April 2008
- 4/9: Tea with Professor Koppelman - Discussion of the right of non-association and Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
March 2008
- 3/4: Tea with Professor Redish - Discussion of Lawrence v. Texas and Congress's authority to remove same-sex marriage cases from the courts' jurisdiction
February 2008
- 2/1: Diversity Coalition's Global Village - OUTLaw was one of many groups offering food: fruit kebabs, rainbow Jell-O and rainbow frosted cupcakes
January 2008
- 1/24: General Membership Meeting
October 2007
- 10/15-19: OUTLaw Week
- 10/15: "Who's Gay?!" - The audience tries to guess the sexual orientation of a panel of 10 participants by asking them questions, followed by a moderated discussion about gender roles and stereotypes.
- 10/16: "Immigration Reform" - Panel on immigration issues as relating to minority communities with an LGBT and Latino focus. This is a co-sponsored panel with the Latino Law Student Association.
- 10/17: "OUTLawing Orgasms" A panel discussion about whether obscenity/First Amendment law or privacy law should have applied in Williams v. Alabama, an 11th Circuit case considering the constitutionality of Alabama's law banning the sale of certain sex-related materials.
- 10/17: "Fresa y Chocolate" (Movie night) - a love story between two Cuban men by Tomas Gutierrez Alea, one of Cuba's greatest filmmakers and, according to Ebert, one of its most contradictory.
- 10/18: "Employment Panel" - A panel discussion about how labor/employment law affects the LGBT community.
- 10/18: "Meet & Greet Our Sponsors!" Reception - Our sponsors informally chat with our OUTLaw students about how LGBT issues are handled at their firms, followed by an informal mixer over hors d'ourves and drinks.
- 10/18: Bar Review at SPIN - a popular straight-friendly gay bar.
October 2006
- 10/16: OUTLaw Week – Straight but Not Narrow.
March 2005
- 3/29: LGBT Sentencing Bias in Capital Cases – Talk by Joey Mogul, Staff Attorney, People’s Law Office (Co-sponsored by the NU Law National Lawyers’ Guild).
- 3/9: OUTLaw Dinner for Admitted LGBT Prospective Students at Buca di Beppo
- 3/2: OUTLaw membership meeting and 2005-2006 officer elections
February 2005
- 2/24: Civil Liberties Week Panel – Putting the ‘T’ in LGBT: Legal Issues Facing Transgender Individuals. Panelists: John Knight, Director of the ACLU of Illinois’s Lesbian & Gay Rights Project; and Diana Williamson, Chair of Illinois Gender Advocates. Moderated by Prof. Kim Yuracko. (Co-sponsored by the ACLU).
January 2005
- 1/27: NU Chicago-campus LGBT Wine & Cheese (Sponsored by the LGBT Support Network, LGBT Resource Center, Women's Center, NU Safe Space)
- 1/26: Dinner at Joy’s Noodles with U. of Chicago OUTLaw
- 1/20: OUTLaw Membership Meeting
November 2004
- 11/17: OUTLaw Membership Meeting
- 11/12: Public Interest Law Week: Panel on Same-Sex Marriage: Panelists: Heather Sawyer of Lambda Legal; John Knight, Director of the ACLU of Illinois’s Lesbian & Gay Rights Project; and Professor Tonja Jacobi. (Official sponsor: Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.)
October 2004
- 10/20: OUTLaw Membership Meeting
- 10/19: LLSA Latino Heritage Month Panel on Minority Hiring Trends in Law Firms (Co-sponsored by LLSA, BLSA, APALSA, SALSA, & OUTLaw)
- 10/13: Presidential Debate-Watching Party at member’s apartment
- 10/11: National Coming Out Day. OUTLaw-sponsored events included a talk by Cook County Circuit Court Judge Tom Chiola, the first openly gay judge and elected official in Illinois; a screening of Coming Out Party, a comedic film; and a poster display in the law school atrium profiling LGBT and supportive non-LGBT students, professors, and administrators.
- 10/6: OUTLaw Membership Meeting
- 10/3: Brunch Review at The Original Pancake House, Gold Coast
September 2004
- 9/30-10/2: Lavender Law Conference, Minneapolis, MN (3 members attended with full expenses paid)
- 9/23: Alumni & Student "End of Summer" Networking Party at Bob Chinn’s Restaurant (Sponsored by Office for Diversity Education and Outreach and the Law Alumni Association)
- 9/22: OUTLaw Membership Meeting. Guest speaker: Mary Anderson, Board Member, Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC).
- 9/21-22: Voter Registration Drive (Co-sponsored by PILG, ACLU, & OUTLaw) – Citizen Action donated $1.50 to GLSEN for every voter registered.
- 9/19: City-Wide Diversity Picnic, Northwestern Law courtyard (Sponsored by Office for Diversity Education and Outreach)
- 9/12: First OUTLaw "Brunch Review" at Tweet in Andersonville
- 9/8: OUTLaw Welcome-Back Meeting. Guest speaker: Barbara Schon-Lundberg, GLSEN Chicago volunteer coordinator.
- 8/24: OUTLaw Orientation Social Event at Sidetrack
- 8/23: 1L Orientation Diversity Barbecue (Sponsored by Office for Diversity Education and Outreach)
August 2004
- 8/26: New Student Orientation to LGBTQ Life and Student Services (Sponsored by OUTLaw, Office for Diversity Education and Outreach, Women’s Center, and LGBT Support Network)
- 8/24: OUTLaw Orientation Social Event at Sidetrack
- 8/23: 1L Orientation Diversity Barbecue (Sponsored by Office for Diversity Education and Outreach)
- 8/22: Orientation for Diverse Students (Sponsored by Office for Diversity Education and Outreach)
April 2004
- 4/15: Cocktail reception for Chicago-area LGBT law students and attorneys at Monday’s (Sponsored by the Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago)
- 4/15: OUTLaw Panel: "One Year After Lawrence, Where Does the LGBT Rights Movement Stand?" (Featuring NU Law alum Patricia Logue, Senior Counsel at Lambda Legal; Richard Wilson, a Chicago lawyer focusing on LGBT family law issues; & Mary Anderson, Senior Counsel to IL Gov. Rod Blagojevich). Co-sponsored by the Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago.
- 4/8: OUTLaw meeting and 2004-2005 officer elections
- 4/7: Screening of "Before Stonewall" documentary by Prof. Len Rubinowitz for 14th Amendment class and other interested students.
- 4/3: Day at Northwestern Law (Information fair table and OUTLaw welcome reception)
- 4/2: Prospective student event -- Drinks with OUTLaw at Roscoe’s
- 4/2: "Celebrating Our Diverse Community" Day - Day of events for admitted minority students, including prospective LGBT students, with dinner at Vong’s Thai Kitchen. (Sponsored by the Minority Affairs office)
March 2004
- 3/31: Constitutional Law Colloquium Series: Richard Epstein (U. of Chicago) discusses paper, "Of Same Sex Relationships & Affirmative Action: The Covert Libertarianism of the U.S. Supreme Court"
February 2004
- 2/13: Kent Greenfield, FAIR President: "Why Northwestern Must Stop Solomon" (Sponsored by OUTLaw and Stop Solomon Coalition)
- 2/9-2/20: Stop Solomon Petition Drive
- 2/4: Stop Solomon Coalition meeting
January 2004
- 1/27: Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom to Marry: "Winning Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples" (Co-sponsored by OUTLaw and NU American Constitution Society)
- 1/26: Diversity Week 2004 Panel: Race & Sexuality: Navigating Sexual Preference as a Racial Minority (Co-sponsored by Diversity Coalition, OUTLaw, BLSA, & LLSA)
- 1/21: Stop Solomon committee meeting
- 1/21: Constitutional Law Colloquium Series: Mary Anne Case (U of Chicago Law) presented paper, "Of 'This' and 'That' in Lawrence v. Texas"
- 1/14: Monthly OUTLaw meeting
- 1/8: Solomon Amendment/FAIR organizational meeting
November 2003
- 11/19: Monthly OUTLaw general and website committee meetings.
- 11/11: Public Interest Law Week Panel: "Suspect Classes: The Future of Equal Protection," including attorney Camilla Taylor of Lambda Legal’s Midwest Office (Co-sponsored by PILG and OUTLaw)
- 11/6-13: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Intl. Film Festival
- 11/6: Monthly party at member’s apartment
- 11/3: New OUTLaw website launched
October 2003
- 10/29: Monthly OUTLaw meeting.
- 10/29: Federalist Week Debate on Gay Marriage (co-sponsored by Federalist Society and OUTLaw) between NU Law Prof. Andrew Koppelman (pro) and Notre Dame Law Prof. Gerard Bradley (con).
- 10/24: Lunch with David Eichman ‘88, NU OUTLaw founder. Also, NUGALA Homecoming Reception, 8-11 p.m., Mid-America Club.
- 10/17-19: Three members attended Lavender Law Conference at Fordham Law School in New York City
- 10/1-2: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy (author of majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas) visits and lectures as Trienens Visiting Judicial Scholar.
- 10/1: Monthly party at member’s apartment
September 2003
- 9/23: First OUTLaw meeting of the year
- 9/17: Members attended fall diversity reception for law student organizations sponsored by Wildman, Harrold, Allen, and Dixon at Adobo Grill.
- 9/18: “End of Summer Party on the River for Minority Alumni & Students” sponsored by Office of Minority Affairs/Law Alumni Association at Bob Chinn’s Crabhouse.
- 9/13: OUTLaw-sponsored trip to IKEA in Schaumburg.
- 9/10: First OUTLaw party at member’s apartment.
August 2003
- 8/26: OUTLaw orientation outing to Boystown bars
- 8/25: Minority Student Reception
- 8/24: Minority Student Orientation
