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Hispanics and the Law in Massachusetts
College
of the Holy Cross
April
10, 2008
Class
11: Latino Attorneys
Robert
LeRoux Hernandez,
Instructor
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This class: Latino Attorneys
Massachusetts
Association of Hispanic
Attorneys (MAHA)
The
Demographics of Law
Latinos
in Law School
The
Course Brief & Miscellaneous
threads
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Massachusetts Association of
Hispanic Attorneys (MAHA)
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1985 Founding: Commune or Junta?
 Issues
of Identity

Hon. Isaac Borenstein
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1992-1994: Los Abogados
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Minority Bars
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Majority Bars
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Court Interpreters
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Judges campaign
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Lessons of MAHA
Latino
identity as an organizational
focus
Ethnic
vs. Professional Identity
Potential
Need
for alliances
for organizational continuity
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The Demographics of Law
What
are the alternatives?
Public
Sector
Private sector
Firms
Solos
Law-related
work
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Law as an occupation
Can
Latino Lawyers really make a
living?
The
truth about income
The truth about jobs
The truth about selfemployment
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Who are the lawyers?
51,987
How
lawyers
many Latino Lawyers?
150-200?
Proportional
7.9%
Hidden
400? 0.7%
Representation?
= 4107
Latino Lawyers?
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Funneling
Total
Latino population
High
School Graduates
College
Law
Graduates
School Graduates
Lawyers
Judges
Law
Profs
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Funneling and Ghettoization
Where
do Latinos practice law?
Identification
with the Latino
Community
Court
Who
appointments
hires Latino Lawyers?
The
role of image and
stereotype-Back to Bender
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Latinos in Law School- Students
 Law
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school enrollments
Northeastern: 6.6%
BC: 3.3%
Suffolk: 2.8%
Harvard: 2.7%
•New England School
of Law 3.3%
•Western New England
School of Law 4%
 Organization
 NLLSA
 Barriers:
 LSAT
 Isolation
$
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Latinos in Law Schools- Professors
Presence
in the law
schools?
Recruitment
Rates
AALS Study (1991-2002):
5.7%
Success
Highest
Rate: 19.7%
of any group
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