Out in the Mountains, April 1991 : Vermont Law School Hosts Gay/Lesbian Legal Seminar

On Thursday, March 14, a legal education seminar was held at the Vermont Law School (VLS) in South Royalton entitled "Legal Perspectives on Lesbian and Bay Concerns in the 1990's." Nearly seventy people, many of them Vermont lawyers and law students, attended the informative session, which was sponsored by the VLS Alliance for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students; the VLS Student Bar Association, and the Vermont Law School itself.

Susan Sussman of the Vermont Human Rights Commission moderated the panel discussion, which included Mary Bonauto of the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAAD) in Boston; Heather Wishik, a practicing lawyer in Vermont; and Evan Wolfson of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York.

The speakers were all intense and informative and covered three major areas: employment discrimination, lesbian and gay family issues, and HIV/AIDS legal matters. Over the coming months, OITM will feature synopses of each of the three presentations in our "Law" pages.

Special thanks are due to David Nelson, Dana Buker, Mary Ann Samaha, and Phil Lewis of VLS for their hard work in organizing this impressive event.

The first feature article, on legal matters concerning families of lesbians and gay men, appears inside on page 14.