Beware the Ides of March...
If you're trying to schedule a fundraising benefit and want gay lawyers to attend. Tout le gay legal monde already has plans for that evening:
Some observations:
1. This benefit dinner invitation has to be one of the ugliest-ass invites we have ever seen (and we've seen many).
LeGal is an organization of gay lawyers. And it looks like this invite was designed by the lawyers rather than the gays. C'mon, LeGal board members -- don't any of you have boyfriends who are graphic designers or party planners?
(We realize that perhaps (a) we didn't get the best quality scan from our tipster and (b) it looks much better in color rather than black-and-white. But still, even the fonts they picked are kinda homely.)
2. Yes, you're remembering correctly. LeGal -- aka the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York" -- is the group that embarrassed itself a bit at an earlier stage in L'Affaire Charney. Its former president, Jack Scheich, made some prematurely pro-S&C statements to the news media -- statements that LeGal subsequently repudiated.
3. As you can see from the invitation, Sullivan & Cromwell is once again ponying up the big bucks for a table. We hear that a Platinum table goes for $5,000 -- which seems like a fairly modest premium to pay for insurance against charges of anti-gay bias.
4. Will Aaron Charney make an appearance at the dinner? How awesome would that be? We're sure he'd look very dashing in a tux.
5. We'd be interested in attending and writing about this event. If you have an extra spot at your table and might be willing to have us as your guest, please drop us a line.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) [official website]
(7) Comments
A couple of observations:
1) $5,000 is REALLY cheap for the top level at a charity event. Before law school, I worked at a small non-profit, and our top tables were $25,000. LeGal is losing money.
2) Can LeGal not put their donors in alphabetical order? Embarrassing.
Go buy your own table, ya cheap bastard!
The toilet firm I'll work at is a lead level contributor. Actually even that is too expensive a metal. They're an aluminum foil level contributor.
am i not allowed tomake gay jokes at biglaw this summer?
10:34, maybe they're in the order corresponding to how much money they kicked in.
Can anyone attend? How does one get tickets to the event?
/i>C'mon, LeGal board members -- don't any of you have boyfriends who are graphic designers or party planners?
You're asking lawyers to make creative or artistic judgments? What planet do you live on, anyway?