By Daniel Mateo, Katherine Culliton-González and Jorge Luis Vasquez, Jr.
Washington, DC - This Fourth of July, like all Americans, the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) celebrated the birth of our nation. In 1776, the founders declared independence from monarchy and tyranny, and boldly set forth the great American concept of a democracy founded on protection of important fundamental rights:   Read More...

By Jill Lynch Cruz, Ph.D., PCC
Over the past two decades, in my research and work with Latina attorneys, my primary aim has been to empower them to navigate, enhance, and advance their careers successfully. I have also continuously monitored their status and progress due to their persistent underrepresentation, especially in leadership roles.  Read More...

By Dolores S. Atencio
1894 was the year the first women earned law degrees in Colorado: Jeannette Dunham Bennett, University of Colorado, and Ann Hunt, University of Denver. Seven decades would pass before both law schools graduated the first Latina. Read More...

By Diego F. Freire
The future of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is under scrutiny following a copyright lawsuit The New York Times filed against OpenAI.  Read More...

By Dr. Jill Lynch Cruz
The status of Latina law students in the U.S. is a tale of two stories: one of significant progress and another of enduring challenges within the legal profession.  Read More...

By Lani E. Medina
In the fast-paced world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), attorneys stand at a defining moment where tradition meets innovation. Read More...

By Ron Schuler
While Allegheny County can now boast that “Hispanic/Latino” is one of the fastest growing segments of its population, with an estimated 30,000 residents as of 2021, in 1958, there were fewer than 3,800 Hispanic residents in Allegheny County. Read More...

By Salomon Chiquiar-Rabinovich, Esq.
Standing next to my parents in the office of the principal of the Colegio Israelita de Mexico, I realized as a third-grader that my chances of moving on from third to fourth grade were not the only matter to be discussed, but that the school felt that I was holding back the class since I couldn’t read at the minimum level expected.   Read More...

By Adam M. Acosta, Eric Grannon, Tola Oyeyemi
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) kicked off 2023 by using Section 5 of the FTC Act to take legal action against three companies and two individuals, forcing them to drop noncompete provisions. This is the first time that the FTC has brought an enforcement action to halt the use of noncompete agreements. Read More...

By Diana Santos Johnson
Typically, you do not think of bankruptcy as something that can empower and elevate individuals. However, as we enter 2023 with the nonstop news of record-breaking inflation and a possible recession, bankruptcy can be exactly this.  Read More...

By Professor Dolores S. Atencio
Until 1967, the United States Supreme Court had been Anglo and all male when President Lyndon Johnson appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first African American, to the Supreme Court. Almost twenty years later, Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed the first female Supreme Court Associate Justice.   Read More...

By Munia El Harti Alonso and Aura Guerrero
The event of HBA-DC’s LLM Subcommittee entitled «Kick-off Event: Online Get Together» was held virtually on Thursday, March 3rd at 6:30 pm. It gathered members of the HBA-DC to share their experiences as foreign-trained attorneys with a Master of Laws (LLM).  Read More...

By: Daniel R. Hernandez, Alejandra Escobar, Julia Massari, and Alba Cruz-Hacker
In 2022, the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) celebrates its legacy of 50 years. The organization has traveled far in five decades, making immense strides in carrying out its mission to bring equity and empowerment to the Hispanic legal profession and to advocate on issues impacting the Hispanic community in the United States. Read More...

By Carlos Bollar
The country awaits the imminent nomination of lhe next justice ot the United States Supreme Court.  President Biden has promiscd that the nominee will be an Atrlcan Amerlun woman, the first in the history ol ltie Nation’s highest court. The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) applauds this historic step and looks forward… Read More...

By Denisse O. Gastélum
You are only as good of a civil rights practitioner as the discovery you compel. Yes, compel. A civil rights action, in its fundamental sense, is a check on one of the most powerful institutions in our country: that is, law enforcement. Your goal as a civil rights practitioner is to protect we the people from abuses of power by state and local authorities.  Read More...