Law scholars to focus on issues surrounding Lawrence v. Texas
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down — on constitutional privacy grounds — a Texas law that made same-sex sexual conduct a crime. A symposium at Ohio State’s Moritz College of Law will examine the Lawrence v. Texas decision and its effect on the future of lesbian and gay rights.
Nationally and internationally known constitutional law scholars will participate in the symposium, “Equality, Privacy, and Lesbian and Gay Rights After Lawrence v. Texas,” which will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday (11/7) in the William B. Saxbe Auditorium at The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave.
Cass Sunstein, professor of the University of Chicago Law School, and Catharine MacKinnon, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School, will give in-depth presentations to open and close the event. A series of panel discussions, focusing on different aspects of the Supreme Court’s Lawrence opinions, will take place throughout the day. Panelists are professors Mary Becker, DePaul University School of Law; Martha A. Fineman, Emory University School of Law; Edward B. Foley, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law; Lino Graglia, University of Texas Law School; Berta Hernández-Truyol, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Christopher Kendall, Murdoch University (Australia) School of Law; Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University School of Law; L. Michael Seidman, Georgetown University Law Center; Marc Spindelman, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law; and Francisco Valdes, University of Miami School of Law.
The symposium is sponsored by the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, The Center for Law, Policy, and Social Science, and the Ohio State Law Journal. To access a web cast of the symposium, see http://moritzlaw.osu.edu.
WHAT: Nationally and internationally known constitutional law scholars will participate in the symposium, “Privacy, and Lesbian and Gay Rights After Lawrence v. Texas.”
WHEN: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday (11/7)
WHERE: William B. Saxbe Auditorium at The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, 55 W. 12th Ave.
WHY: To examine how the case has generated debates on the future of lesbian and gay rights.
