Primary Education Topic:
LGBTQ Aging
Other Education Topics:
Leadership in Aging
Legal & Ethical Issues
To compete in today’s job market, new attorneys must be well versed in both the full range of legal issues facing older LGBTQ adults, as well as the tools and remedies available to them.
By Deirdre M.W. Lok and Malya Kurzweil Levin
Aging in America is changing rapidly, as is what it means to identify as LGBTQ. As shifting national demographics create an increased number of older adults, and as LGBTQ individuals achieve greater rights and visibility; the confluence of these two identities becomes increasingly relevant to a new generation of legal professionals. To compete in today’s job market, new attorneys must be well versed in both the full range of legal issues facing older LGBTQ adults, as well as the tools and remedies available to them.