La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano

Please join the Solano County Bar, The Barristers, La Raza, and APABA Solano County for our annual All Bar BBQ. The event is on August 10th, at the Benicia Park on 1st Street and Military West, starting at 4 p.m. We’ll supply the food and drinks. All that we ask is that you bring a backpack to the event (gently worn is fine). We’ll be donating the backpacks to the Solano County Office of Education to provide for indigent kids who can’t afford backpacks of their own for school. Please no red or blue backpacks.

La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano invite you to join us for our 2017 High School Scholarship Awards Dinner! For the past sixteen years, La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano has been awarding scholarships honoring Solano County Latino high school seniors going onto higher education. The Association has previously awarded approximately 90 individual scholarships. Each year, these students inspire us with their perseverance and dedication! Please join us in celebrating thei...r accomplishments. Our Keynote Speaker this year is the Honorable Carlos Gutiérrez, newly appointed Solano County Superior Court Judge and former President of the La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano and of the Solano Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. We are also excited to honor Lisette Estrella-Henderson, sworn in this January as the first Latina and second only female Solano County Superintendent of Schools, for her outstanding service to the community. Date: May 17, 2017 Time: 5:30 p.m. Location: Solano County Events Center, 601 Texas St. Fairfield, CA 94533. Ticket price: $65.00 all going to a great cause! For tickets please contact: Kelly Trujillo in Vallejo (707)648-4201 and Taina Gomez (707)784-6920 in Fairfield. All members of the La Raza Lawyers will have tickets for sale.

Next week on Wednesday February 7th, 2018 Catholic Charities is hosting a free DACA renewal application assistance workshop at 6 p.m. at the Holy Spirit Parish in Fairfield, CA. Please see the attached flyer for additional information and help spread the word. They would like to reach as many DACA beneficiaries as possible during this special window where USCIS must accept renewal applications.

La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano County Congratulates Dora Rios appointed today to the Solano County Bench. Dora is a Deputy Alternate Public Defender in Solano County and a member of La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano. Dora is the First Latina appointed to the Solano County Bench!!! We are so proud of her! Below is the announcement.... Solano County Superior Court Dora M. Rios, 47, of Benicia, has been appointed to a judgeship in the Solano County Superior Court. Rios has served as a deputy alternate defender at the Solano County Alternate Public Defender’s Office since 2000. She was an attorney at the Law Offices of Robert Beles from 1999 to 2000 and served as a law clerk at the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office in 1998. Rios earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Jose State University. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Scott L. Kays. Rios is a Democrat.

Join us tomorrow for our Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration and Open House! 5-7:30 at Integrity Auto Collision Center in Fairfield, 1891 Woolner Ave., Suite C, Fairfield.

Gov. Jerry Brown has tapped House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) to be the next attorney general of California. http://www.latimes.com//la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updat

Congratulations to new incoming Board for La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano! President: Wendy Casas-Raviotta, Vice-President: Matthew Olsen, Treasurer: Taína Ivania Gómez-Ferretti Secretary: Jorge Pichardo

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We are excited for our upcoming scholarship dinner on Wednesday May 17th! Get your tickets!

Free Upcoming Immigration Clinics! Contact Centro Legal de la Raza.

We hope you will join us!

Congratulations to our friend and Board Member, the newly appointed Honorable Carlos Gutierrez! Proudly appointed to the Solano County Superior Court yesterday by Governor Brown!

La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano invite you to join us for our 2016 High School Scholarship Awards Dinner! For the past fifteen years, La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano has been awarding scholarships honoring Solano County Latino high school seniors going onto higher education. The Association has previously awarded approximately 83 individual scholarships. Each year, these students inspire us with their perseverance and dedication! Please join us in celebrating the...ir accomplishments. Our Keynote Speaker this year is the Honorable Sonia Cortés, Yolo County Superior Court Judge and the first Latino appointed to Judgeship in Yolo County. We are also excited to honor our very own Solano County Superior Court Judge, the Honorable Garry T. Ichikawa for his outstanding service to the community. Date: June 8th, 2016 Time: 5:30 p.m. Location: Solano County Events Center, 601 Texas St Fairfield CA 94533. Ticket price: $65.00 all going to a great cause!

"A wispy-haired octogenarian tried to slip quietly into Sacramento City Hall last week only to be greeted by a bold, brassy blast from a mariachi band and a crush of adoring fans." "More than 170 lawyers, judges, elected officials and community leaders had come to honor Justice Cruz Reynoso, who changed the destiny of thousands of Mexican immigrants throughout California and the nation." "Reynoso, 84, is anything but bold and brassy. He’s known as having a gentle, unassuming... manner that’s rare for a lawyer of his caliber." "I thought this was going to be a few intimate friends, Reynoso said sheepishly. I’m a little bit awestruck, a little bit embarrassed. "The occasion for last week’s festivities was that the Sacramento chapter of the state’s preeminent Latino lawyers group, La Raza Lawyers, decided to rename itself the Cruz Reynoso Bar Association. Reynoso helped found the organization four decades ago." Read more here:

Join us for Happy Hour at La Cabaña in Suisun April 6, 2016 5-6:30 p.m.

Congratulations to the Solano Hispanic Chamber on their 10th Annual Awards and Recognition Gala this weekend!

"New population figures released by the U.S. Census show that Latinos have passed whites as the largest ethnic group in California. The tally shows that as of July 1, 2014, about 14.99 million Latinos live in California, edging out the 14.92 million whites." http://www.latimes.com//la-me-g-census-latinos-20150708-ht

New data show the vast majority of women with children seeking refuge in the U.S. who were ordered deported in the last year and a half never had a lawyer. http://ww2.kqed.org//ordered-deported-without-a-day-in-cou

The Solano County La Raza Lawyers would like to thank last year's board for their amazing year of service. Thank you for your ongoing dedication to the work we do! Francisco J. Vera (President) Maximino Fuentes (Vice President) Wendy Casas (Secretary)... Kelly Trujillo (Treasurer) We also welcome our new 2016 Board! We are looking forward to a wonderful year! President Taina Gomez Vice President Francisco Vera Treasurer Carlos Gutierrez Secretary Jorge Pichardo Chair of Fund Raising Max Fuentes

La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano hope you will join us for our 2015 High School Scholarship Awards Dinner. Our Keynote speaker this year is the Honorable Mark Andrew Talamantes, Marin County Superior Court Judge. This year, we are also excited to honor Solano County Court Interpreter Giselle Seiler, who served the county for 28 years as a Spanish interpreter. We hope you will join us in honoring the young people in our community, Solano County Latino high schools students going onto higher education, who each year inspire us with their perseverance and dedication. June 18th, 2015, 5:30 p.m. at the Solano County Events Center, 601 Texas St Fairfield CA 94533.

It’s not just a Ferguson problemCalifornia’s traffic courts drive economic injustice, too. Stay tuned next week for the release of an important report that exposes practices in the courts that disproportionately affect people of color and the poor.

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Public Defenders stand in solidarity! #handsup #blacklivesmatter rallies at courthouses Thursday in SF, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano and Santa Clara counties!

#HANDSUP: Public Defenders Stand in Solidarity When: 12 noon sharp, Thursday December 18 Where: Front Steps Solano County Superior Court in Vallejo, located at 321 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo, CA 94590 Why: To show our support for racial justice and the protests in NY, Ferguson and around the country Who: Solano County Public Defender's Office... #blacklivesmattertopublicdefenders. See more

Help us raise funds for CARECEN and Centro Legal de la Raza with East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association

AB 60: Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Workers In January 2015, undocumented workers will have their first opportunity to obtain California driver’s licenses thanks to the passage of Assembly Bill 60 by the state legislature on September 12, 2013. The bill allows driver’s licenses for undocumented workers for the first time since 1993. The bill was recently signed by Governor Jerry Brown and means that California will join the states of Connecticut, Colorado, Maryland, Oregon, New Mexico, Illinois, Washington, Nevada and Utah, along with Washington, D.C. in allowing undocumented workers to legally drive. The bill is a major step for agricultural workers who risk their safety and legal prosecution when driving without a license.

Veterans Court May Start in County this Fall.

What a great event we had! Thank you everyone for making it a success and supporting our amazing scholars. Thank you to our Keynote Speaker, California State Bar President Luis J. Rodriguez, for the words of inspiration!

We would like to thank everyone who participated and contributed to the 13th Annual La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano County High Scholarship dinner. In particular, we would like to thank our Keynote, Luis J. Rodriguez, California State Bar President, the 2014 Scholarship Recipients and their families, and the Solano County Bench and Bar for their continued support. ¡Si se puede!

Dear friends, La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano County is pleased to invite you to our annual scholarship dinner and fundraiser on Thursday May 22, 2014. The dinner will be held at the California Maritime Academy located at 200 Maritime Academy Drive in Vallejo, CA at 5:30 p.m. For the past 13 years, the association has been awarding scholarships to graduating Solano County high school students of Latino/Hispanic origin going onto higher education. The $500.00 dollar sc...holarships are awarded on the basis of academic performance, promise of achievement and financial need. The scholarship program is designed to provide encouragement and public recognition to students. This year, our keynote speaker is California State Bar President, Luis J. Rodriguez, the first Latino state bar president and a veteran of the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office. La Raza Lawyers of Solano County is an association organized to support Latino/Hispanic Lawyers in Solano County. We are dedicated to promoting diversity in both the bench and bar. We hope you will join and support us in congratulating this year’s recipients. This is the main fundraising event for our local scholarship. Your generous contribution will help ensure the continued support of these fine recipients. Regular $65.00 tickets available at the door. Please also feel free to email us at [email protected].

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For full details regarding the updated Plyler guidelines for education, please click through to the Lexus Nexus press release here: http://goo.gl/jDLy6g

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Save the Date! May 22, 2014 La Raza Lawyers Association of Solano Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet!

Registration for our spring training is open! We're offering a number of seminars and webinars for new and seasoned immigration practitioners. Topics include: f...amily-based immigration, U Visa, crimes & immigration, DACA, citizenship, removal defense, and MORE. To learn more and register, visit us at www.ilrc.org. See more

We dare to dream. History was made this month!