Susan L. Blount Power Lunch Series with Chief Justice Martinez and Dolores Atencio

Susan Blount Power Lunch Series Event
Oct 06, 2022 - 08:00am
Oct 06, 2022 - 08:00am

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This course can be claimed as 1 hour of self-study CLE credit with the State Bar of Texas. Self-study is optional and 3 of your total 15 hours can be completed in the form of self-study activities. Contact your State Bar with any questions.

During this event, we heard Chief Justice Rebeca Martinez, Chief Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals for the State of Texas, and Dolores Atencio, former co-chair of the HNBA Latina Commission and creator of the Luminarias de la Ley Project, speak about their career journeys as Latinas in the legal profession.

During this conversation, they explored their career journeys and discussed their experiences as Latinas in the legal profession, including the challenges of being “the first” or “the only.” Ms. Atencio discussed her extensive research on Latina lawyers. Chief Justice Martinez offered her perspectives as one among 3 of the highest-ranking Latina judges in Texas. The two discussed their thoughts on diversifying the legal profession and how current lawyers can help future generations of attorneys.

Speaker Information

Dolores

A Colorado native, Dolores received her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law and B.A. from Colorado College. She was licensed in Colorado in 1981 and retired from the active practice of law in 2012.