validating parking tickets, so please make sure to bring your ticket!
Speakers/Producers
- Regina Hillman, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law,
Professor Regina L. Hillman graduated summa cum laude from The University of Memphis in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of...
- Jesse Ehrenfeld M.D., Vanderbilt University ,
Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, is a board-certified anesthesiologist with an extensive background in clinical research, advocacy, and healthcare policy. For the past decade, he has advocated on behalf of...
- Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), San Francisco
Shannon Price Minter is the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...
- Marisa Richmond, Middle Tennessee State University,
Marisa currently teaches in the Department of History and Women's and Gender Studies Program at Middle Tennessee State University. She has her A.B. from Harvard University, her M.A. from...
- Abby Rubenfeld, Rubenfeld Law Office, PC, Nashville
Abby Rubenfeld has a general law practice in Nashville with an emphasis on family law, civil rights,and sexual orientation and AIDS-related issues. She was co-counsel for the Tennessee plaintiffs in...
- Chris Sanders, Tennessee Equality Project, Nashville
Chris Sanders is executive director of Tennessee Equality Project, a statewide organization that works for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. Chris has lived in...
- Valorie Vojdik, University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville
Professor Valorie K. Vojdik joined the University of Tennessee College of Law faculty in 2011 as Professor of Law and served as Director of Clinical Programs from 2011-2015. She currently teaches...
- Hedy Weinberg , ACLU of Tennessee,
Hedy Weinberg joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee as their Executive Director in 1984. An affiliate of the National ACLU, ACLU-TN’s mission is to protect and promote the...
This course is no longer available for purchase.
- Registration: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Schedule: 12:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Tennessee Bar Center, 221 4th Ave. N.
- Free Wi-Fi
- LGBT section members receive section discount
- Parking validation (corner of 3rd Avenue/Commerce St.)
- Lunch included
- Ethics credit
General Credits: 3.00
Total Credits: 4.5
This program will be filed for Tennessee CLE credit. Please contact TBA for Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama credit.
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