InterLaw Diversity Forum for LGBT Networks

Immigration Equality Panel Event: 6:30 pm, Thursday, 16 February (Family Migration, Asylum and Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. and U.K)

Join us for an interesting panel discussion co-sponsored by Immigration Equality about numerous legal, social and cultural questions affecting LGBT immigrants in the U.S. and the U.K.  In the U.S., non-citizens lack the ability to become permanent residents or citizens through their marriages and partnerships with U.S. citizens.  In the U.K., such individuals can remain in the country through the permanent partnership laws.

When relationship-recognition laws fall short, what alternatives are there under human rights laws and/or asylum laws?  This panel will have several excellent speakers who are leaders in this field, including:

Andrew Sullivan: Renowned blogger, Sunday Times columnist, political commentator, and the author of five books.

Helena Wray: Senior Lecturer at Law Middlesex University, Co-Editor Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law and academic expert on the law of family migration.

S. Chelvan:  Barrister No5 Chambers and PhD Candidate (KCL) with an international reputation as an LGBTI asylum expert

Joseph Landau: Board Chairman, Immigration Equality (U.S.) and Associate Professor, Fordham Law School

Our venue will be the offices of Ashurst located at 9 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA, please RSVP here with “Immigration Equality Panel Event, 16 February” in the subject line. Many thanks to Ashursts for generously hosting this event.