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LGTB law student group Bowen Lambda co-hosts Marriage Equality Panel Discussion at UALR Bowen School of Law

April 2, 2013

Bowen Lambda, the LGBT law student group at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, is co-hosting a panel discussion on Marriage Equality.   The panel will focus on two cases pending before the United States Supreme Court.  Hollingsworth v. Perry concerns Proposition 8 in California which prohibits marriage between individuals of the same sex.  United States v. Windsor is about the Defense of Marriage Act.  The Court heard oral arguments in Hollingsworth on Tuesday, March 27 and in Windsor on Wednesday, March 28.

Bowen Lambda co-founder, Michael V. Lauro, Jr., will be joining panelists Holly Dickson, Legal Director of the ACLU of Arkansas and Professor Terri Beiner, the Nadine Baum Distinguished Professor of Law at the Bowen School of Law.  Prof. Beiner is also the faculty advisor to Bowen Lambda.

The panel discussion takes place on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Friday Courtroom at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law.  Light hors d'oeuvres will be served.  The law school is located at 1201 McMath Avenue, in Little Rock, Arkansas.