New York, NY, September 10, 2003

WHAT:    Debate on "Should Same-Sex Couples Be Denied the Freedom to Marry?" Sponsored by The Justice Action Center.
WHEN:    Monday, September 15, at 5 p.m.
WHERE:  New York Law School, 57 Worth Street, Stiefel Reading Room, first floor.
WHO:      New York Law School Professor Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will moderate the debate. Participants are:

·   Evan Wolfson, Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, a new gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide, who served as marriage project director for Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund and co-counsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case, Baehr v. Miike.
·   Vincent McCarthy, Senior Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), an international public interest law firm and educational organization, which was founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson and is involved in public interest and public policy issues that "threaten people of faith and the American family, "

ABOUT THE JUSTICE ACTION CENTER AT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

The Justice Action Center brings together New York Law School faculty and students in an ongoing critical evaluation of public interest lawyering. Through scholarship and fieldwork, the Center seeks to evaluate the efficacy of law as an agent of change and social betterment. The Center fosters collaborative efforts by faculty and students to engage the specific problems presented in the fields of Anti-Discrimination Law and Economic Justice, Civil Liberties, Criminal Law and Death Penalty, Environmental Law, Family Law, Immigration Law, Labor and Employment Law, and Mental Disability Law. In addition to a focused curriculum, symposia, and research opportunities, students have the opportunity to gain direct exposure to the field of cause lawyering through externships, clinics, and workshops.

Contact:    Jim Hellegaard, New York Law School Public Affairs, 212.431.2191, jhellegaard@nyls.edu  

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