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  • December 05, 2018

    Keep Up with Evolving Family Law Issues with Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & the Law

    The legal hurdles that LGBTQ individuals face present specific challenges. Get the foundational tools necessary to knowledgeably represent LBGTQ clients and other family law clients with the new Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & the Law from State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE.

    Dec. 5, 2018 – In 2015, the groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges changed the legal landscape around equality and family.

    Learn the legal challenges and gain a better understanding of the issues impacting your clients with Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & the Law from State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE®.

    Sexual Orientation opens the door to an ever-changing legal landscape by addressing issues of employment, education, health, and safety through the lens of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning community.

    Sexual Orientation is the first of two new volumes that expand on the previously published volume, Sexual Orientation & the Law, released shortly before the groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges1 affirmed that all individuals have the right to marry whomever they choose.

    Tackle Evolving Legal Issues

    The areas of law discussed in Sexual Orientation touch on every American life in some way, but the legal hurdles that LGBTQ individuals face present specific challenges. An attorney armed with this new book has the foundational tools necessary to knowledgeably represent LGBTQ clients.

    The book provides a fantastic overview of the unique legal issues that impact the LGBTQ community, including:

    • discrimination, cyberbullying, and harassment

    • use of school facilities

    • sports participation

    • privacy and confidentiality

    • Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, and WFEA protections

    • domestic abuse

    • hate crimes

    • gender transitioning

    • HIV

    The authors of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & the Law are among the most experienced in their fields. Christopher Krimmer, who provides the introduction to this volume, is a pre-eminent authority on gay and lesbian rights in Wisconsin. Like Krimmer, each chapter author injects a unique perspective and experience to make this important work come to fruition.

    A ‘Must-have’ When Working with LGBTQ Clients

    Abby Churchill, co-author of the chapter on gender transitioning, says the book is a must-have when working with LGBTQ clients.

    “Even if your clients aren't in your office to see you for one of the issues outlined in the book, you will likely have a better understanding of the ancillary issues impacting your clients,” she says. “This may help better frame the matter at hand for all involved.”

    Learn more from Abby Churchill – a 2018 Wisconsin Legal Innovator as founder of Trans Law Help Wisconsin – and co-author Nick Fairweather on issues involving transgender clients in this Sept. 5, 2018, InsideTrack article.

    How to Order

    Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & the Law is available in print for $119 for members and $149 for nonmembers.

    For more information or to place an order, visit the WisBar Marketplace or call the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.

    Endnotes

    1 135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015)

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