Guide to the National Lesbian And Gay Law Association (U.S.) Records,
1988-2008.

Collection Number: 7742

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:

Brenda Marston

Date completed:

January 2007

EAD encoding:

Michael Luther, January 2007
Sara McDermott, October 2009

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (U.S.) records, 1988-2008.

Collection Number:

7742

Creator:

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (U.S.)

Quantity:

6.2 cubic feet

Forms of Material:

Administrative files, conference materials and ephemera, law publications

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Programs and planning documents for Lavender Law conferences, Board of Directors files, by-laws and long-range planning documents, correspondence, and brochures, t-shirts, and other publicity pieces for the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA) is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender legal organizations. NLGLA promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity.

At the 1987 march on Washington, DC for lesbian and gay rights, the idea of creating a national lesbian and gay bar association was introduced. The first Lavender Law® conference was held in San Francisco, in November 1988. In 1989, at the American Bar Association Mid-Year meeting, by-laws were presented, and a nonprofit board of directors was formalized. By the time of the second board meeting in 1989 in Boston, the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA) had 293 paid members. NLGLA initiated a campaign to ask the American Bar Assocation (ABA) to include protection based upon on sexual orientation to its revision of the Model Code of Judicial Conduct for Judges, which has now been accepted by several states. In 1992, NLGLA became an official affiliate of the American Bar Association and it now works closely with the ABA's Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities and its Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SUBJECTS

Names:

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (U.S.)

Subjects:

Homosexuality--Law and legislation.

Gays--Legal status, laws, etc.

Lesbians--Legal status, laws, etc.

Bias (Law).

Civil rights--Law and legislation.

Unmarried couples--Legal status, laws, etc.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (U.S.) records, #7742. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection.

SERIES LIST

Series I. National Organization	Boxes 1-2
Series II. Conferences	Boxes 2-7
Series III. Affiliate Organizations	Box 6
Series IV. Educational and Informative Publications Related to Lesbian/Gay Law	Box 6

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I. National Organization
	Bylaws, Structure, and Long-Term Planning
October 18, 1998	Bylaws	Box 1	Folder 1
August 1, 1998	Bylaws	Box 1	Folder 2
August 1997	Business Plan	Box 1	Folder 3
July 1997	Natalie Butto Restructure/Long Term Plan	Box 1	Folder 4
January 1997	Natalie Butto Restructure/Long Term Plan	Box 1	Folder 5-6
1997	James Schwartz Bylaw Committee	Box 1	Folder 7
1997	Board of Directors Policies and Procedures	Box 1	Folder 8
1996-1997	Membership Marketing Plan	Box 1	Folder 9
1995	Policies and Procedures	Box 1	Folder 10
1994-1997	Bylaws	Box 1	Folder 11
1994	Bylaws, Amendments, and Organizational Proposals	Box 1	Folder 12
1993	Long Range Planning	Box 1	Folder 13
1992	"Grants for Minorities"	Box 1	Folder 14
1990	How to Form a Lesbian/Gay Law Association	Box 1	Folder 15
	Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation of NLGLA Organizations	Box 1	Folder 16
	Policies and Procedures	Box 1	Folder 17
	Board of Directors
1999	Board of Directors Meeting--Agenda and Meeting Documents	Box 1	Folder 18
1998	Board Meeting Minutes	Box 1	Folder 19
1997	Agendas	Box 1	Folder 20
1997	Minutes	Box 1	Folder 21
1997	Messages Regarding Membership	Box 1	Folder 22
1997	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 23
1996-1997	Board Member Reports	Box 1	Folder 24
1996	Board Meetings	Box 1	Folder 25-26
1996	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 27
1995	History	Box 1	Folder 28
1994-1996	Agendas, Miscellaneous	Box 1	Folder 29
1994	Judicial Education and Selection Committee Board Member Report	Box 1	Folder 30
1994	Board of Directors	Box 1	Folder 31
1994	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 32-33
1994	NLGLA Meeting Photographs	Box 1	Folder 34
1993-1994	Board Meetings	Box 1	Folder 35
1993	Board of Directors	Box 1	Folder 36
1993	Legal Counsil	Box 1	Folder 37
1993	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 38
1992-1993	Committees	Box 1	Folder 39
1992	Correspondence	Box 1	Folder 40
	Balance Sheets	Box 1	Folder 41
	Judicial Nominations Projects	Box 1	Folder 42
	Membership	Box 1	Folder 43
	Amicus Curiae Briefs
	NLGLA Amicus Curiae Brief Policy	Box 1	Folder 44
	Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights v. Rumsfeld	Box 1	Folder 45-47
1992	Amicus Curiae Briefs	Box 2	Folder 1
	Amicus Curiae Briefs	Box 2	Folder 2
	Newsletters and Brochures
	Brochures	Box 2	Folder 3
	Law and Sexuality: The Official Legal Journal of the NLGLA	Box 2	Folder 4
1993-1997	Correspondence Regarding Newsletters	Box 2	Folder 5
1995-2004	Newsletters	Box 2	Folder 6
1990-1994	Newsletters	Box 2	Folder 7
2003-2004	Membership Directory	Box 2	Folder 8
2001	Membership Directory	Box 2	Folder 9-10
2000	Membership Directory	Box 2	Folder 11
1999	Membership Directory Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 12
1999	Membership Directory	Box 2	Folder 13
1993-1994	Membership Directory	Box 2	Folder 14
	Series II. Conferences
	Lavender Law I (1988 San Francisco)
	"Timeline" (Program Committee)	Box 2	Folder 15
	Speakers	Box 2	Folder 16
	Publicity and Attendance	Box 2	Folder 17
	Lavender Law II (1990 Atlanta)
	Program Committee	Box 2	Folder 18
	Speaker Suggestions	Box 2	Folder 19
	Minority Speaker Suggestions	Box 2	Folder 20
	Potential Speakers and Panels	Box 2	Folder 21-22
	Speakers	Box 2	Folder 23
	Topic Areas	Box 2	Folder 24
	Sodomy Law Reform Day	Box 2	Folder 25
	AIDS Law Day	Box 2	Folder 26
	Publicity	Box 2	Folder 27
	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 28
	Program and Schedule	Box 2	Folder 29
	Post-Conference Reports	Box 2	Folder 30
	Evaluations	Box 2	Folder 31
	Lavender Law III (1992 Chicago)
	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 32
	Biographies and Resumes	Box 2	Folder 33
	"Activist Tract"--Civil Rights Speakers	Box 2	Folder 34
	Conference materials	Box 2	Folder 35
	Attendees' Welcome Materials	Box 2	Folder 36
	AIDS Law Day	Box 2	Folder 37
	Lavender Law IV (1994 Portland)
	Executive Committee	Box 3	Folder 1
	Location Selection Process	Box 3	Folder 2
	Panelist Biographies	Box 3	Folder 3
	Panelist Questionnaire	Box 3	Folder 4
	Continuing Legal Education	Box 3	Folder 5
	Tentative Agendas	Box 3	Folder 6
	Publicity	Box 3	Folder 7
	Materials for First Day (AIDS/Family/Anti-Gay Initiatives Law Day)	Box 3	Folder 8
	Materials for General Conference Programming (Bound and Loose Copies)	Box 3	Folder 9-11
	Lavender Law V (1996 New Orleans)
	Location Selection Process	Box 3	Folder 12
	Correspondence and Event Planning	Box 3	Folder 13
	Continuing Legal Education	Box 3	Folder 14
	Publicity and Mass Mailings	Box 3	Folder 15
	Conference Materials (Binder 1)	Box 3	Folder 16-18
	Conference Materials (Binder 2)	Box 3	Folder 19-21
	Conference Materials (Binder 3--Official Copy)	Box 3	Folder 22-24
	White and Black Lavender Law V T-Shirts	Box 7
	Lavender Law 1997, West Hollywood
	On-Site Inspection Report	Box 4	Folder 1
	Correspondence and Event Planning	Box 4	Folder 2
	Endorsements and Program Advertising	Box 4	Folder 3
	Gill Foundation Grant	Box 4	Folder 4
	Publicity and Mass Mailings	Box 4	Folder 5
	Drafts of Welcome Materials	Box 4	Folder 6
	Conference Materials	Box 4	Folder 7-10
	Post-Conference Feedback	Box 4	Folder 11
	Lavender Law 1998, Boston
	Correspondence and Event Planning	Box 4	Folder 12
	Publicity and Mass Mailings	Box 4	Folder 13
	Lavender Law 1999, Seattle
	Location Search: Madison Renaissance Hotel	Box 4	Folder 14
	Publicity and Mass Mailings	Box 4	Folder 15
	Conference Materials	Box 4	Folder 16-18
	Melinda M. Whiteway Nametag	Box 7
	Lavender Law 2000, Washington D.C.
	Brochures and Website	Box 4	Folder 19
	Conference Materials	Box 4	Folder 20
	Lavender Law 2001, Dallas
	Conference Materials	Box 4	Folder 21-24
	Lavender Law 2002, Philadelphia
	Publicity and Mass Mailings	Box 4	Folder 25
	Conference Materials: Programs	Box 4	Folder 26
	Conference Materials	Box 5	Folder 1-5
	Lavender Law 2003, New York City
	Conference Materials: Programs, Brochures, and CD-ROMs	Box 5	Folder 6
	Conference Materials (Binder 1)	Box 5	Folder 7-11
	Conference Materials (Binder 2)	Box 5	Folder 12-16
	White Lavender Law 2003 T-Shirt	Box 7
	Lavender Law 2004, Minneapolis
	Conference Materials: Programs, Brochures, and CD-ROMs	Box 5	Folder 17
	Conference Materials	Box 5	Folder 18
	Conference Materials, Continued	Box 6	Folder 1-2
	D'Arcy Kemnitz Nametags	Box 7
	Lavender Law 2005, San Diego
	Conference Materials: Programs and Brochures	Box 6	Folder 3
	Lavender Law 2006, Washington D.C.
	Publicity and Mass Mailings	Box 6	Folder 4
	Programs and CD-ROMs	Box 6	Folder 5
	Lavender Law 2007, Chicago
	Publicity and CD-ROM	Box 6	Folder 6
	Lavender Law 2008, San Francisco
	Publicity, Program, and CD-ROM	Box 6	Folder 7
	Regional Conferences
1993	"How to Do a Regional Conference" Packet (by Margaret Fine)	Box 6	Folder 8
1991-1995	Brochures	Box 6	Folder 9
1993-1995	Regional Conferences	Box 6	Folder 10
1992-1993	Regional Conferences	Box 6	Folder 11
	Series III. Affiliate Organizations
	Lists of Organizations	Box 6	Folder 12
1993-2005	Events	Box 6	Folder 13
1994	American Bar Association: Continuing Legal Education Material	Box 6	Folder 14
	American Bar Association: Allies for Justice Award	Box 6	Folder 15
2005-2006	American Bar Association: "Answering the Call" Service Project	Box 6	Folder 16
2006	American Bar Association: HIV/AIDS Law and Practice	Box 6	Folder 17-18
	American Bar Association	Box 6	Folder 19
	American Civil Liberties Union	Box 6	Folder 20
	Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom	Box 6	Folder 21
	International Gay and Lesbian Association	Box 6	Folder 22
	Gay and Lesbian Attorneys of Washington (GAYLAW)	Box 6	Folder 23
	Gay/Lesbian Legal Referral Service	Box 6	Folder 24
	Lawyers for Human Rights	Box 6	Folder 25
	Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association	Box 6	Folder 26
	National Center for Lesbian Rights	Box 6	Folder 27
	National Youth Advocacy Coalition	Box 6	Folder 28
	Series IV. Educational and Informative Publications Related to Lesbian/Gay Law
	Law Journals A-G	Box 6	Folder 29
	Law Journals L-Y	Box 6	Folder 30
1990-1999	News Publications	Box 6	Folder 31
	Educational Materials	Box 6	Folder 32

Guide to the National Lesbian And Gay Law Association (U.S.) Records,1988-2008.

Collection Number: 7742

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the National Lesbian And Gay Law Association (U.S.) Records,
1988-2008.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library