Legal Expert to Deliver Keynote at LGBT Antidiscrimination Symposium

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — David Dinielli, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will deliver the keynote address for the LGBT Antidiscrimination Law and Policy after “Hobby Lobby” symposium at 12:15 p.m. March 27 at The University of Alabama School of Law.

Dinielli spearheads the SPLC’s LGBT Rights Project and the Economic Justice Project. He joined the SPLC after a long career with the Los Angeles law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, where he specialized in complex litigation and played leading roles in important LGBT rights cases.

Along with Dinielli, the nation’s foremost experts on gay rights will discuss the effects of the “Hobby Lobby” decision during a one-day symposium sponsored by the Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review.

It begins at 8:45 a.m. in the Judge Seybourn H. Lynne Lecture Room, room A255.

Participants are: Leslie Griffin, professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Paul Horwitz, professor, University of Alabama School of Law; Andrew Koppelman, professor, Northwestern University School of Law; Ira Lupu, professor, The George Washington University Law School; and Elizabeth Sepper, professor, Washington University School of Law.

The event is free and open to the public. Visit http://www.law.ua.edu/acrcl/ for more information.

The Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review is committed to fostering scholarly dialogue in the vital and interconnected areas of civil rights and civil liberties.

One of America’s leading public law schools and the “#1 Best Value Law School” in the nation, according to the National Jurist for two years in a row (2012 and 2013), The University of Alabama School of Law offers a challenging curriculum with over 150 electives, several dual enrollment opportunities, Master of Laws degrees, and a J.S.D. With a student-to-faculty ratio of approximately 11:1, the Law School offers students a rigorous, hands-on learning experience, with strong student engagement in clinical programs, law review, moot court and trial advocacy.