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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.   […]

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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 […]

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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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