Thursday, April 29
 
Gay Marriage: PBI/CLE Accredited Courses
1:30 to 5 p.m.
Pennsylvania Bar Institute Center
Wanamaker Building
Juniper and Market Streets, 10th Floor
Admission: $159 member PA or any county bar association; $179 non-member; $50 non-lawyer (no credit).
For information visit www.pbi.org or call 1-800-247-4724.
 

In collaboration with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute/Continuing Legal Education (PBI/CLE), the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights and the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Equality Forum offers this 3-credit course on gay marriage. Credits are accepted for CLE requirements by most states.

Keynote Speaker: Douglas Elliott, President, International Lesbian & Gay Law Association.

Panel I – Civil Unions & Gay Marriage: A Spectrum of Institutions
Moderator: Stacey Sobel, Executive Director, Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights.
Panelists: John Culhane, Law Professor, Widener University School of Law; and Carlos Ball, Law Professor, Penn State Dickinson School of Law.

Panel II – Crossing Lines/Crossing Borders: Civil Unions, Gay Marriage and Recognition of Rights
Moderator: Douglas Elliott, President, International Lesbian & Gay Law Association.
Panelists: Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, the first gay couple to marry in North America; Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; Adam Aronson, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund.

For information visit www.pbi.org or call 1-800-247-4724.

Related links:
Freedom to Marry
Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
Canadian Parliament
Penn State Dickinson School of Law
International Lesbian & Gay Law Association
Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund


Stacey Sobel
 

Douglas Elliott