New LibGuides and Display: 3rd Annual OUTlaws Lavender Lecture and USD Law Review Symposium: "Many Voices: A Discussion of LGBTQ Marriage Rights and Transgender Rights"

The University of South Dakota Law Review annual symposium will be held this Friday, March 27 in the School of Law Courtroom, beginning at 10:00 a.m..  This year's theme is Many Voices: A Discussion of LGBTQ Marriage Rights and Transgender Rights.  The three symposium panels will feature legal scholars, professors and practitioners who have written from both sides of the debate.

The 3rd Annual OUTlaws Lavender Lecture will be held the evening prior to the symposium, Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m., also in the Law School Courtroom.  This year's lecture will feature Professor Ryan Scott, who teaches at Indiana University Maurer School of Law.  Professor Scott's presentation will elaborate on the unsuccessful uses of the "gay/trans" panic defense and a recent ABA resolution which might lessen the effectiveness and use of the defense.

The Law Library has prepared a display to accompany the lecture and symposium.  The Law Library has also published a LibGuide to accompany the Lavender Lecture available here, and a LibGuide to accompany the symposium, available here.  The display and LibGuides offer additional information about the presenters and their publications as well as other information and resources relevant to the lecture/symposium topics.

For more information, see the official USD press release for the Lavender Lecture and Law Review Symposium here.