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Law School Opens Clinic for Gay Civil Rights
The nation's first campus clinic in civil rights impact litigation concerning lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people is set to open this fall at Columbia Law School. Suzanne B. Goldberg, co-counsel in two cornerstone gay-rights victories in the U.S. Supreme Court, has been tapped as director of the new Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic.
Lisa Badner, co-chair of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) Committee of the New York City Bar Association, noted that 'same-sex marriage is being legalized in certain states and certain countries, yet we have some states passing legislation that actually explicitly denies LGBT people their equal rights.' For example, she said, homosexual couples in Florida are legally prohibited from adopting children. Ironically, however, they are free to be foster parents. In New York State, said Ms. Badner, the Estates, Powers & Trusts Law makes it extremely difficult for a domestic partner to make ordinary claims in the event of intestate death. Generally, she said, heterosexual step-parents are afforded more rights than lesbians or gays in family court matters nationwide.
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