Gay rights advocate Chai Feldblum, the first openly lesbian commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will deliver the 28th annual I. Goodman Cohen Lecture in Trial Advocacy on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Wayne State University Law School.
“She has been a strong and effective advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights,” said Wayne Law Distinguished Prof. Robert Sedler, event organizer of the Cohen Lecture Series. “Disability rights and LGBT rights are among the major areas of civil rights litigation today.”
The lecture “Achieving Social Change: Lessons from Disability and LGBT Rights” will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Law School’s Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Feldblum was nominated to the EEOC, which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, by President Barack Obama in 2009 for a term ending in July 2013.
Prior to her appointment, she was a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Feldblum founded the Law Center’s Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic, a program designed to train students to become legislative lawyers.
As co-director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, Feldblum has worked to advanced flexibility in the workplace in a manner that works for employees and employers.
She previously was legislative counsel to the AIDS Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, where she developed legislation, analyzed policy on various AIDS-related issues, and played a leading role in drafting the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Later, as a law professor, she was instrumental helping in the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.
She also is an expert on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. A graduate of Barnard College, Feldblum received her law degree from Harvard Law School.
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