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...
Please join SDLRLA for our 5th Annual Judicial Reception honoring San Diego Superiour Court’s Retired and Retiring Judges. Space is limited so please RSVP by July 17. Special thanks for McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP for hosting this event.
SDLRLA strongly encourages all of our members — and everyone in San Diego County — to vote today. Predictions in the newspaper say that there will be a low turn out in voters today– let’s prove “Them” wrong! Don’t know where to vote? No problem- Click here for the closest poll to your home or...
SDLRLA and Tom Homann Law Association (THLA) are teaming up to present Emerging Issues for LGBT Immigrants, Asylees and Refugee Seekers 1 hour of MCLE credit FREE OF CHARGE! Experienced attorneys will speak about issues impacting LGBT immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, including the progress made in adjudicating claims by same-sex bi-national couples, the impact...
Children at the Border: Continuing the Converstaion Join Casa Cornelia Law Center and the Trans-Border Institute on June 1, 2012 from 8:30 to 11:30 am. at the Joan B Kroc School of Peace Studies at USD for presentations on current migration trends, immigration relief available and recommendations for implementing provisions of the TVPRA.
A seminar exlusively for Latinas! THIS Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina, San Diego. Celebrando provides a unique educational experience with relevant topics for today’s Latina, through motivational keynotes speakers, workshops, an interactive expo hall containing resources from various organizations and over a dozen on-site health...
We would like to send our thanks to all of the amazing people who made last night’s Mayoral Forum on Latino Issues a huge success: SPONSORS: Union Bank, Wilson Turner Kosmo, LLP, Wallick & Volk and Viejas. Partners: Chicano Federation, Alianza, Justicia Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, MANA, MABPA, San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,...
Attending the Mayoral Forum on Latino Issues? Don’t miss the Post Forum Connect, with a no-host bar and appetizers, for only $20.00 The event is sponsored by our partner, Alianza, and will take place at La Gran Terraza near the Shiley Theater on USD. Meet up to discuss what you saw and heard at the...
If you have not yet RSVP’d, please make sure to RSVP to larazalawyers@gmail.com no later than close of business on May 29, 2012. If you have RSVP’d, please note that check-in is at 6:00 p.m. The Theater doors will close at 6:30 p.m., no exceptions. Please allow yourself plenty of time to park and walk...