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A year ago many of you made a commitment to the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association by joining as a member. Thank you! Over the past year, many of you volunteered your time to support MLBA’s work. Thank you!
Today, we are writing to ask you to renew your commitment to MLBA by becoming a member for 2010.
As you know, MLBA commits itself to using your membership dues wisely. Over the past 10 years we made significant strides in advocating for GLBT people and issues within the Minnesota legal system. In the past year alone we:
• lobbied MSBA to form the Task Force on the Rights of Unmarried Couples and issue an executive summary that identifies dozens of law changes to support equity for same-sex couples; • promoted Minnesota GLBT legal practitioners with new online networking tools, including our online member directory and facebook page;
• supported community building by co-hosting a variety of social mixers, including events with the Federal Bar Association Diversity Committee, Hamline Law School’s Stonewall Alliance, and William Mitchell College of Law’s Out!Law;
• offered CLEs including MLBA’s annual day-long conference;
• complimented our formal relationship with MSBA, HCBA, RCBA, by developing a formal relationship with the Federal Bar Association;
• promoted MLBA’s accomplishments at this year’s National LGBT Bar Association conference by presenting as part of a panel entitled, “How Bar Associations Across the National are Pushing for LGBT Rights”; and
• collaborated with our minority (or affinity) bar associations in Minnesota on select community service projects through “The Collaboration Project.”
To help MLBA maintain successful representation of our community in the Minnesota legal system, we ask that you visit brown paper ticket (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/89108) and renew your membership today.
While you are renewing your membership, you can also register for the Ninth Annual MLBA Conference, taking place at William Mitchell College of Law on January 30, 2010.
Formerly known as Regional Lavender Law, this conference is a tremendous and enjoyable opportunity to learn, share, and network with local and national leaders. Current MLBA members receive a $25 discount to the conference. This year we will feature 3 Tracks of CLE programming tailored to Solo/Small Practitioners, GLBT Law and Policy, and Non-GLBT Law and of course the ever popular Networking Luncheon. Our keynote speaker this year is Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director of Lambda Legal.
Again, thank you for all of your support throughout the past year. Please renew your membership today!
Sincerely,
Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
Melissa Houghtaling and Jenny Ryan, Co-Chairs
MLBA Membership Page
2010 Membership Rates
$75 (annual income more than $50,000)
$35 (annual income less than $50,000)
$15 (law student)
2010 Membership & Conference Registration
$150 (annual income more than $50,000)
$110 (annual income less than $50,000)
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