Conference Schedule
Midwest LGBT Law Conference
Friday, April 3, 2009 - Saturday, April 4, 2009
Conference Registration is free.* Complimentary breakfast and lunch during the Saturday conference sessions will be provided.
*The optional "Night Out" on Saturday evening may involve a small cover charge.
This is a Tentative Schedule
Friday Evening
Welcome Reception
Social Event
Saturday
| 9:30-10am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 10-11am | Transgender Rights Law |
| 11am-Noon | Winning Marriage Equality in the Court of Law and the Court of Public Opinion |
| Noon-1:30pm | Lunch and Discussion: The Future of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell & Military Recruitment on Law School Campuses |
| 1:30-2:30 | Parenting, Adoption, and LGBT Family Law |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | A Conversation on Being Out at Work |
| 4:00-6:00 | Networking Reception & Presentation of 2009 Advocate for Equality Award to Missouri State Senator Jolie Justus |
Saturday Evening
Time TBD - Night Out
Co-Sponsors Include:
- University of Missouri-Columbia Lambda Legal
- Saint Louis University Outlaw
- University of Illinois Outlaw
- KC LEGAL
- Lawyers for Equality
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis GLBT Committee
- Lambda Legal
For those that need accommodations, here are a few links for convenient options:
- Cheshire Inn: Close to the law school. Tell them you are in town for a Wash U Event and get the special event rate: $75 for one person, $10 per additional person: [view website]
- Knight Conference Center: Conference Center is on campus, next to the law school: [view website]
- A few other hotels nearby: [view website]
NOTE: If you are a current law student and are in need of housing accommodations for the conference at the home of a Wash U law student, please send an e-mail to Andy Holubeck at akholubeck@wulaw.wustl.edu and we will do our best to accommodate you.