Mission: Over the last 50 years, the Chicanx-Latinx Law Review (CLLR) has provided an essential forum for the discussion of central issues affecting the Latinx community that "mainstream" law journals continue to ignore. In publishing Volume One, CLLR introduced to the nation the first legal journal that recognized how common law, statutes, legislative policy, and politically popular propositions impact the Latinx community. Since 1972, CLLR has established a reputation for publishing strong scholarly work on affirmative action and education, Spanish and Mexican land grants, environmental justice, language rights, and immigration reform. The Review has been cited as persuasive authority by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Nevada Supreme Court, and New Jersey Superior Court.

For current scholarship and information about the Chicanx-Latinx Law Review visit CLLR's site.

Latina Futures: Transforming the Nation Through Law & Policy was a one-and-a-half-day symposium 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.

Symposium Objectives

• Convene 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.
• Shine 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.
• Cultivate a multi- generational, cross-sectoral, and geographically diverse cadre of Latina leaders to foster a dynamic pipeline that will promote the success of Latinas across important democratic institutions from state capitols to the ivory tower and corporate boardrooms

Symposium Contributors

• Chicanx-Latinx Law Review
• UCLA Institute of American Cultures - Chicano Studies Research Center
• UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute
• Latina Lawyers Bar Association

Download the symposium flyer.

The Chicanx-Latinx Law Review at the UCLA School of Law invites scholars, students, practitioners, and Latinx community members to submit manuscripts and personal narratives for publication in upcoming volumes. Visit the CLLR site for more information. Please email us at cllr@lawnet.ucla.edu if you have questions.

Volume 40, Issue 1

Articles

Persistent Inequities and Underrepresentation as the Genesis of the 2024 Latina Futures Symposium
Diaz, Sonja

Still Too Few and Far Between: The Status of Latina Lawyers in the U.S.
Cruz, Jill Lynch

How Our Stories Shape Our Work: Fighting for the Heart of Texas
Garza, Rochelle

Ghost Warrants and Mistaken Arrests: How They Haunt the Marginalized
Castillo, Malia

Education Inequity for Mixtec Students in California Public Schools: A Human Rights Approach to Educating Indigenous Students Not Recognized By the U.S. Government
Félix-D’Egidio, Angelica

Fireside Chat: The Life and Legacy of Ambassador Vilma Martínez
Editors