OUTLaw Network is one year old! To celebrate our first year we asked some of our members and supporters to share their thoughts on OUTLaw. We will be sharing those videos this week. Here is David Widger Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A in @ALGoodbody, one of our founding firms ...
We are delighted to be short-listed for a GALAS Award in the Employee Resource Group category. The GALAS honour the contributions of people, companies and organisations to the Irish LGBT+ community. Since our launch this time last year we have worked to actively promote LGBT+ diversity in the workplace across the legal sector. We are...
On 18 June 2019 OUTLaw Network held an event in collaboration with LGBT Ireland and the Lesbian Lawyers Network entitled “Recognising Rainbow Families: How close is the law to providing legal rights for LGBT+ parents and their children?“. The event, hosted by A&L Goodbody, was attended by colleagues from across the legal community. For more information,...
OUTLaw Network marched in its first Dublin Pride Parade last Saturday, surrounded by friends and colleagues from across the legal community. We had a wonderful day! 300 people gathered in the Gresham Hotel from 11am for face painting, breakfast treats and networking before being joined by our wonderful DJ Miss Pixie Woo who kindly posed...
Have you ever gone to the zoo but been refused a family ticket because the cashier didn’t consider you a proper family? Have you ever had to refuse the offer of a promotion because it required you to move your family to another country where your rights were not recognised? Have you ever been unable...
How close is the law to providing legal rights for LGBT+ parents and their children? OUTLaw is delighted to invite you to “Recognising Rainbow Families”, a collaborative event with LGBT Ireland and the Lesbian Lawyers Network hosted by OneALG, the A&L Goodbody LGBT+ allies network. This event will explore the current legal challenges facing LGBT+...
We are delighted to announce that OUTLaw Network is a Finalist at this year’s Irish Law Awards 2019 in the category of “Diversity and Inclusion Law Firm of the Year”. Coming only 6 months after our launch, we are so proud to have been recognised in this category. The Irish Law Awards aim to identify,...