This three day long seminar was the fourth of its kind and is being viewed around the nation as a model for similar training in other jurisdictions. The paper follows. Please copy it and try to get it into your jurisdiction by going to the Staff Attorney for your local courts or to the Criminal Law Section of your local and state Bar association. If you want an e-copy in WP9, send me a note. The paper is six pages following the course format.
Page one is title, page two is bio and page three begins the text.
It is a tool to begin to educate and sensitize attorneys who are appointed to represent transgenders in criminal matters. Elected Director 1990-1991. More than their proportionate share are coming into the criminal system because of employment discrimination, the failure of homeless shelters to provide genuine assistance, and the failure of substance abuse programs to include the transgender issue into the treatment program. Unfortunately, when a person begins a transgender transition, they are often fired from their jobs. There is no legal employment discrimination protection.