Member Spotlight

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...