Tuesday, July 11, 2023
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Join DC LGBTQ+ Bar Association, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, and the LGBT Bar Association of New York for a free CLE webcast discussing the current wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the country.
Our community is facing a crisis in legislatures across the country.
So far, in 2023, state lawmakers have introduced approximately 500 bills that would limit the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans across the country. Nearly half of the discriminatory bills target transgender individuals, including legislation that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care and opportunities at work and school.
To help empower our members to take direct action by lending their talents to this cause, the DC LGBTQ+ Bar Association, in partnership with Eversheds Sutherland, will host a free CLE panel to discuss the current wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the country, including the impact on LGBTQ+ Americans, the broader global context and the legal and advocacy efforts to prevent or challenge enactment. This is a follow-up panel to the one we hosted last year — and we are excited to welcome back two fantastic leaders in our field.
Panelists:
- Casey Pick, Director of Law & Policy at The Trevor Project
- Ryan Thoreson, Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law
CLE Information
During this CLE, attendees will:
- Learn about the current legislative efforts and legal peril for LGBTQ+ individuals in both the domestic and global context
- Explore legal theories to challenge the implementation of legislation that targets LGBTQ+ individuals
- Discover opportunities to engage in pro bono legal efforts to protect LGBTQ+ communities
CLE credit is approved for this webcast in CA, GA, NE, NY, PA and TX. CLE credit is pending in IL, VA and WA. An individual attorney application may be required for attorneys licensed outside those states. Please check with your respective bar(s) for confirmation. This program’s content is transitional and is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced NY attorneys.
Reminder: distance learning courses should be attended in an educational setting that is free from distractions.
Panelist Bios
Casey Pick (she/her) is the Director of Law & Policy for The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. She works to advance state and federal policies that support LGBTQ youth in crisis, education policymakers and the public about LGBTQ youth/mental health issues. She also writes and coordinates amicus briefs, collaborates with state and local advocates and testifies in support of legislation to protect LGBTQ youth. Casey’s work has been featured in The Advocate, US News & World Report, The New York Times, NPR and MSNBC. Casey holds a bachelor’s degree in Government from Claremont McKenna College and a juris doctorate from the UCLA School of Law, and in 2019 was named one of the National LGBTQ Bar Association’s “40 Best LGBTQ Lawyers Under 40.” She can be found on Twitter at @CaseyJPick.
Ryan Thoreson (he/him) is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He previously worked as a researcher in the LGBT Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, where he focused on LGBT children’s rights and LGBT rights in the United States. He clerked for the Honorable Scott M. Matheson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and is a member of the New York State Bar. Dr. Thoreson holds a JD from Yale Law School, a DPhil in anthropology from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a BA in government and studies of women, gender and sexuality from Harvard University.