The event aims to build a network for attendees and eventually increase Latina representation in the legal field.
Bonnie Arbittier / San Antonio ReportOpen to all Latinas in law — from pre-law and law school students to lawyers and allies — the event will be held at St. Mary’s and online. It will include information sessions, relationship-building activities and a welcome dinner held at Mi Tierra, all with the intent to build community.
“Although Latinas have been part of the largest racial minority group in the country for nearly the last two decades, they make up a very small percentage of all U.S. attorneys,” Chapa said. Among the speakers for the Lawtina Network Summit is Paulina Vera, who supervises the George Washington University Law School immigration clinic and provides legal representation to asylum-seekers and those facing deportation.
“A summit like this one is important because people need to see themselves represented in these spaces to know it’s possible for them too,” she said. “They also need to understand the challenges Latinas face in the profession and how other Latinas confront those challenges,”
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