La Raza Law Students Association
proudly presents the third annual

Cruz Reynoso Social Justice Fellowship Dinner

Friday, April 8th, 2005
6:00-8:30pm
The Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley, CA 94709

featuring keynote speaker
Jose Padilla,
Executive Director of the California Rural Legal Assistance,
and guest of honor,
the
Honorable Cruz Reynoso,
former Assistant Justice, California Supreme Court,
and
Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality,
at the U.C. Davis School of Law (King Hall).

Thanks to the vision and generosity of our alumnae/i and other supporters, La Raza Law Students Association is realizing the decade-old dream of creating a sustainable fellowship to support Latina/o students' aspirations to practice social justice lawyering.

With your help, in the first year of fundraising we raised over $40,000 in pledges and held a delightful dinner at the law school. The next year, in 2004, the pledged money and further fundraising totaled $52,000. The Honorable Cruz Reynoso presented the first Reynoso Fellowship to Patricia Salazar, who worked that summer for Neighborhood Legal Services in Los Angeles--focusing on labor rights for low income Latina/o workers.

The Cruz Reynoso Social Justice Fellowship funds Latina/o students who choose to engage public interest work as a summer intern. After reaching our initial endowment goal of $60,000, we plan to move into the next phase of fundraising. With the support of our community of alumnae/i and other allies, we plan to evolve the fellowship into a full scholarship that will defray the costs of tuition and fund public interest work as a summer intern. Our long term vision is to build a fund that rivals the Skadden and Equal Justice Works Fellowships.

La Raza Law Students Association
recognizes the invaluable contributions of:

La Raza Law Students Association would like to thank all of our great contributors. Your generosity is creating a legacy of commitment to community service.

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