The California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a fertility clinic cannot claim its physicians have a right to refuse to provide fertility treatments to a lesbian because of the physicians' religious objections. Meanwhile, Massachusetts opened the door to marriage for couples from outside the state. Click here to read more about these developments in the September issue of Lesbian/Gay Law Notes.

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October 1st from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., the Safe Passage Project will offer a continuing legal education seminar for lawyers and students on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in the Wellington Conference Center on the 5th floor of the A building at New York Law School. Three CLE credits in professional practice are available, and there is no charge to attend. If you'd like to attend, RSVP to lcurcio@nyls.edu.

The Racial Justice Project has posted its most recent case analysis, this time reviewing Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. This recent Supreme Court case upheld Indiana's voting identification requirements. The Racial Justice Project's analysis delves more deeply into the statute's hidden costs in terms of disenfranchisement. To view the analysis, click here.

On April 14, Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois presented the 4th Annual Tony Coelho Lecture in Disability Employment Law & Policy. If you were unable to attend the live event, a webcast and transcript of the event are now available:

• Click here to view the webcast.
• Click here to view the webcast with split-screen closed captioning. (Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer.)

To download a copy of Senator Durbin's remarks, click here.

For a description of the event, please visit old.nyls.edu/coelho. 

For neutral and global coverage of human rights, check out the Global Human Rights Bulletin, a monthly publication created by the NYLS student division of Lawyers Without Borders.