The LGBT Rights Committee of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI) and LAGBAC invite all Hispanic LGBT attorneys and law students to an evening/soireé/velada “Velada entre amigos y colegas.” The event will be on April 30, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7:30 p.m. at Quarles & Brady, 300 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 4000, Chicago, Illinois 60654. Our guest speaker at this event will be Angélica López, a former HLAI scholarship recipient and one of the plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit against the State of Illinois’s provision that prevents marriages for same sex couples. Hors d’oeuvre and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Nicole Bashor nicole.bashor@quarles.com no later than April 29, 2013. All attendees must RSVP in order to pass building security.