“This clinic is really working toward changing the atmosphere that still kind of endorses the discrimination and abuse of gay people,” Stark says. “It’s not just using litigation as a means of changing the field, but also looking into ways to collaborate with non-governmental organizations and ways to work with state attorneys general to try and improve conditions…. The skills this clinic offers are wide-ranging, such that they could really enhance any law student’s experience. We think and discuss how to provide holistic lawyering and to be strategic — balancing both a client and the greater cause.”
The American Bar Association is also addressing these issues with the creation of the Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, which has as its goal eliminating bias and discrimination in the legal profession, the justice system and society. Jeffrey G. Gibson will chair the commission, which has its first meeting in Washington, D.C. Nov. 30-Dec. 1.
--Lois Elfman
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