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Mollie Thomas Runs as First Openly Gay Woman in Miss California Pageant

Mollie Thomas Runs as First Openly Gay Woman in Miss California Pageant

Alongside the Super Bowl and Fourth of July parades sits one of the most all-American activities of this country: Miss America. Many young people sat in front of the television…

As They Were Threatened, The Advocacy Group’s Ranking Of LGBT-Friendly Employers Slap Foley

As They Were Threatened, The Advocacy Group’s Ranking Of LGBT-Friendly Employers Slap Foley

The Human Right Campaign, which is the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group, released their 2012 Corporate Equality Index on Thursday, and dozens of the law firms…

Study: Biglaw Firms Must Do More for Diversity

Study: Biglaw Firms Must Do More for Diversity

A new study by the Minority Corporate Council Association says biglaw firms must do more to ensure that minority, female and LGBT attorneys have the same career opportunities as their…

Marshall Gerstein Attorney Establishes LGBT Scholarship

Jeremy D. Protas, an attorney with the intellectual property law firm of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, has announced the establishment of a patent law scholarship specifically for LGBT (“lesbian,…

Ex-Associate Accuses Firm of Gender Discrimination

Julie E. Kamps, a former associate with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, has filed a complaint with the US Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, as well as the New York…

New York Gubernatorial Aide to Join Kirkland & Ellis

New York Gubernatorial Aide to Join Kirkland & Ellis

Sean Patrick Maloney, the first deputy secretary to New York Governor David Paterson, resigned this week, effective at the end of the year. Maloney, who is openly gay, was a…

Gay Marriage Controversy Reaches UM Law School

Gay Marriage Controversy Reaches UM Law School

There seems to be a fracas in the making at the University of Michigan Law School, ignited by the controversy over California’s Proposition 8. Proposition 8 was a California ballot…