UPDATE

INFO TABLE IN LOBBY: Monday, October 6 to Wednesday, October 8

FIRST MEETING: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10 a.m., room t.b.a.

EMAIL: LULACLawStudents@yahoo.com

Salinas quoted by U.S. Supreme Court!

Please join us in congratulating our advisor, Judge Lupe Salinas, who was recently cited by the United States Supreme Court in the landmark lethal injection case!

From Justice Stevens’ concurrence:

"Full recognition of the diminishing force of the principal rationales for retaining the death penalty should lead this Court and legislatures to reexamine the question recently posed by Professor Salinas, a former Texas prosecutor and judge: "Is it time to Kill the Death Penalty?" See Salinas, 34 Am. J. Crim. L. 39 (2006). The time for a dispassionate, impartial comparison of the enormous costs that death penalty litigation imposes on society with the benefits that it produces has surely arrived. Baze v. Rees, 2008 U.S. LEXIS 3476, 82-83 (U.S. Apr. 16, 2008)

LULAC NATIONAL WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

LULAC National Press Release:

Top Woman Leaders to Participate in LULAC National Women’s Conference in San Antonio , Texas
Premiere Latina Event to Honor LULAC National President Rosa Rosales

Washington , DC —The LULAC National Women’s Conference will be held on March 14-15 in San Antonio , Texas at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa located at 9800 Hyatt Resort Drive . “Today’s Women—Visionaries Shaping Our Nation’s Leadership” is the theme of this year’s conference.

“As we celebrate our 79th Anniversary fighting for civil rights, Latinas have made tremendous strides in holding positions of influence within American society,” said LULAC National President Rosa Rosales. “I am humbled to be serving another year as your National President and proud to announce that women are serving in more LULAC national, state and local elected positions than ever before. We are confident that the future will see Latinas making greater inroads into the non-profit, government, business, and political sectors of our country, as our community begins to realize its full potential.”

“We invite the public to attend our dynamic sessions featuring inspirational stories and strategies for success as well as our Latina Expo and silent auction held during the conference,” said LULAC National Vice-President for Women Margaret Moran. “We are delighted to offer the LULAC National Women’s Conference during Women’s History Month which recognizes the achievements of women in all facets of life—science, community, government, literature, art, sports and medicine.”

The workshops and exhibits are open to the public. AGENDA: http://www.lulac.org/events/women/wagenda2008.html

LULAC CIVIL RIGHTS TRAINING

This coming Saturday, the LULAC District is hosting a Civil Rights Training/ Forum for LULAC members and activists.

LULAC Civil Rights Forum
9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Ripley House
4410 Navigation
Houston, Texas 77011 (2nd Floor; Room 209)

"The Forum is designed for our members to learn how to address or request for assistance from the general Houston population. The primary focus is on civil rights issues and is being the presented by the Co-Chairs of the LULAC National Civil Rights Commission, Ms. Mary Louise Ramos and Richard Sambrano. They have enlisted the Department of Justice and other civil rights activists to participate and present real life scenarios."

Some of you may remember meeting our LULAC National Civil Rights Chair, Mr. Sambrano, who came down from Dallas to speak at our LULAC Hunger Strike Press Conference. Some consider him a living legend for the work that he's done across the nation in the area of civil rights.

If you are interested in attending, please email LULACLawStudents@yahoo.com with your name & phone number because we need to give the District the names asap.

Gracias!

TMSL LULAC Law Students #4900

2008-2009 OFFICERS

OFFICER	NAME	CLASS OF
President	Victoria Neave	2009
Vice President	Juan Vargas	2010
Vice President for Publicity	Angie Mendoza Guinn	2009
Vice President for Youth	Eduardo Martinez	2009
Secretary	Liliana Castillo	2010
Treasurer	Alma Reyes	2009
Parliamentarian	Mark Scott	2009
Historian	Daney De La O	2009
Sergeant at Arms	Melissa Bazan	2009
Fundraising	-open-	--

Texas Supreme Court Candidate, Justice Linda Yanez

LULAC Law students welcome Texas Supreme Court Candidate, Justice Linda Yanez on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008 AT 12:00 P.M, tmsl Room tba.

Justice Yanez is currently serving on the 13th Court of appeals and is the first Latina to be appointed to an appellate court in the history of the state of Texas. She received her LLM from the University of Virginia Law School and her Bachelors of Arts from the University of Texas-Pan American. Most importantly she is a graduate of TMSL! Justice Yanez was a former Harvard Law School clinical instructor and has been a guest lecturer at the Law School at the University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain.

She served on and chaired numerous committees and boards, for the State Bar Associations in Texas, Illinois and Massachusetts and nationally the American Bar Association. Justice Yanez served as consulting attorney to the Mexican Consul Generals in Brownsville, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts and on the Legal Advisory Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She served as Regional Counsel to the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund. We invite everyone to join us in welcoming this outstanding TMSL graduate.

http://www.lindayanez.com/home/

Gracias!

TMSL LULAC Law Students

2008-2009 Officers

Congratulations to the newly elected 2008-2009 officers!

President, Victoria Neave (2L)

Vice President, Juan Vargas (1L)

Vice President of Publicity, Angie Mendoza Guinn (2L)

Vice President for Fundraising, Marco DeLuna (3L)

Vice President for Youth, Eduardo Martinez (2L)

Secretary, Liliana Castillo (1L)

Treasurer, Alma Reyes (2L)

Parliamentarian, Mark Scott (2L)

Historian, Daney De La O (2L)

Sergeant at Arms, Melissa Bazan (2L)

Alumni Project Chair, Daney De La O (2L)