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.

Please note that the deadline for the call for submissions for Volume 40 - Latina Futures: Transforming the Nation Through Law & Policy has passed. Future calls for submissions will be listed on this page and the CLLR site. Please email us at cllr@lawnet.ucla.edu if you have questions.

Volume 39, Issue 2 - Special Issue on Justice Cruz Reynoso

Articles

Justice Reynoso's Legacy in Context
Gómez, Laura E.

Cruz Reynoso: A Son's Perspective
ReidReynoso, Len

From a Public Defender: to Career Prosecutor: How Cruz Reynoso Changed the Trajectory of My Life
Carrillo, Martha

Cruz Reynoso's Fight for Justice
Johnson, Kevin R.; Pérez, Amanda

Three Lessons I Learned from Cruz Reynoso
Reich, Peter L.

Cruz Reynoso: A Beacon of Hope for Justice
Macedo, Aida S.