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LGBTQ Lawyers and Judges Raise the Bar at 2019 Lavender Law

POSTED ON August 23, 2019 In News Archive

By Michele Zipkin August 15, 2019 (Philadelphia Gay News) — In its highest attendance to date, the Lavender Law Conference took place in Philadelphia for the first time since 2002. Orchestrated by the LGBT Bar Association, the conference is a three-day series of panel discussions, networking events...

Diversity Lacking Among Massachusetts Judges

POSTED ON August 22, 2019 In LGBTQ Judges, News Archive

By Anaridis Rodriguez July 22, 2019 (WBZ CBS Boston) – Is the Massachusetts criminal justice system failing communities of color? WBZ-TV is looking at the state’s courts, prosecutors and prisons in a series of special reports this week. Out of 82 seats in the Commonwealth’s Superior Court,...

India Ponders Openly Gay Judge

POSTED ON August 22, 2019 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, News Archive

By Ajmer Singh, ET Bureau July 24, 2018 (The Economic Times, New Delhi) — The Supreme Court may have decriminalized homosexuality, but its collegium is being extremely cautious in appointing a judge, who is gay, to the Delhi High Court. ET has learned that the SC collegium,...

Judge Thomas Chiola in Pride Month Feature

POSTED ON August 4, 2019 In LGBTQ Judges, News Archive

By Sloane Oxley-Hase June 17, 2019 (2Civility) -- In recognition of Pride month, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism (Commission) featured biographies of LGBTQ+ legal professionals who have promoted a culture of civility and inclusion within the Illinois legal community. Thomas Chiola, 67, grew up in...