SDLRLA is proud to host the only mayoral candidates forum dedicated to Latino issues. SDLRLA, together with its partnering organizations, will ask the candidates about their views on immigration, education, labor, criminal justice, and other issues that uniquely affect San Diego’s Latino community, in a town hall style format. Award winning journalist Joanne Faryon, host...
The Lawyers Club Professional Advancement Committee proudly joins the nationally known Women’s Leadership & Mentoring Alliance’s (WLMA) multi-city satellite discussion. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Two Locations Available: Kramm Court Reporting Discovery Conference Centre 401 West A Street, Suite 750 Downtown San Diego AND Mintz Levin 3580 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite...
Mark you calendars and save the date! San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund announces that the Annual Gala will return to the Hard Rock Hotel and will be held on Friday, October 19, 2012. Keynote Speaker: THOMAS A. SAENZ, MALDEF President & General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz serves as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s...
Lawyers Club’s Mentorship Program to Host First Event of its Early Success Seminar Series: Networking 101 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:30 p.m. – networking reception 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Networking 101 seminar Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP 401 West A Street, 3rd Floor Conference Center San Diego, 92101 The Lawyers Club Mentorship Committee...
City of Escondido’s Checkpoint and Towing Practices Under Fire SDLRLA Provides Financial Support to Documentary Efforts With the support of San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association, the ACLU, and other concerned parties, documentary journalist John Carlos Frey of the Gatekeeper Foundation has uncovered information that raises serious concerns that the City of Escondido may be...
2012 San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund Bar Stipend Awards! The SDLRLA Scholarship Fund proudly announces the second year of its Bar Stipend Scholarship Program! The bar stipend is awarded to law students in their final year of study to assist with bar examination related expenses. In awarding bar stipends, the Fund will...
SDLRLA is proud to be part of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Ethnic Relations & Diversity Committee Annual Spring Mixer! The Ethnic Relations & Diversity Committee of the SDCBA is to foster a greater commitment to Diversity within San Diego’s legal community. April 12, 2012 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack 401...
SDLRLA Member Judge Ruth Bermudez Montenegro is sworn in SDLRLA Member Ruth Bermudez Montenegro was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown on February 29, 2012, as the first Mexican- American woman to the Imperial County Superior Court. She was sworn in on March 6, 2012. It is also the first time that two women judges are...
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SDLRLA’S PROJECT LEAD VOLUNTEERS SDLRLA is proud to recognize the many dedicated volunteers who have supported Project LEAD (Legal Enrichment and Decision Making), a program designed to teach fifth graders critical life lessons, including the importance of staying in school, preventing and dealing with bullying, and making over-all good choices...
Join Planned Parenthood and Latina Organizations for the 1st AMIGAS de Planned Parenthood Luncheon! On Tuesday, March 13, 2012, from 11:30-1:30 at Cafe Coyote (2461 San Diego Ave., SD 92110), Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest (PPPSW) in collaboration with Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) and MANA de San Diego will host the first...