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Law students, lawyers and admission professionals talk candidly about the issues and opportunities facing the gay or lesbian law school candidate. Some of the issues addressed include coming out (or not) on your application, identifying schools that are "gay-friendly" and supportive, and the importance of mentors. Several prominent gay attorneys from across the country are profiled as well.
Chapter 1 - Coming Out (or Not) on Your Law School Application
Topic: Several law school students reveal how they arrived at their individual decisions on whether to come out on their law school applications. Law school admission professionals and professors weigh in as well on this question.
Duration: 4 minutes, 03 seconds
File Size: 16.2 MB
Chapter 2 - Support on Campus
Topic: Law students give tips on identifying the "gay friendliness" of a law school.
Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds
File Size: 14.5 MB
Chapter 3 - Role Models and Mentors
Topic: A California attorney and politician talks about how being an out lesbian affected her run for office in some surprising ways; law school professors talk about the importance of having openly gay faculty and other mentors in the law school environment.
Duration: 4 minutes, 08 seconds
File Size: 16.7 MB
Chapter 4 - The Law Profession's Changing Climate
Topic: A lesbian attorney compares her past experiences in a large cosmopolitan city with her current life (and thriving practice) in a smaller, more rural, area. An administrative judge who opened doors for other gay elected officials in a Midwestern city relates how his career inspired younger lawyers; a gay lawyer in Kansas describes his experience with finding a clerkship in that area.
Duration: 5 minutes, 20 seconds
File Size: 21.3 MB
Chapter 5 - Building Bridges to the Future
Topic: A veteran gay lawyer, now married to his partner of 25 years, discusses his victory in being elected head of his local bar association; several younger lawyers, who are both gay and persons of color, discuss the importance of creating "bridges and coalitions" between groups, especially in the prosecution of hate crimes.
Duration: 2 minutes, 58 seconds
File Size: 11.9 MB
Chapter 6 - Beyond Law School
Topic: A female lawyer – formerly a man – talks about her experience being the first out-of-the-closet transgender attorney in Texas. An admission professional tells how sexual orientation issues have become part of the conversation in law school.
Duration: 4 minutes, 46 seconds
File Size: 19.2 MB
