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Legal Guide to Doing Business in South America, Second Edition
Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities
The Hispanic Commission focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to educate lawyers on how best to serve, promote civic responsibility within, and address the key legal challenges facing Latino community in the United States.
Chair's Message
February 20, 2020
The Spirit of Excellence Awards are given annually at the ABA Mid-Year Meeting, by the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession to individuals who have demonstrated professional excellence and shown a commitment to promoting racial and ethnic diversity in the profession. The 2020 honorees included Richard Pena, Chair of the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities. Other Honorees are: Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Donise Brown, Honorable Lora J. Livingston, and Donald Tamaki. Please follow link below to read excerpts from the prepared acceptance speech given by Chair Richard Pena, at the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas.
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Leadership and Staff 2019-2020
Chair
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Richard Pena
Law Offices of Richard Pena, P.C.
Austin, TX
Commissioners
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Jason Jose Goitia
Tampa, FL
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Matthew Kline
Seattle, WA
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Jessica A Massey
Rogers, AR
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Veronica Marson
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Edith G Osman
Miami, FL
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Federico Rodriguez
Chicago, IL
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Thomas Saenz
Los Angeles, CA
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Caroline Shoenberger
Chicago, IL
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Henry Talavera
Dallas, TX
Board of Governors Liaison
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Michelle Wong Krause
Dallas, TX
Director
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Skip Harsch
American Bar Association
Chicago, IL
ABA News
Statement of ABA Pres Bob Carlson Re: Improving the U.S. Immigration System
As tensions escalate on the Mexican border, the American Bar Association urges Congress and the White House to craft a comprehensive, peaceful resolution to our nation’s immigration challenges and to devote more resources to alleviate the backlog of asylum claims on the border and in United States’ immigration courts.
Read - Full Statement here
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Your support of the Hispanic Commission’s work is greatly appreciated and will help expand on our accomplishments and activities to date. The Commission is working on a variety of programs, including unauthorized practice of law (Notario Fraud), language access in the courts, voting rights, and much more.
Practitioner Resources
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Reinventing the Practice of Law
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The ABA Spanish Legal Phrasebook (ebook)
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Narrowing the Gap: Legal English for the New International Legal Practitioner
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Narrowing the Gap (Spanish Edition) E-Book
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ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities: 321 N. Clark St., Suite 1700 Chicago, Illinois 60654 | Tel: (312) 988‐5137 | Email: skip.harsch@americanbar.org for inquiries