Legal Resources

Sexual Orientation and the Law

• A Guide to Washington State Laws Relating to Sexual Orientation & HIV/AIDS

• Bar Association of San Francisco:  LGBT-Related Reports and Employer Resources

• Judges’ Bench Guide on Sexual Orientation (Provides an overview of GLBT case law)

• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification Legal Issues Section of the WSBA (SOGILI)

• Transgender Law & Policy Institute

• UCLA Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law

• UCLA Census Report on Same-Sex Couples and Same-Sex Couples Raising Children in Washington (January, 2005)

• QLaw Foundation Legal Clinic

Diversity and the Law

• Minority Corporate Counsel Association 

• NALP GLBT Resources

• WSBA Office of Diversity

• Profiles of Diversity & Leadership  

Bar Associations

•  American Bar Association

• Washington State Bar Association

• National Lesbian and Gay Law Association

Legal Services Organizations

• Columbia Legal Services

• NW Immigrants’ Rights Project

• NW Immigrants’ Rights Project

Regional and WA State Resources

• American Civil Liberties Union of Washington

• Equal Rights Washington

• Greater Seattle Business Association

• Inland Northwest Business Alliance

• Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington

• Northwest Women’s Law Center

• Pride Foundation

• Religious Coalition for Equality

• Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities

• Seattle LGBT Community Center

• Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee (SEAMEC)

• VotingForJudges.Org

• Washington Human Rights Commission

National Organizations

• ACLU Lesbian & Gay Rights Project

• Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)

• Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

• National Center for Lesbian Rights

• National Gay & Lesbian Task Force

• National Lesbian and Gay Law Association

• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

• Transgender Law Center