Join us for Maryland Law Review’s annual symposium, "Legal Innovations for Trans Rights: The Fight for Justice Within an Unjust System," at 9 a.m. March 6.
The symposium is a full-day program that will include three panels surrounding the topics of trans rights and the law, encompassing subjects ranging from education and employment rights, constitutional rights, prisoner’s rights work, health care access, and transgender violence. Our goal for this symposium is to use the topic of trans rights and the law to bring together scholars, practitioners, organizations, and community members to discuss these vital topics that impact everyone in society.
Attendees can receive light breakfast starting at 8 a.m., and the formal program will begin at 9 a.m.
Speakers include:
Keynote address by Noa Ben-Asher (they/them), professor of law, St. John’s University School of Law
Panel 1: Trans Rights in the Education and Employment Space
Moderated by: Lisa Mebane, managing director of the Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Anya Marino (she/her), adjunct professor of law, Maryland Carey Law, and chief strategic program officer, Advocates for Trans Equality
Lauren Pruitt, Esq. (she/her), legal director, FreeState Justice
Harper Seldin (he/him), senior staff attorney, ACLU LGBTQ and HIV Project
Katie Eyer (she/her), professor of law, Rutgers Law School
Panel 2: Emerging Constitutional Rights Issues, Including Prisoner Rights, in Trans Rights Work
Moderated by: Paula Monopoli, Distinguished University Professor, Maryland Carey Law
Scott Skinner-Thompson (he/him), professor of law, Colorado Law School, and affiliate faculty, LGBTQ Studies Program
A.D. Sean Lewis (he/they), senior attorney, Lambda Legal
Chan Tov McNamarah (they/them), visiting assistant professor of law, Cornell Law School
Lauren A. DiMartino, Esq. (she/her/hers), attorney, Brown, Goldstein, & Levy
Panel 3: Healthcare Access and Trans Violence in the United States
Moderated by: Kathleen Hoke, professor, Maryland Carey Law
Brendan Lantz (he/him), PhD, associate professor and director, Hate Crime and Policy Institute, Florida State University
D Dangaran (they/them), assistant professor, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
Alexander Chen (he/him), founding director, Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic
Sean Saifa Wall (he/him), director, Intersex Justice Project