The Equalizer - Winter 2017

LGBTQ Attorneys

Q & A with Hon. Tonya Parker

Interview with Hon. Tonya Parker

LGBTQ Attorneys

Two SOGI Commissioners selected for Ms. JD Mentor Program

This past year, the American Bar Association's (“ABA”) Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (“SOGI”) was pleased to learn that two of its Commissioners, Mr. Victor Marquez and Ms. Evlia Rosales-Arriola, were nominated for, and accepted, roles as Mentors in the 2016-17 Ms. JD Fellowship Program.

LGBTQ Attorneys

Model Rule 8.4

BY: SKIP HARSCH

ABA House Of Delegates voted overwhelmingly to make it an outright violation of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) for a lawyer to engage in conduct “that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status in conduct related to the practice of law.”

LGBTQ Attorneys

Supreme Court Transgender Case

BY: ANNA POHL

The Supreme Court may finally resolve this year whether federal laws that prohibit sex discrimination protect transgender people.

LGBTQ Attorneys

SOGI Ally Toolkit Goes International

BY: SKIP HARSCH

Japan is on the cusp of LGBT change. An extremely homogeneous society, or at least perceived to be, Japan has been slow to advance the rights of LGBT persons.

LGBTQ Attorneys

SOGI Liaison Highlight

BY: MATT MECOLI

Matt Mecoli SOGI Liaison Highlight