2009 D.C. Bar Association Candidate Survey Announcement

All 2009 Candidates for D.C. Bar Association office:

One of the most important issues in the legal community today is diversity, including appropriate recruitment, treatment, and retention of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) legal professionals. Unfortunately, the legal community's response as a whole on this very important issue has not been impressive. Indeed, a 1999 D.C. Bar Task Force found that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity continues to permeate the ranks of the legal profession. The Task Force report may be found at the following website: www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/structure/reports/task_force/index.cfm.

This survey and your responses are part of GAYLAW's assessment of you and your candidacy.  We are very interested in hearing from you.  The survey can be found at: http://www.gaylaw.org/DC%20Bar%20Candidate%20Survey-2009.doc.

Send survey responses to gaylaw@gaylaw.org.  All responses must be received no later than Friday, May 1, 2009.  Please note that when we publish our endorsement decisions on the GAYLAW website (www.gaylaw.org), we will also publish the survey responses that you submit to us. Since candidate survey responses are utilized in GAYLAW's endorsement process, we are unlikely to endorse candidates that do not respond to this survey.