In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, lawyers will have many opportunities to be on the cutting edge in a host of legal theory and legal practice questions—these are opportunities for employment, career development, and thought-leadership on the application and limits on the ruling. And they don't only affect family law practitioners and constitutional law litigators. Among the issues impacted or created are:
- Fostering and adoption
- Estate planning
- Tax-exempt status of religious employers and service providers, as well as other organizations, that reject the ruling
- Obligations of federal contractors
- Other legal challenges to the ruling rooted in religious liberty claims
- Immigration for LGBT partners and spouses
- Updating employee policies, handbooks, training, and benefit plans
- Updating laws, regulations, and forms
- Gender-neutral language and culture
- Ability of state and local governments to oppose the ruling
- Application of the ruling to others who wish to marry