2026 Lavendar Law Conference and Career Fair
Event summary
The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s annual Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair is designed to achieve a sense of community and inclusion for LGBTQ+ candidates within the legal profession’s recruiting efforts. Candidates participating in this fair can speak directly with LGBTQ+-friendly recruiters from law firms, government agencies, LGBTQ+ rights groups and corporate legal departments.
Featured agenda item
Wednesday, July 15 // 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Sue, Set Aside and Win: Using Arbitrary & Capricious Review and Vacatur to Challenge Federal Agency Actions
Cooley partner Ray Tolentino will speak on this panel, covering how federal agencies are playing an increasingly central role in shaping LGBTQ+ rights – and how the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is often the most powerful tool for challenging unlawful agency action. This panel will provide litigators with practical strategies for bringing and winning APA challenges, with a focus on arbitrary and capricious review, vacatur as a remedy, and advanced litigation considerations. Panelists will examine how recent Supreme Court decisions have reshaped the APA landscape and will ground the discussion in real‑world challenges to healthcare policies, grant terminations and executive actions affecting LGBTQ+ communities.
For more information, please email Crystal Tong.
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