Member Spotlight

Name Change To Be Finalized At Annual General Meeting

POSTED ON July 7, 2012 In Member Spotlight

Our Annual General Meeting will convene at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, August 24th, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., site of the 2012 Annual Lavender Career and Law Conference. Among many exciting items on the Agenda is a vote to finalize last year's resolution...

Harris Denied Seat on New Jersey Supreme Court

POSTED ON June 2, 2012 In Member Spotlight

On May 31, the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the nomination of Bruce Harris to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Had his nomination been confirmed, Harris, the mayor of Chatham Borough, “would have been the first openly gay and third African-American justice on...

Discrimination Against LGBT Jurors Highlighted

POSTED ON May 12, 2012 In Member Spotlight

Journalist Andy Birkey explores flagrant discrimination against prospective jurors on the basis of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identification in a recent Colorado Independent article. The examination goes as far back as the trial of Dan White for the murder of San Francisco Supervisor...

Student Writing Competition Inaugurated

POSTED ON February 21, 2012 In Member Spotlight

For the first time, the International Association of LGBT Judges (IALGJ) and the National LGBT Bar Association are sponsoring a writing competition open to law students who will be attending the 2012 Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair. Students may choose to write about one of these...

Batts Weds, Robinson Nominated

POSTED ON November 14, 2011 In Appointments/Elections, Member Spotlight

Congratulations to United States District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts and Vermont State Supreme Court nominee Beth Robinson. “Judge Deborah A. Batts and Dr. Gwen Lois Zornberg were married Saturday evening at the St. Gregory hotel in Washington. Emily C. Hewitt, the chief judge of the...

Report of 2011 Annual Meeting

POSTED ON October 8, 2011 In Member Spotlight

First Step Towards Name Change is Among Many Highlights of Annual Meeting The Association’s September 9, 2011 Annual General Meeting convened at 12:19 PM in the Solano Room of the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel during the Lavender Law Conference.  Outgoing President Judge Paul Feinman (NY) presided over a...

President’s Message

POSTED ON August 19, 2011 In Member Spotlight

The IALGJ is busy working in conjunction with the National LGBT Bar Association and our California members to plan for our upcoming Annual Meeting, which will be held in conjunction with the Lavender Law Conference. The conference and career fair are scheduled for September 8...