[Hamp-law] LAW LUNCH OCT 12: Same-Sex Marriage in MA

[Flavio Risech]

LAW LUNCH Oct 12: Marriage for Same-Sex Couples: Where Are We and 
Where Are We Going?

Jennifer Levi of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), 
Boston, and co-counsel on the landmark Goodrich case that established 
equal access to legal marriage for same-sex couples in Massachusetts, 
will join us for an informal talk on the current status and future 
direction of queer family law.

This is the first of three events this semester examining the 
importance of legal recognition for queer relationships, co-sponsored 
by the Law Program and the QCA. On October 17 at 5pm Jim de Seve 
speaks and screens his powerful documentary about the impact of the 
denial of legal status on working class queers, "Tying the Knot", and 
in November we will have a guest speaker with a critical take on what 
the prioritizing of equal marriage means for a more progressive queer 
agenda.

Please join us!

This event is on Thursday, October 12th, 2006.
It is held at : Dakin Living Room, Hampshire College
This event starts at 12:00pm and ends at 1:00pm

Biography:
Jennifer L. Levi works on a wide range of cases defending the civil 
rights and civil liberties of gay men, lesbians, and transgender 
people.  She was co-counsel in the case of Goodridge v. Dept. of 
Public Health in which she successfully represented seven same-sex 
couples denied the right to marry in Massachusetts.  She was lead 
counsel in the cases of Albano et al. v. Reilly, challenging the 
Massachusetts anti-marriage ballot initiative, and Doe v. Yunits, 
representing a transgender student denied the right to attend school 
because of the clothing she wore, among many others.
Jennifer is an Assistant Professor of Law at Western New England 
College.  She serves on the Legal Committee of the Harry Benjamin 
International Gender Dysphoria Association, and is a founding member 
of both the Transgender Law & Policy Institute and the Massachusetts 
Transgender Political Coalition.
Jennifer is a graduate of Wellesley College (1985) and the University 
of Chicago Law School (1992).  She has also taught law at the 
Chicago-Kent Law School and is a former law clerk for Judge Michael 
Boudin at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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