Krasner talks progress, reform within legal system for LGBTQ communities
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1 min readNov 20, 2018
“I’m thrilled that this office is stepping up, that some of the watches that were set to 1954 have been replaced by watches made sometime in this century,” [DA Krasner] said.
His office hosted the first of what may be many CLE sessions, or Continuing Legal Education for lawyers.
Kelly Burkhardt with the district attorney’s office says this time, the sessions were focused on educating lawyers on the unique needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within the prison system.
“It’s necessary because LGBTQ individuals are a part of all facets of the justice system. We created a broad strokes panel in which we talk about overall LGBTQ competency and digging down into what happens in the legal sphere,” Burkhardt said.
