LGBT Bar NY Podcast

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from the October edition of LGBT Law Notes. 9th Circuit Panel Unanimously Affirms Citizenship Ruling for Child of Gay Male Couple Federal Court Temporarily Blocks New York State from Requiring a Religious Adoption Agency to Provide Services to Married Same...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY speaks with Sharon McGowan , Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director at Lambda Legal about Amy Coney Barrett's record and what her confirmation would mean for the future of LGBT rights litigation. 

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from the October edition of LGBT Law Notes. District Court Allows HIV-Positive Services Members to Maintain Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Pentagon Lambda Legal Wins Ruling in Favor of Social Security Spousal Benefits for Some Surviving Same-Sex Partne...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, discusses court packing, Amy Coney Barrett's record, fighting her confirmation in the Senate, and more with Demand Justice 's Chief Counsel, Christopher Kang . Demand Justice is a progressive movement fighting to restore the ideological balance and legitimacy of the federal courts by advocating for reform and vigorously opposing extreme nominees...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's loss, legacy, and LGBT record with LeGaL President Kristen Browde, New York Law School Professor Art Leonard, and Managing Director of the Brennan Center's Democracy Program Alicia Bannon.

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from July. Gay Church Music Director Can Pursue Damages for Hostile Work Environment Inflicted by Supervising Priest Bostock Extended to Title IX Allowing Transgender Students Access to Bathrooms Matching Gender Identity Trump Regulation Revoking Health Ca...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from July. Supreme Court Broadens “Ministerial Exception” to Anti-Discrimination Laws, Leaving Many LGBTQ Employees of Religious Schools Without Title VII Protection 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Revives Religious Adoption Agency’s Challenge to New York Ant...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss the major Supreme Court cases of the 2019-2020 Term that will have a significant impact on the rights and lives of LGBTQ people.

"LGBT Impact Litigation and SCOTUS" features a lively discussion between legal eagles Kate Kendell, former Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Ria Tabacco Mar, Women's Project Director, ACLU, followed by audience Q&A. This event is hosted by LeGaL’s Women’s Group and moderated by Cody Yorke of Outten & Golden.   This virtual lunch-and-learn is the third installment in...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from May. 10th Circuit Orders State Department to Reconsider Denial of Accurate Passport to Intersex Plaintiff Two Federal District Courts Rule on Social Security Survivor Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses Whose Marriages Occurred Fewer Than Nine Months Before...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar Association of New York, speaks with LeGaL President Kristen Browde and Professor Arthur Leonard about the Supreme Court decision that marks a watershed moment for LGBTQ fairness and equality.   In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that companies don’t have a right to discriminate against LGBTQ people in the workplace! This historic decision says...

On today's episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, we focus on the B in LGBT. As part of LeGaL's Pride Power Lunch series, we speak with Nancy Marcus, Sarah Filcher, & William Crosby about issues of bi visibility and inclusion in the law and legal profession.

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from May. Massachusetts SJC Rules Probate Court Has Jurisdiction Over Complex Gestational Surrogacy Petition Transgender Man in the U.K. Cannot Be Listed as Farther on Child’s Birth Certificate Magistrate Judge Rejects Transgender Plaintiff’s Motion to Pro...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from April. 1. Appellate Victory for Gay Man from Ghana Seeking Asylum in the US 2. New York Appeals Court Refuses to Extend Important LGBT Family Rights to Tri-Custodial Arrangements 3. Alaska and North Carolina Victories for Access to Transition-Related...

On this episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, Eric Lesh chats with members of the legal profession about how COVID-19 is affecting their lives and work. Joining us: Victor Tarantino , 2L, Hofstra Law School Daniel Sinasohn, former associate, Camacho Mauro Mulholland, LLP  Shain Filcher , Staff Attorney, Legal Services Hudson Valley Meredith Miller , Professor of Law, Touro Law School.

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from February. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Catholic Foster Care Agency’s Claimed Right to Discriminate against Same-Sex Couples Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Idaho Inmate’s Gender Confirmation Surgery Case; Circuit Split Possible; Many Judge...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from January. 1. Fourth Circuit Affirms Injunction against Department of Defense Declaring Policy that Discharges HIV+ Servicemembers as Arbitrary and Capricious and Based on Outdated Science 2. Fifth Circuit Issues Hostile Opinion on Transgender Prisoner’...

On February 24, the U.S. Supreme Court  agreed to hear  Fulton v. City of Philadelphia , The Supreme Court will decide whether Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it stopped referring  children in the foster care system to agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples on religious grounds.

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from December: 1. Supreme Court Denies Trans Inmate’s Petition in Transition Denial Case 2. New York Appellate Division Affirms Ruling Reuniting Child With Second Parent After a Significant Lapse of Time 3. Arizona District Court Treats State Health Provid...

January 22 marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v Wade. The holding in Roe and fight for reproductive justice are centered on the ability of all people to have freedom of self determination over their own body, health, and destiny. These are the same values at the heart of LGBT peoples fight for equal dignity. Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY talks with Sco...

On the Law Notes Episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from November: 1. Illinois Federal Judge Remands Board of Immigration Appeals' Decision Involving the Denial of a Married Same-Sex Couple's I-130 Petition. 2. Christian School's Suit to Remain in Maryland...

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (“TDOR”). It is a day to honor the memory of those members of our community whose lives have been lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. On this episode, LeGaL's Executive Director, Eric Lesh, and Board President, Kristen Browde discuss TDOR 2019. At LeGaL, we remember the primarily trans women of color lost to transphobic bigotry and violence. This year...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from October: 1. Texas Federal Court Vacates Transgender Protection under Obamacare. 2. Mississippi Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Award of Custody of a Child to His Gay Uncle’s Surviving Husband. 3. Kentucky Supreme Court Avoids Ruling on Clash between...

  Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from September: Last week the Justices heard oral argument in three cases that could completely alter the legal landscape for LGBT workers across the US. Before the justices is the question: Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbid discrimin...

Eric Lesh, Executive Director of The LGBT Bar Association of New York, speaks with Lambda Legal Senior Attorney and LeGaL Board Member, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, about what happened at SCOTUS during oral argument in the LGBT workplace fairness cases.