Opportunities Volume VIII, No. 1 THE FLORIDA BAR Spring 2011 - PDF document

to฀our฀own฀ideas฀and฀efforts. age฀you฀to฀give฀serious฀thought฀to฀ action.฀Cooperation.฀Camarade- Support.฀Work.฀Dialog.฀Inter- Bar. of฀diversity฀within฀The฀Florida฀ tinue฀to฀fulfjll฀its฀role฀as฀the฀leader฀ new฀ways฀that฀the฀EOLS฀can฀con- In฀that฀vein,฀I฀want฀to฀encour- always฀served฀us฀well.฀In฀many฀ ฀ graphic฀lines฀can฀serve฀as฀jet฀fuel฀ toward฀inclusion.฀New฀ideas฀cut- fjnd฀their฀place฀in฀the฀long฀journey฀ efforts฀to฀promote฀diversity฀should฀ ing฀them฀--฀all฀good฀and฀genuine฀ formed฀the฀hard฀work฀in฀execut- rie.฀These฀are฀concepts฀that฀have฀ ways,฀they฀underscore฀the฀envi- produced฀more฀than฀our฀share฀of฀ the฀streets฀of฀Key฀West฀and฀re- good฀as฀we฀make฀it.฀ challenge.฀Our฀section฀can฀be฀as฀ ready฀to฀move฀to฀the฀next฀level฀and฀ proach฀the฀next฀decade฀of฀EOLS,฀ of฀Tallahassee.฀Join฀me฀as฀we฀ap- verberate฀in฀the฀hallowed฀halls฀ cause฀for฀celebration฀throughout฀ ronment฀that,฀for฀more฀than฀a฀ members฀and฀plans฀that฀it฀will฀be฀ so฀many฀new฀ideas,฀potential฀new฀ your฀help,฀that฀will฀include฀a฀list฀of฀ the฀Bar’s฀Board฀of฀Governors.฀With฀ sented฀the฀State฀of฀the฀Section฀to฀ legal฀professionals.฀In฀May,฀I฀pre- decade,฀EOLS฀has฀sought฀for฀all฀ those฀good฀ideas฀–฀as฀well฀as฀per- ting฀across฀geographic฀and฀demo- our฀Section฀has,฀over฀the฀years,฀ You฀may฀have฀read฀over฀the฀ ฀ Friday,฀June฀24,฀2011฀ •฀ 9:30฀a.m.฀-฀12:00฀p.m.฀ ฀ Room฀Location:฀Daytona฀1 ฀ many฀shapes฀and฀sizes.฀And฀while฀ ฀ Room฀Location:฀Orange฀Blossom฀Ballroom THE฀ •฀ E฀Q฀U฀A฀L฀ •฀ O฀P฀P฀O฀R฀T฀U฀N฀I฀T฀I฀E฀S฀ •฀ L฀A฀W฀ •฀ S฀E฀C฀T฀I฀O฀N ฀ Friday,฀June฀24,฀2011฀ •฀ 12:00฀p.m.฀-฀2:30฀p.m.฀ past฀few฀months฀about฀diversity฀ through฀a฀Special฀Committee฀on฀ experience.฀Good฀ideas฀come฀in฀ grants฀ made฀ available฀ by฀The฀ Chair฀of฀this฀Section฀has฀been฀ on฀that฀Committee฀ex฀offjcio฀as฀ Diversity฀and฀Inclusion.฀Serving฀ an฀encouraging฀and฀rewarding฀ Florida฀Bar฀Board฀of฀Governors฀ www.EOLSFL.org Opportunities Volume VIII, No. 1 THE FLORIDA BAR Spring 2011 Message from the Chair — Larry D. Smith I N S I D E: EOLS Upcoming Florida’s Gay Annual Convention Events Adoption Ban Ruled Unconstitutional: Anita Bryant’s Shameful Anti- in conjunction with The Florida Bar Annual Convention Gay Legacy Finally Goes Down in Flames ........... 2 Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center Foley & Lardner Sponsor Equal Opportunities Executive Council Meeting National LGBT Bar Association Directory ... 7 Minutes of Executive Council Meeting ......... 12 Equal Opportunities Law Section/Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter National Florida’s Alien Land Bar Association/Florida Association of Women Lawyers Joint Luncheon*** Law ............................ 13 Section Information ....... 16 ***Must purchase ticket in advance. Visit www.floridabar.org for Annual Convention event information. 06/11