STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance

Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance (GALLA):  Want to be placed on  GALLA's e-mail list? e-mail GALLA@stu.jmls.edu            

Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance 

Upcoming Fall 2006 Events

• Lavender Law
• Protests of Military Recruiting
• Out at Work
• Alumni Reception

Good Luck on Finals!

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Other upcoming Events:

Lawyers for Diversity, July 27 at 6PM, @ the private roof deck @ Sidetrack (Roscoe and Halsted)

The Mid-Summer BBQ, aside from celebrating summer in Chicago, will be a networking and fundraising event to benefit four of Chicago's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community organizations: The Center on Halsted, Equality Illinois, the Gay and Lesbian Legal Alliance (GALLA) and the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (LAGBAC) Foundation.  This year promises to be the biggest ever and, like last year, we have invited special guests to speak on diversity in the legal profession.

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Meet the Presidents!

GALLA has two co-presidents for the Spring 2006 semester.  

Mark Seconsky is from Lansing, MI and attended DePaul University.  Mark majored in English and minored in Journalism.  Mark's legal interests include: civil rights, plaintiff's employment and tort law.

Michael Helfgott is from Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC.  Michael attended Macalester College in St. Paul, MN and majored in Economics.  Michael's legal interest is immigration law.

LGBT Links:

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, www.LavenderLaw.org

Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC) 

Chicago Bar Association Committee on the Legal Rights of Lesbians and Gay Men

American Constitution Society

American Constitution Society JMLS Chapter

Northwestern OutLaws CHICAGOGLBT Listserv: This new list, CHICAGOLGBT, is intended to facilitate the exchange of information on events and programming and to promote social interaction among the LGBTQ people on the Chicago campus and with the Evanston campus.

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LGBT Newspapers:
Chicago Free Press

Windy City Times

Florida's most talked about new gay newspaper - The Independent?