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La Raza Law Students
Association
Proudly Presents the Sixth Annual
Cruz Reynoso Social Justice & Judicial
Externship Fellowship Dinner
Friday,
April 11, 2008
Reception at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Hs Lordships Restaurant
199
Seawell Drive
Berkeley, CA 94710
Featuring Keynote Speaker
The Honorable Leopoldo "Leo" Dorado, Class
of 1974
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
Guest of Honor,
The Honorable Cruz Reynoso, Class of 1958
former Associate 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 alumni,
law firms, and other supporters, La Raza Law Students Association
is realizing its dream of creating a sustainable fellowship
to support Latina/o students interested in public interest
law. This year La Raza Law Students Association is pleased
to announce that it will be awarding two fellowships: the
Cruz Reynoso Social Justice Fellowship and the Cruz Reynoso
Judicial Externship Fellowship. Our organization will continue
to support Latina/o students interested in public interest
law as well as financially support a Latina/o student pursuing
an unpaid judicial externship. By adding a judicial externship
fellowship, we hope to increase the number of Latina/os in
the judiciary.
With your help, our fundraising efforts have
been successful. Our first year, we raised over $40,000. Since
then, we have raised over $30,000 each year. In 2006 we endowed
the Cruz Reynoso Social Justice Fellowship. Our current goal
is to raise enough funds to endow the Cruz Reynoso Judicial
Externship Fellowship.
Last year the Honorable Cruz Reynoso presented
Ms. Monique Berlanga the CRSJF award and Ms. Desiree Ramirez
the CRSJ Externship award. The fellowship enabled Ms. Berlanga
to spend the summer working at the Legal Aid Justice Center
in Richmond, VA, where she worked as a law clerk in the JustChildren
program, focusing on education advocacy. This work included
direct representation of children to obtain appropriate educational
services in court and in IEP meetings, community outreach
and education, conducting policy research on national education
funding for at-risk students, attending state Board of Education
Meetings, participating in legislative committee work on alternative
education, as well as lobbying for education policy reform.
The externship fellowship allowed Ms. Ramirez to work for
Judge Wardlaw of the 9th Circuit. Ms. Berlanga is currently
the co-chair for the 2008 Cruz Reynoso Fellowship Dinner and
Ms. Ramirez is currently the co-chair for the La Raza Law
Students Association for the 2007-2008 school year.
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.
Fundadores
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Christopher Edley & Maria Echaveste
Cooley, Godward & Kronish LLP
Denise Abrams & David Harrington
Dianna Lyons
Frank Fernandez & Carmen Flores
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons & Farrise Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Patrocinadores ($6,000 and up)
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons & Farrise Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Benefactores ($3,000 - $5,999)
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Contribuidores ($1,500 - $2,999)
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP
Cooley, Godward & Kronish LLP
Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Amigos ($1,000 - $1,499)
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Giancarlo Urey/Morrison & Foerster LLP
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy, LLP
Karla Perez/Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
We also thank Leandro Duran, his partners
at Duran, Ochoa & Icaza, LLP,
and the Duran Foundation for their committed institutional
support.
For a sponsorship packet
(in PDF), please click
here.
Click the year for that year's listing of
donors -- 2003, 2004,
2005, and 2007.
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