Brooklyn Bar Association CLE prepares lawyers for handling LGBTQ clients
The Brooklyn Bar Association’s LGBTQ Committee hosted a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar in Brooklyn Heights on Thursday where it taught attorneys the ins and outs of dealing with LGBTQ clients including recent laws and terminology.
The hourlong seminar was hosted by Christina Golkin, a trustee with the Brooklyn Bar Association who created and chairs the LGBTQ Committee.
“It is a big benefit for attorneys to talk about the terminology, the evolving language that the people in the LGBTQ community are using to define and express themselves,” Golkin said. “As attorneys we try to build trusting relationships with our clients and expect them to tell us potentially upsetting and stressful information about their lives. If we can speak in the language of the LGBTQ community then it helps us to build that relationship.”