Member Spotlight

Thoughts on Orlando

POSTED ON June 13, 2016 In Member Spotlight, Orlando

Adequate words cannot be found to express our sadness, anger, and outrage following yesterday's murder of our sisters, brothers and allies at The Pulse in Orlando, Florida. To family and friends of the victims and the Orlando LGBT Community, the Association offers its love, sympathy and...

Master of the Rolls

POSTED ON May 27, 2016 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

May 26th, The Guardian reported that "Sir Terence Etherton, Britain’s first openly gay senior judge, has been appointed master of the rolls, making him head of the civil judiciary in England and Wales." The article continues, The 64-year-old lawyer’s promotion was confirmed by an announcement from Downing Street...

History Check: Judge Benjamin J.F. Cruz

POSTED ON March 20, 2016 In LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

A correction is necessary regarding the confirmation of Justice Maite Oronoz Rodriguez as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. All the best information accessed by the news media was that Chief Justice Oronoz Rodriguez is the first openly LGBT Chief Judge in...

Justice Maite Oronoz Rodríguez, Nation’s First LGBT Chief Justice

POSTED ON March 8, 2016 In Member Spotlight

February 23, 2016, Lambda Legal announced: Late yesterday, the Puerto Rico Senate confirmed Associate Justice Maite Oronoz Rodriguez as Chief Justice of the commonwealth’s highest court. She will be the first openly LGBT chief justice in the country. Lambda Legal released the following statement from Staff...

Groundbreaking Report on LGBT Inequality in the California Courts

POSTED ON July 21, 2015 In Member Spotlight

The following Press Release is shared: California, July 15, 2015 – Despite recent success at the Supreme Court, numerous challenges to LGBT equality remain.  Among the remaining frontiers for full LGBT equality is equal representation in the state & federal judiciary.  It is both ironic and sad...

WRITING COMPETITION OPENS

POSTED ON January 27, 2015 In Member Spotlight

The Association is proud to announce that our writing competition for this year has been posted by the National LGBT Bar Association, along with the list of the winners of the first two years of the competition. Law students are encouraged to enter. Requirements include: TOPIC: Diversity...

President’s Award to Weathers Among Annual Meeting Highlights

POSTED ON September 5, 2014 In Member Spotlight

For his years of dedicated service as Treasurer and countless other contributions, Judge Theodore M. Weathers (Superior Court of California, San Diego County) has been honored with the International Association of LGBT Judges President's Award. President D. Zeke Zeidler (CA) presented the award to Judge Weathers...