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NYS BAR ASSOCIATION PREPARES LAWYERS TO ASSIST LGBT CLIENTS AFFECTED BY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SUPREME COURT RULING

ALBANY, NY (08/31/2015)(readMedia)-- Friday, September 11, 2015

9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

WHAT: In one of the first events of its kind in the state, the New York State Bar Association is hosting a continuing legal education (CLE) program for lawyers on how to handle key issues when representing LGBT clients in light of Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws that prohibited same-sex couples from marrying.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in New York since 2011, but the new legal landscape poses legal issues for New York attorneys and their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender clients.

The CLE program, "Representing LGBT Clients After Obergefell," will feature practical advice for attorneys on how the ruling affects the family, employment, trusts and estates areas of practice, and will address current legal issues affecting the transgender community.

To view the full program, visit www.nysba.org/obergefell.

Co-sponsors include the Association's Committee on LGBT Persons and the Law, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, and its Family Law, Labor and Employment Law, and Trusts and Estates Law sections. And also: the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) and the New York chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).

WHEN: Friday, September 11

9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York.

Members of the media who wish to attend the CLE program either in person or via simultaneous live webcast should contact Andrea Gage-Michaels at agage-michaels@nysba.org by September 4. Media credentials will be required. A limited number of seats and webcast access points are available.

CONTACT: Andrea Gage-Michaels

(518) 487-5532

agage-michaels@nysba.org

NOTE: To view a video of State Bar President David P. Miranda discussing the Obergefell ruling, please visit www.nysba.org/videos.

The 74,000-member New York State Bar Association is the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. It was founded in 1876.

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