Impact Litigation: Transgender Rights and Gender-Affirming Medical Care
1h
Created on June 17, 2024
Intermediate
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$79
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Overview
This program will provide an in-depth review of the legal challenges to bans on gender-affirming medical care for transgender adolescents, including a discussion of the structure of the various statutory prohibitions, the constitutional claims raised, and the status of ongoing litigation in federal and state court. This course will discuss the latest developments in various cases and intersectional considerations for impact litigation of this nature.
Learning Objectives:
Identify constitutional claims presented by challenges to gender-affirming healthcare bans for transgender adolescents
Review the changing legal landscape for transgender rights in the context of healthcare
Discuss intersectional considerations for impact litigation
Credits
Faculty
Harper Seldin
Attorney | American Civil Liberties Union
Harper Seldin is a staff attorney with the national ACLU in the LGBTQ & HIV Project. He is counsel on multiple cases challenging bans on medical care for transgender adolescents, including in Indiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. He has also authored numerous amicus briefs on the rights of transgender students not to be forcibly outed by their schools. In 2021, he was named one of the “Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40” by the LGBT Bar Association.
Prior to joining the ACLU, Harper was a partner at a large national law firm, specializing in complex commercial disputes and representing large technology clients in state and federal court, both at trial and on appeal. Harper is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law. He clerked for Judge Stewart Dalzell in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PennsylvaniaReviews
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Harper has a command of the subject matter and though the info is from 2024 it was a link to a more positive potentials from the litigation.
Excellent presentation!
A thoughtful and well presented course.
Excellent presenter, clear and organized and informative and accessible representation of the current landscape, context, intersectional nature of the issues across a broad ranger of equal access issues.
Very important topic! Thank you for covering!
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