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Legal educators threaten to boycott meeting because of San Diego hotel

By Jason Siegel

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Organizations representing thousands of legal educators say they will boycott the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting in January if it is held at a San Diego hotel owned by a foe of same-sex marriage.

The four groups made up of law professors and legal writing professionals have sent letters to the Association of American Law Schools, calling for it to move the site chosen for the conference in January.

The groups object to holding the annual meeting at the San Diego Manchester Grand Hyatt, a hotel whose owner, Douglas Manchester, has donated $125,000 to an initiative to outlaw same-sex marriage in California.

The groups say that to attend the five-day event hosted primarily at the Manchester Grand Hyatt would conflict with their policies of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on August 06, 2008 (boomark / email).

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