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.