Date of Award

1-1-2018

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Political Science

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, x, 273 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Julie Novkov

Committee Members

Julie Novkov, Matthew Ingram, Ellen Andersen

Keywords

Cause Lawyering, Legal Advocacy Organizations, Legal Mobilization, LGBT Movement, Multidimensional Advocacy, Public Interest Legal Organizations, Cause lawyers, Gay liberation movement, Social movements, Sexual minorities, Sexual minority community, Practice of law

Subject Categories

Law | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Political Science

Abstract

Scholarship tells us that cause lawyers, including those in the LGBTQ movement, are likely to avoid non-litigation tactics in favor of court-centered strategies (Klarman 2005; Rosenberg 2008; Scheingold 1974). Other research suggests that lawyers are likely to steer the LGBTQ movement’s agenda away from both grassroots interests and its more radical agenda (Leachman 2014; Levitsky 2006). However, more recent scholarship shows an increased reliance on non-litigation tactics in the LGBTQ movement and publicly available evidence indicates cause lawyers are working on diverse sets of issues within the movement (Cummings and NeJaime 2010; Marshall 2006).

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