Archive for the ‘Prisons’ category

Gay Parolee Released Thanks to Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic’s Work


August 29th, 2009

The Gender and Sexuality Law Blog covered a case our Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic was handling back in May having to do with a man who applied for and was denied parole by the Massachusetts  Parole Board because he was gay.  See post here.
This week, the Parole Board granted Bruce Wilburn’s parole application.   See [...]

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When a Client’s Not Perfect – Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Students Reflect on Representing Parolee


May 28th, 2009

By: DUNCAN OSBORN
Gay City News link here
05/26/2009

Columbia Law students Mollie Kornreich, Abram Seaman, and Keren Zwick have taken up Bruce Wilborn’s case out of their belief he was denied parole in the killing of a gay man because he too is gay.

At first blush, Bruce Wilborn is not the ideal client for a [...]

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Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Wins Another One – New Hearing For Gay Parolee


April 23rd, 2009

Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic can boast another victory – this time on behalf of a gay parolee in Massachusetts.  The Massachusetts Parole Board agreed last week to give Bruce Wilborn, an openly gay inmate, a new parole hearing to settle the sexual orientation discrimination charges he brought against the board more [...]

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