FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >Friday, August 21, 1998 > >For more information: >Chris Norris (617) 350-8657 > > > >NLGLA TO HOLD LAVENDER LAW 98 CONFERENCE IN BOSTON - OCTOBER 15-17, 1998 > > >The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, an affiliate of the American >Bar Association, announced today that the 7th Annual Lavender Law >Conference will be held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts >from October 15-17, 1998. Lavender Law 1998 offers training for practicing >attorneys and debates on evolving legal issues confronting the gay, >lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Presenters and attendees are >practicing attorneys, judges, law professors and law students who share >this unique opportunity to gather and teach, think, learn and debate the >full range of issues facing the GLBT Community. The Conference offers two >plenary meeting sessions, six workshop breakout session periods with over >40 individual workshops, and two substantive plenary sessions: the Civil >Rights Roundtable and a new and exciting addition entitled "The Place of >Morality in the Struggle for Civil Rights." Lavender Law 1998 begins on >Thursday, October 15, with afternoon workshops and presentations, followed >by the opening plenary and reception featuring Keynote Speaker the >Honorable BARNEY FRANK. Friday includes a full day of workshops and >presentations. Saturday morning activities include final workshops and the >Dan Bradley Luncheon, which honors the outstanding efforts of a member of >the GLBT community who has led the way for equality under the law. The >Conference concludes with a mid-afternoon plenary session. Join NLGLA as >we celebrate a decade of progress in the national legal community - attend >Lavender Law 1998. > >Visit the NLGLA's newly updated web site at www.nlgla.org, for the latest >information about Lavender Law, including full conference programming, >hotel, registration and travel details and a printable conference >registration form. For a conference brochure, email your name and address >to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or call (617) 350-8657. For hotel reservations (rates >good until September 18th) call the Boston Park Plaza Hotel at >800-225-2008. For travel assistance, please call Five Star Travel, the >official conference travel agent at 800-FLY-1999 (800-359-1999). > > ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 56 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
