Programs
Events and offerings
Outlaws sponsors a suite of programming every year, including:
Advocacy:
- Blood drive tabling protesting bans against blood donations from men who have sex with men.
- Coming Out Day dinner
- Discussions implementation of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
- Panels discussing the deconstruction of DOMA and its effect on same-sex binational couples
- Programming centered around bullying and LGBT students’ rights
- Pro bono opportunities with organizations focused on LGBT issues
- Film screenings focusing on gender, sexuality, and queer issues, including (A)sexual, How to Survive a Plague, and Pariah.
Professional development:
- Dinners with law firms
- LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Conference
- Mentoring programs
- Out in the Workplace dinner
- Resume review workshops
- Mock callback practice sessions with Kirkland & Ellis
- An intimate discussion with Morrison & Foerster’s openly gay firm chair, Keith Wetmore, and other LGBT leaders of departments, firms, and companies
- Non-profit and government agency dinner
Social:
- Graduation party
- Mixers with other Columbia graduate schools
- Mixers with NYC-area law schools
Academic:
- Peer Mentoring
- Outlaws’ Library
- Database listing professors of Outlaws’ members
- Outlines, Cover Letter, and Resume Bank
Current schedule
For a full run-down of our events, please access our Google calendar.