------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIDWEST NETWORKING PROJECT: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO CCSLGBI -- COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING SUBCOMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Base File: John Marshall Law School ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 From: MARK WOJCIK <7WOJCIK@jmls.edu> To: pride@uic.edu Subject: (Fwd) Complete Bowers Conference Information! FINALLY!!! The complete schedule for the Chicago Conference. PLEASE share this message with anyone who you think might be able to attend. 1. You do not need to be a lawyer to attend -- it is an interdisciplinary conference. 2. There are 100-150 presentations, a two-floor community expo, seven movies, two cocktail parties, and one parade. 3. The sessions cover everything -- marriage, AIDS, hate crimes, lesbian theory, literature, philosophy, psychology, domestic violence, family law, human rights ordinances, ballot initiatives, sodomy, coming out in the workplace, international law, immigration, 4. There is still time to register for the conference. Send an e-mail message to 6watson@jmls.edu If you have questions about the conference, please contact 7wojcik@jmls.edu or telephone 312-987-2391 5. Regular registration is $95, student/limited income registration is $45, press registration is free. CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Thursday, March 14 2:00 - 3:15 ___________________________________________________________ PANEL 1A: "INTRO TO BOWERS" Mary Bernstein, New York University Department of Sociology Donald A. Dripps, University of Illinois School of Law Leslye Huff, Cleveland State University Devesh Agnihotri, Cleveland State University Melissa Dean, Cleveland State University Brian Morrison, Brandeis University ___________________________________________________________ PANEL 1B: AIDS Deborah Shields, Former Instructor, Harvard Law School AIDS Clinic, and Former Director, AIDS Law Project of Portland, Maine Barry S. Taylor, AIDS Project Staff Atty, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. Michael L. Closen, The John Marshall Law School ____________________________________________________________ PANEL 1C: HATE CRIMES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Workshop) Ellen Meyers, Cook County States Attorneys Office Jeri Lynn Fields, Horizons Anti-Violence Project Rose Oliveri, Chicago Police Department Vernita Gray, Cook County States Attorneys Office, Liason for Lesbian and Gay Issues Barbara A. Sherry, Assistant Cook County Public Defender Susan Brody, Associate Dean, The John Marshall Law School SESSION 2 Thursday, March 14 3:45 - 5:00 _________________________________________________________ Panel 2A: BOWERS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM David Cruz, Office of the Solicitor General of the United States (but not representing that office at the Conference) Jay Deacon, Unity Temple Universalist Congregation (and one of the Bowers 600 who were arrested while protesting inside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in 1987!) Fr. Robert Nugent, "The Roman Catholic Church and Gay/Lesbian Civil Rights" Rev. Wayne T. Bradley, Metropolitan Community Church Prof. Walter Kendall, The John Marshall Law School Roger Leishman, American Civil Liberties Union (speaking on litigation against the Boy Scouts!) ______________________________________________________________ Panel 2B: "If I Had Clerked for Justice Powell . . . " : Reflections on Whether Justice Powell's Clerk Should Have Come Out STUDENT ROUNDTABLE Law students, political science students, and others students from Yale, Harvard, Duke, Tulane, John Marshall, Kent, DePaul, etc. etc. ______________________________________________________________ Panel 2C: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HATE CRIMES Ellen Meyers, Cook County States Attorneys Office Rose Oliveri, Chicago Police Department Scott Nelson, Felony Trial Division, States Attorneys Office Barbara Sherry, Cook County Public Defender Vernita Gray, Victim-Witness Coordinator ______________________________________________________________ Panel 2D: When High School Students Have AIDS . . . An AIDS Legal Council of Chicago Workshop Julie Justicz, AIDS Legal Council Justin Hayford, AIDS Legal Council Lenore Gonzales-Bragaw, AIDS Legal Council David Austin, European Council of AIDS Service Organizations and Visiting Research Scholar, University of Illinois School of Public Health _______________________________________________________________ Panel 2E: AIDS and Children Dr. Ram Yogez, Infectious Diseases Dept, Children's Memorial Hospital Jim Harisiades, Director of Child Advocacy, Children's Memorial Hospital _______________________________________________________________ Panel 2F: AIDS, Gay Rights, Marriage, and Politics Dr. Richard F. Mohr, University of Illinois Department of Philosophy Bryan Wildenthal, Chicago-Kent College of Law Jay Kohorn, Los Angeles Karen Nagel, Editor, Illinois Politics Rick Garcia, Founder and Executive Director, Illinois Federation for Human Rights Sarah Slavin, Buffalo State College Department of Political Science Steve Wakefield, The Night Ministry ____________________________________________________________ A party sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago will follow the Thursday sessions. A reception at a local bar will follow and continue the party. People Like Us Bookstore is also holding a literature reading of conference participant Ruthann Robson and Others on March 14. _____________________________________________________________ SESSION 3 Friday, March 15 9:00 - 10:15 ______________________________________________________________ Panel 3A: "Bowers in the State Courts" Larry C. Backer, University of Tulsa Marc Fajer, University of Miami William Adams, Nova Southeastern Ann Lousin, The John Marshall Law School _______________________________________________________________ Panel 3B: Marriage: Where after Hawaii? Evan Wolfson, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York) Pat Logue, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (Chicago) _______________________________________________________________ Panel 3C: (May be combined with 3B) Marriage and Immigration The Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights LesBiGay Immigration Rights Task Force of Chicago _____________________________________________________ Panel 3D: "Group Rights and Representation" Michael McVickar, Chicago Mindy Hervey, The John Marshall Law School Walter Kendall, The John Marshall Law School Yvette Barksdale, The John Marshall Law School _______________________________________________________ Panel 3E: "Lesbian Identity" Mary Becker, University of Chicago School of Law Mary Coombs, University of Miami School of Law Jane Dolkart, Southern Methodist University School of Law Deb Henson, University of Pittsburgh (speaking on her suit for same-sex insurance benefits) Leslye Huff, Cleveland State University (speaking on "Black Lesbians Do Not Exist") ___________________________________________________________ Panel 3F: HATE CRIMES and VIOLENCE -- CIVIL ACTIONS Elizabeth Shuman Moore and Jose Navarro, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Mary Cay Marubio and Tanya Jachimiak, DePaul University College of Law _____________________________________________________________ SESSION 4 Friday, March 15 10:30-11:45 _____________________________________________________________ Panel 4A: "Teaching Bowers" Marc Fajer, University of Miami School of Law / Cornell University Mary Becker, University of Chicago School of Law Francisco Valdes, California Western School of Law ______________________________________________________________ Panel 4B: Marriage and Immigration - Seeking Asylum on the Basis of Sexual Orientation The Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights LesBiGay Immigration Rights Task Force _____________________________________________________________________ PRESS NOTE: THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING SESSION 4 ____________________________________________________________________ Panel 4C: LITERATURE Ruthann Robson, City University of New York, reading from her new novel "Another Mother" Marian Staats, The John Marshall Law School, speaking on gay and lesbian characters in modern movies Dr. Elizabeth Morrish, Nottingham Trent University, England _____________________________________________________________________ Panel 4D: CAREER SERVICES FOR LESBIAN AND GAY STUDENTS An open roundtable for career service centers on how to improve services to lesbian and gay students, including discussants from The University of Chicago, Marquette University, and The John Marshall Law School _____________________________________________________________________ Panel 4E: RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR SCHOLARS -- An Open Session on how to improve your research on lesbian, gay, and AIDS-related issues Michael Lutes, University of Notre Dame Scott Burgh, City of Chicago Department of Law Library Tom Budny, The John Marshall Law School Bill McCann, The John Marshall Law School ______________________________________________________________________ Over the Lunch Break, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago and the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund will hold a "lawyers lunch" at the Chicago Bar Association, 321 S. Plymouth Court. For those not attending that session, the Community Expo and Movie House will be open. ______________________________________________________________________ SESSION 5 Friday March 15, 1996 2:00 - 3:15 ______________________________________________________________________ Panel 5A: BOWERS AND THE FAMILY Amy Ronner, St. Thomas University Marc Elovitz, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project Deb Henson, University of Pittsburgh Diane Post, Valley of the Sun Gay and Lesbian Center _______________________________________________________________________ Panel 5B: HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCES Jennifer D. Vidis, Cook County Commission on Human Rights Miriam Pickus, City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations Patricia M. Logue, Lambda Midwest Regional Office Rick Garcia, Illinois Federation for Human Rights William Kelley, Cook County Commission on Human Rights William Greaves, Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian Issues JoAnne Tripani, Cook County Commission on Human Rights _______________________________________________________________________ Panel 5C: INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS Elizabeth Moorish, Trent University (England) Larry Backer, University of Tulsa Carl Stychin, Keele University (United Kingdom) ___________________________________________________________________________ Panel 5D: LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY Sarah Slavin, Buffalo State College Kellye Testy, Seattle University Ruthann Robson, City University of New York Mary Becker, University of Chicago Renee Hanover, Chicago ________________________________________________________________________ Panel 5E: BOWERS AND CRIMINAL LAW Andrew Rosen, Los Angeles John Duran, National Lesbian and Gay Law Association Jay Kohorn, Los Angeles _______________________________________________________________________ SESSION 6 Friday, March 15 3:45-5:00 ________________________________________________________________ Panel 6A: BOWERS AND PRIVACY Edgar Friedenberg, Dalhousie University (Canada) (invited) Mark Chekola, Moorhead State University Richard Mohr, University of Illinois Vincent Samar, Loyola University of Chicago ______________________________________________________________________ Panel 6B: INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS Jason Moore, Cambridge University (England) James Wilets, University of Miami Ryan Goodman, Yale University ____________________________________________________________________ Panel 6C: LESBIAN AND GAY BAR ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO (LAGBAC) OPEN MEETING The board members of LAGBAC will be present to illustrate their activities and meet participants of the conference interested in exploring common areas of interest. _____________________________________________________________________ Panel 6D: MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, LAW AND POLITICS Tim Murphy, University of Illinois College of Medicine Liz Sayce, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law John Harrison, Harvard Law School Renee Hannover, Chicago ______________________________________________________________________ SESSION 7 Saturday March 16, 1996 9:30 - 10:45 _________________________________________________________________________ Panel 7A: INTERNET Advocacy An Interactive Hands-On Demonstration Workshop in the Computer Lab David Sorkin, John Marshall Law School Ron Buckmire, Occidental College David Moore, Quincy University _______________________________________________________________________ Panel 7B: ANTI-GAY BALLOT INITIATIVES Anthony Winer, William Mitchell College of Law Marc Fajer, Cornell Law School Michael Wilson, Cleveland Scott Greenwood, Greenwood & Associates William Adams, Nova SouthEastern _______________________________________________________________________ Panel 7C: MARRIAGE DEBATE Dianne Post, Valley of the Sun Gay and Lesbian Center Steve Sanders, Indiana University Amelia Craig, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders - Boston _______________________________________________________________________ Panel 7D: REPRODUCTION AND PARENTING Amy Ronner, St. Thomas University Ilise Levy Feitshans, Columbia University Joelle Munchak, DePaul University _________________________________________________________________________ Panel 7E: CASES OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAYS AND PWAS (This session will include the breaking news stories about high school guidance counselors who out their students and funeral homes that discriminate against persons who die of causes related to HIV) Roger McCaffrey, Chicago William Borah, Homewood (Illinois) _______________________________________________________________________ SESSION 8 Saturday March 15, 1996 11:15 - 12:30 ______________________________________________________________________ Panel 8A: INTERNET ADVOCACY A second interactive demonstration workshop in the computer lab. David Sorkin, John Marshall Law School Ron Buckmire, Occidental College David Moore, Quincy University _______________________________________________________________________ Panel 8B: LAW, LIBERATION AND IDENTITY Ruthann Robson, City University of New York Mary Becker, University of Chicago Marian Staats, The John Marshall Law School Beth Povanelli, University of Chicago Department of Anthropology ______________________________________________________________________ Panel 8C: GAYS AND THE MILITARY Carl Stychin, Keele University (United Kingdom) Christine Yalda, Arizona State University Marc Fajer, University of Miami Program is subject to change. Please contact 7wojcik@jmls.edu for questions about the program, additions, or corrections. Thanks everyone for your support of the conference. I hope you all have a wonderful time. Mark Wojcik ===================================================== Mark E. Wojcik, Assistant Professor of Law The John Marshall Law School 315 S. Plymouth Court Chicago, IL 60604 USA (312) 987-2391 or 7wojcik@jmls.edu ===================================================== Subject: Bowers v. Hardwick Conference [ from the chi-motss mail list, by Kelly Pierce ] INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF BOWERS V. HARDWICK AT THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL IN CHICAGO March 14-16, 1996 Plans continue for a major conference on sex, law, and society being held in Chicago on the tenth anniversary of one of the most controversial court cases that ever came before the U.S. Supreme Court. In March 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the controversial case that upheld the constitutionality of Georgia's sodomy law. (Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186). Please join a distinguished group of scholars and activists from across the United States, Canada, and England who will examine the social, political, and legal development of Bowers over the past decade. The conference will survey the effect of the decision on sodomy law reform, gay and lesbian liberation, criminal law and constitutional law generally, and other fields including sociology, criminal justice, psychology, history, education, religion, anthropology, political science, political activism, linguistics, philosophy, and AIDS education. The list is illustrative only and all academic disciplines are welcomed and encouraged to participate actively. Abstracts Persons interested in presenting papers, workshops, or roundtable discussions should submit an abstract of 150-300 words for the final program. Persons may also organize their own panels and invite their own speakers. The conference will run in separate tracks to accommodate as many speakers and presentations as possible. Abstracts are welcome from all persons and organizations. Proposals for entire panels should indicate the names of the presenters, or a date by which those names would be known. Publication of Papers It is not necessary to present a paper at the conference. Many sessions will be roundtable discussions and interactive workshops. Papers are encouraged, however. They may be full articles or short essays of only 15 to 30 pages. Selected articles and short essays will be published in "Law and Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian and Gay Legal Issues." The Journal is published at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. Students from the school will attend the conference to assist authors with their articles and short essays. Further information about the journal is available directly from the Journal of Law and Sexuality, Tulane Law School, 6801 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70118 or telephone (504) 865-5835. You may also send e-mail to the journal via Donna Bird at Twofungrls@aol.com. Non-Bowers Programs In addition to the Bowers Program, there will be a series of presentations on other legal issues of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, as well as their non-queer friends. Subjects include hate crimes, the gay marriage litigation in Hawaii, the anti-gay Ballot Initiative case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the roles of religion and politics in gay civil rights, gay and lesbian adoption, and the litigation against the Boy Scouts. Community Forum The conference will also offer opportunities for interested non-profit organizations and community groups to present parallel programs on other issues of concern to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. Any community group interested in presenting its own program in a generous 75-minute time slot during the conference may contact the conference chair directly for further information on scheduling. Community groups include: (1) the Cook County States Attorneys Office, which will present a program on gay and lesbian domestic violence; (2) the LesBiGay Immigration Rights Task Force, which will present a program on immigration discrimination; (3) the Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian Issues for the Cook County Commission on Human Rights, which will present a panel discussion on the implementation of human rights ordinances. Other community groups are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Student Track In addition to the above programs, there will be a separate track for undergraduate and graduate students. The national co-chairs of the student track are two graduate students at Yale. Exhibitors An exhibit hall will be available for publishers, community groups, and sales of t-shirts and other merchandise. Please contact Gary Watson at the John Marshall Conference Center for further information. (6watson@jmls.edu) Media Support There will be a media briefing before the conference to highlight sessions and issues of special importance. Interview rooms are available for television, radio, and print media attending the conference. Advance reservations can be made for interviews with particular speakers. Videotape The Media Center at The John Marshall Law School can record sessions or particular interest. Copies of videotaped sessions can be made available on the same day. Organizing Rooms Rooms are available for Community groups to hold organizational or business meetings. Please contact the Conference Chair or Mr. Gary Watson at The John Marshall Law School conference center for further information. Program Schedule The Conference's Thursday-Friday-Saturday format offers a highly accessbile and culturally rich opportunity for personal and professional development. Those coming in from out of town can arrive on Thursday morning and attend the entire program. The program will run from 2:00 to 5:00 on the afternoon of Thursday, March 14, from 9:00 to 5:00 on Friday, March 15, and from 9:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16. The evenings and weekend are free to explore the city. Optional evening events are being planned for Thursday and Friday evenings, including a benefit for the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago. Other groups interested in sponsoring benefits are encouraged to contact the conference chair. Culture The law school is located near the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. There are a number of other internationally recognized museums within a short distance of the school. The school is also near Chicago's State Street shopping district. Bars and dance clubs for gay and non-gay persons are easily and safely accessible by public transportation or taxi. Registration and Housing Information Registration and housing information is available from the Conference Center at The John Marshall Law School. We encourage people to make arrangements early. Many Chicago residents will open their homes to those unable to afford hotel rooms. We have reserved a small block of hotel rooms at a special conference rate. For further information on the conference, contact the Conference Chair: Prof. Mark E. Wojcik, J.D., LL.M. The John Marshall Law School 315 S. Plymouth Court Chicago, IL 60604 USA Tel: (312) 987-2391 Fax: (312) 427-8307 E-mail: 7wojcik@jmls.edu -----------------------------( End )------------------------------