Women of Color in Law

03/04/2024

WOCL Spring 2024 Luncheon

04/19/2023

Are you taking the bar exam soon, or looking to get an early start on bar prep? Please join For People of Color, Inc. this Saturday, April 22 at 10:00 AM for a FREE virtual bar exam workshop! For more information or to register now for a Zoom link, please visit forpeopleofcolor.org.

03/22/2022

Congratulations to Justice Patricia Guerrero from the Fourth District, Division One, who was confirmed today as the 1st Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court!

A San Diego appeals court judge who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants has become the first Latina confirmed to the California Supreme Court

02/03/2022

Applications are still being accepted!

Apply now for the SDCBA's Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP). The DFP is an 8-10 week paid internship for the Summer of 2022 with some of the most prominent employers in San Diego. This competitive program is open to 1Ls and part-time 2Ls from ABA-accredited law schools. Learn more and apply today! http://ow.ly/ixL550H26oQ

02/03/2022

Register now for this FREE event on March 12!

Experts in the fields of landlord and tenant rights will share their best practices and tips regarding residential housing issues, including eviction.

The free event is scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at COPAO, 832 E Ave, National City, CA 91950. The event is hosted by Pag-asa Law Clinic, a 501(c)(3) non-profit group founded in 2019.

With over 200,000 Filipinos in San Diego County, Pag-asa Law Clinic is the first Filipino-based Law Clinic serving Filipinos regardless of legal status and the greater community in Southern California. The clinic provides pro bono (free) or low-cost legal services in the areas of immigration, naturalization, temporary restraining orders, and unlawful detainers.

Valerie Garcia Hong is on the Board of Directors of Pag-asa Law Clinic.

01/12/2022

Lawyers Club’s Diverse Women’s Committee and Professional Advancement Committee are co-hosting a special two-part virtual event this week! The event will feature several women lawyers who will discuss their career trajectory and what skills served them well, what lessons they learned along the way, and to discuss tips for elevating your career.

RSVP now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodeisrzgpHtKQ2QroZ8NJpwchV_F-xnfv

01/12/2022

The County of has an immediate opening for the position of Senior Deputy County Counsel in their Civil Division. Job information and link to application can be found here.

 The County of San Diego's Office of County Counsel has an immediate opening for Senior Deputy County Counsel – Civil Litigation Appellate Option. This position acts as an advocate on behalf of the County of San Diego, its departments, employees, boards and commissions, as well as special distric...

12/20/2021

Calling all law students! Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego is now accepting applications for its 2022 scholarships. Recipients are not limited to persons of Filipinx background, although Filipinx students are strongly encouraged to apply. The scholarships will be awarded to law students from a wide variety of backgrounds who have contributed to advancing the Filipinx and AAPI communities and demonstrated a potential to succeed.

Applications are available here: https://falsd.org/scholarships. The deadline to apply is December 31, 2021.

12/14/2021

Read Women of Color in Law board member Pauline Villanueva's article for the San Diego County Bar Association, "The Balance of Gratitude."

’Tis the season to give thanks, count our blessings, and remember all the things we have to be grateful for. For some, this is a welcome reminder; for others, it is a challenge. Worse, it can make some of us feel resentful, as if we’re being pressured to feel “grateful” while simultaneously ...

11/08/2021

Register for the San Diego County Bar Association's Exchange on Equity Roundtable TONIGHT at 5:30 p.m. Our own Judge Vallera Johnson is a featured panelist, along with Tristan Higgins and Angela Shimizu Turner, as well as moderator Tatiana Kline. The panelists will discuss the effect of microaggressions that POC often experience and real-life options to improve the workplace in meaningful ways, rather than simply being performative.

The event is FREE for both SDCBA members and non-members. Register here:

List of upcoming SDCBA and legal community events including section, committee and division meetings, CLE and other events.

10/06/2021

Photos from our event! Thank you to all who attended and our sponsors! https://woclsd.org/galleries/

10/06/2021

The Appellate Section of the The Los Angeles County Bar Association - LACBA is hosting a virtual presentation on October 19, 2021: "Reducing Bias in the Legal Profession Through Diversity Mentoring in Appellate Practice." The panelists featured are Professor Christine Chambers Goodman, LACBA’s Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Outreach; Juvaria Khan, the founder and Executive Director of the Appellate Project, a nonprofit focused on empowering law students of color to pursue appellate work; Deputy Federal Public Defender and program mentor Gia Kim; and judicial law clerk and former program mentee Christopher Galeano.

Cost is free for law students and LACBA CLE+ members, $20 for Appellate Section members, and $30 for all others. 1.0 hours of Elimination of Bias MCLE credit will be offered. Register here:

Program Description: Learn about the need for greater diversity in the appellate bar and efforts to overcome bias and to diversify the appellate profession through appellate mentorship programs from Professor Christine Chambers Goodman, LACBA’s Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Outreach; Ju...