THE FOUNDATION
The LAGBAC Foundation (the "Foundation") provides education to both the public and legal professionals about legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersex and questioning persons. Through its educational initiatives and scholarship programs, the Foundation also seeks to improve access to the legal and judicial system for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed and questioning persons.
The Foundation, in conjunction with LAGBAC, awards scholarship grants to support full-time employment at a qualified LGBT/civil rights organization during the summer. First, Second and Third year law students are encouraged to apply and the scholarship grants range in amount, from $3,000 to $4,000 depending on a variety of factors. Please contact Jeremy Gottschalk at  jgottschalk@lagbac.org with questions regarding the scholarship application or process.
2009 Foundation Scholarship applications and information will be released here soon.
Congratulations to the 2008 LAGBAC Foundation Scholarship Winners.
The LAGBAC Foundation is proud to announce the 2008 Summer Scholarship awardees. Through generous donations we are able to award a total of $9000 to LGBTQ law students who will spend this summer learning and working at organizations that tirelessly work to gain civil rights for us, the LGBTQ Community. A $3000 stipend will be awarded to each of three recipients.
Clay Rehrig is a student at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and will be working for Equality Illinois on a project designed to bring marriage equality. It is a strategy like the one used in Massachusetts to gain its gay marriage law.
Shaun Sperling is a student at John Marshall Law School . He will be working at the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC). He will be working in the area of asylum law, as it relates to LGBTQ people and persons with HIV, through the NIJC's National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Orientation project. Shaun will be aiding in the representation of LGBTQ and HIV positive immigrants and asylum seekers who have fled their home countries due to the persecution they suffered because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status. The NIJC practices before the Chicago Asylum Office, in deportation proceedings.
Jaime Hovey is a student at the University of Illinois School of Law in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. She will be working at Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal. Jaime will assist the attorneys at Lambda Legal with their work on behalf of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Jamie will provide legal research and writing for cases currently being litigated or being prepared for litigation by Lambda Legal. She will also assist callers to Lambda Legal's national Help Desk, analyzing requests for legal assistance.
Congratulations to all of our 2008 recipients. Not only will you spend the summer of 2008 doing interesting and challenging work, you will be fighting for LGBTQ equality.
Form 1023 -- Application for Recognition of Exemption Form
Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
Tax-deductible contributions to the Foundation are welcome.
To Make a Donation:
BY MAIL
Please make checks payable to:
The LAGBAC Foundation
P.O. Box 64933
Chicago, IL 60664-0933
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