Tickets for the 2012 San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund Annual Awards Dinner & Gala are on sale now! (Online purchasing coming soon!) Please join us on October 19, 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel. Click here for a printer friendly version.
The Hispanic National Bar Association is now accepting applications for the inaugural class of the HNBA Public Interest Latina Leadership Program Deadline: July 23, 2012 The Hispanic National Bar Association’s Commission on the Status of Latinas in the Legal Profession is launching a Public Interest Latina Leadership Program, to begin on August 23-24 at the...
“SPANISH FOR LAWYERS” CLE August 30, 2012 5:30-7:30 California Western School of Law Lawyers do most of their work in offices, law libraries, and courtrooms. They sometimes meet in clients’ homes or places of business and, when necessary, in hospitals or prisons. They may travel to attend meetings, gather evidence, and appear before courts, legislative...
SDLRLA is proud to co-sponsor “Litigating Domestic Violence Asylum Claims” with The ABA Immigration Justice Project, AILA San Diego Chapter, Casa Cornelia Law Center, Employee Rights Center, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, Legal Aid Society of San Diego and Unitarian Universalist Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education. Thursday August 9, 2012 5:30-7:30 pm Thomas...
SDLRLA is proud to co-sponsor Immigration Relief Available to Vulnerable Populations with the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Alumni Association. Saturday August 4, 2012 12:30 p.m. Registration 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. “Immigration; The “I” Word” by Carmen Chavez, Casa Cornelia 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. “Immigration Law and Family Issues Intercept” by Maricela Amezloa, Strickland & Amezola 3:30...
The Latina Golfers Association, San Diego Chapter invites you to join them for their 2nd Golf Clinic! The clinic will be held at J R South Bay Golf, Inc. located at 3631 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA 92154 from 9 am- 11 am. $15.00/person. All ladies are welcome. Reserve your space today and invite a friend...
SDLRLA member, and winner of SDLRLA’s 2011 Attorney of the Year Award, Victor Manuel Torres, will be speaking at a FREE* Pre-Show event at the San Diego Repertory Theatre on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 7 p.m. Victor is the spokesperson for the human rights coalition El Grupo, which addresses social and legal concerns for...
On June 9, 2012 the National Council of La Raza, the country’s largest Latino civil rights organization, voted unanimously to pass a resolution which endorsed marriage equality for same-sex couples. Said Danny Ortega, a former NCLR Board Chair, “We thought it was not only the right thing to do, but consistent with our values as...
THOMAS A. SAENZ, MALDEF President & General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz serves as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s (MALDEF) President and General Counsel. Before 2009, he worked as Counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Saenz had also previously practiced civil rights litigation at MALDEF for 12 years. During that time, he was MALDEF’s lead counsel...
MANA de San Diego invites you to join them for this year’s MEGA NETWORKING MIXER! FREE to members of partnering organizations, including SDLRLA, NSH MBA San Diego, ALPFA San Diego and National LBWA San Diego. July 11, 2012 * Cafe Sevilla * 353 Fifth Avenue, San Diego CA 92101 6-8 pm Hosted Appetizers and Non-Host...