Overview

Dear fellow alumni:

I am happy to announce the launch this fall of the Stanford Law School Latino Alumni Association (SLSLAA). The SLSLAA is an organization dedicated to building a supportive and active alumni community, maximizing the community's professional strength, and maintaining Stanford Law School as the premier legal institution for Latinos. This important initiative was developed by a group of students and alumni over the past year, and has been enthusiastically supported by Dean Kathleen M. Sullivan. I am delighted to be included in this effort.

The goals for the SLSLAA are as follows:

• Organize social and professional events to facilitate networking and relationships among Latino alumni;
• Facilitate mentoring relationships between current Stanford Law School students and alumni;
• Promote the development of Law School programs and initiatives which will particularly benefit the Latino community;
• Advocate on behalf of the Latino community;
• Support and initiate efforts to promote Stanford Law School as the premier legal institution for Latinos.

I hope you will get involved with the association. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me directly at falvarez@wsgr.com, one of our regional or committee chairs, or the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu. I thank you in advance for your support.

Sincerely,

Fred W. Alvarez '75 (AB '72)
Chair
Stanford Law School Latino Alumni Association

Fall 2003

In The News

• Stanford Law School ranks #10 in Hispanic Business Magazine's 2003 Top 25 Law Schools for Hispanics
• Hon. Carlos Bea '58 Confirmed to Position on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
• Public Advocates to Recognize Professor Miguel Mendez's Decade of Service as Board Chair
• Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to Participate in Inaugural Holmes Debate on "The Bounds of 9/11 Freedoms" at Library of Congress
• "Code Orange for Liberty"-"Washington Post" Profile of ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero '90
• Professor Miguel A. Mendez Receives Tobriner Public Service Award
• Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuellar Invited by the Federal Government to Observe "TopOff 2"-Simulated Terrorist Attack
• "In era of court challenges to affirmative action, experts debate how to achieve campus diversity," (from "Stanford Report"; panel featured Professor Pamela Karlan)
• Two new professors-Martinez and Kessler-to join faculty this fall
• 3Ls Monica Ramirez and Celina Ramirez have won "Best Respondent's Brief" at the 2003 Hispanic National Bar Association Moot Court Competition

Past Events

• Stanford Law School Latino Alumni Association Semi-Annual Meeting
  October 2004

• Stanford Law School Latino Alumni Association First Semi-Annual Meeting and Special Events
  Saturday, May 1, 2004
  12:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  Crown Quadrangle, Stanford Law School
  
  Lunch: 12:15 to 2:00 p.m.
  
  Panel discussion:
  "A View From the Bench: Perspectives on the Roles Latino Lawyers Play Today --Inside and Outside the Courtroom"
  2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
  Moderated by SLSLAA Chair Fred Alvarez '75 (AB'72), Partner and Chair of Employment Litigation Practice, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  Panelists:
  • Hon. Carlos T. Bea '58 (AB '56), Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Hon. Amalia Meza '79, Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
  • Hon. Carlos R. Moreno '75, Justice, California Supreme Court
  • Hon. S. James Otero '76, Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California
  
  Latino public policy-makers roundtable discussion:
  "U.S. Policy and Latinos: How We Influence One Another"
  3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
  Moderated by Miguel A Mendez, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law
  Featuring:
  • Maria Echaveste (BA '76), Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Clinton Administration
  • Hon. Xavier Becerra '84 (AB '80), U.S. Representative (D-CA)
  • Robert Garcia '78 (AB '74), Executive Director, Center for Law in the Public Interest
  • Catherine Kissee-Sandoval '90, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University
  • Hilda Cantu Montoy '76 (AB '73), City Attorney, City of Fresno, California
  
  Membership Meeting: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  
  Cocktail Reception: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  
  The cost of attendance is $25/person. RSVP to the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni.relations@law.stanford.edu or 650/723-2730.
  
  The SLSLAA Semi-Annual Meeting will take place in conjunction with the university-wide conference "Community, Diversity and Excellence:Celebrating Stanford's Minority Alumni," Friday through Sunday, April 30 through May 2, 2004. For conference information and registration, please visit http://minoritytaskforce.stanford.edu.
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration
  Sponsored by the Stanford Latino Law Student Association
  Friday, April 30, 2004 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  Crocker Garden and Student Lounge
  Stanford Law School, Crown Quadrangle
  559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA
  For more information, please contact Alvaro Soria at asoria@stanford.edu.
• Stanford Law School Latino Alumni Association Launch Reception
  Schwab Residential Center, East Vidalakis Dining Room (Stanford campus)
  Wednesday, November 12, 2003
• Reception for Alumni and Students of Color
  (held during the Law School's Alumni Weekend 2003)
  Friday, October 17, 2003

Representatives

E-Mail Group

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