Date Chartered: 5/31/1983

Purpose

The Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues promotes the communication of ideas, interests and activities among members of the section and makes recommendations on matters concerning the interests of LGBT persons involved in legal education and on matters of interest in the teaching and improvement of the law relating to sexual orientation and gender identity issues.

Leadership   Section Members

Bylaws of the Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues

2024

Main Program
Works-in-Progress
Pedagogy
Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies and Scholarship Joint Program, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education
Family and Juvenile Law, Co-Sponsored by Minority Groups, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education
Clinical Legal Education, Co-Sponsored by Communications, Media and Information Law, Pro-Bono & Access to Justice, Technology, Law and Legal Education; and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Women in Legal Education

2023

Main Program
Works-in-Progress
Women in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies, Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School, Student Services, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Family and Juvenile Law (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Education Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Family and Juvenile Law Works-in-Progres (Co-Sponsored by Children and the Law, Education Law, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)

2022

Main Program
Women in Legal Education (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Aging and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Law and Sports (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Networking Session

2021

Main Program
Works in Progress
Aging and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Disability Law (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Law and Mental Disability (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Section on Children and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)

2020

Student Services and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Joint Program
Law and Mental Disability (Co-sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Works In Progress

2019

Main Program 1
Main Program 2
Civil Rights (Co-sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Family and Juvenile Law (Co-sponsored by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues)
Works In Progress

LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award

The Section invites nominations of outstanding individuals, programs, and institutions for the newly created LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award. The award recognizes innovative contributions to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in the legal academy and profession more broadly. The Section especially seeks nominations that focus on the inclusion of LGBTQ+ students, before, during, and after their legal education. Join the Section for updates regarding nomination deadlines and procedures.

Year Award Name Recipient Law School
2024 Individual LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award Libby Adler Northeastern University School of Law
2024 Institutional LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award Stetson University College of Law Stetson University College of Law
2023 Individual LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award Arthur Leonard New York Law School
2023 Institutional LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award Northeastern University School of Law Northeastern University School of Law
2021 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award Clifford Rosky University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law
2021 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award N/A Golden Gate University School of Law
2020 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award Susan Hazeldean Brooklyn Law School