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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 13:22:47 EDT
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- Subject: RE: Colorado situation
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- AALL NEWS RELEASE
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- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES VOTES NOT TO HOLD 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
- IN DENVER
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- Chicago, November 24, 1992 -- The Executive Board of the American
- Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced that the Association will not
- hold its 1998 Annual Meeting in Denver as planned due to the passage of
- Amendment Two which prohibits the state of Colorado from enacting laws
- protecting the status of homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals. The decision
- was reached by unanimous vote.
-
- Mark E. Estes, AALL President and Law Librarian at the Denver law firm of
- Hole Roberts & Oman, cited Article 9 of the Association's Bylaws which
- sttates that "participation in any activity of the Association ... shall
- not be denied to any individual, or abridged on account of race, color,
- religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation."
- Further, the Executive Board strongly stated that the exclusionary nature
- of Amendment Two could extend to the restriction of other rights, including
- the right to access legal information.
-
- According to Estes, "holding the AALL Annual Meeting in a state which
- constitutionally permits a policy of discrimination would deny some members
- full participation in the Association's premier educational activity." The
- AALL Annual Meeting typically draws 1,800 to 2,000 of the Association's
- 5,000 members as well as 650 exhibitors and special guests.
-
- The American Association of Law Libraries was established in 1906 to
- promote and enhance the value of law libraries to the public, the legal
- community, and the world; to foster the profession of law librarianhip; and
- to provide leadership in the field of legal information. Members of the
- Association work in law firms, academic, government, and coporate libraries
- which serve lawyers; bar associations; law school and other university
- research needs; government agencies; coorations; and federal, state, and
- local courts.
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- + Legal Research Center FAW@USDCSV.ACUSD.EDU +
- + University of San Diego FAX: 619-260-4616 +
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- + San Diego, CA 92110-2492 +
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