Latina Futures: Transforming the Nation Through Law & Policy was a one-and-a-half-day symposium at the world-class UCLA Luskin Conference Center featuring prominent Latina scholars, attorneys, policy leaders, and law students from across the country to foster a multi-generational leadership pipeline that spotlights today's 21st-century legal challenges and opportunities with a Latina lens. The symposium drew inspiration from the nation's diverse cadre of Latina attorneys to spotlight the challenges and opportunities to achieve parity for today's youthful and growing communities of color.
Convened a diverse cadre of Latina leaders to detail their unique experiences in American jurisprudence and share unparalleled personal insights with the generations of Latina lawyers and law students following in their path.
Shined a light on the economic, political, and social status of Latinas in the U.S. through substantive Continuing Legal Education panels that center the Latina experience in the context of today's most pressing law and policy debates from reproductive justice to affirmative action to economic justice, paving the way for informed discussions in the landscape of the 2024 election and beyond.
Cultivated a multi-generational, cross-sectoral, & geographically diverse cadre of Latina leaders to foster a dynamic pipeline promoting the success of Latinas across important democratic institutions from state capitols to the ivory tower.
