California LAW | October 2023 Newsletter
In The News
Cal LAW receives prestigious Diversity Award
from California Lawyers Association
(From left to right) Jeremy M. Evans, immediate past president of CLA, and President of California Lawyers Foundation; Thuy Thi Ngygen, Advisory Board Chair of Cal LAW; Pamela Enslen, Executive Director of Cal LAW; and Oyango Snell, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of California Lawyers Foundation .
Cal LAW was nominated for and awarded a prestigious Diversity Award during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the California Lawyers Association in San Diego in September. This is the second time the organization has won this award having received the honor in 2019. The Diversity Award recognizes outstanding efforts made by a law firm, bar association, or organization to promote diversity in the legal profession. The winners demonstrated success in creating and sustaining a program, campaign, project, or effort that promotes diversity in the bar association and/or legal community.
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Cal LAW expands Pathway to Law School student opportunities in 21 community colleges
Cal LAW, an impact program within the Foundation for California Community Colleges, is pleased to announce that 21 community colleges have been selected to receive expansion grant funding to support participation in the California Community College Pathways to Law initiative. Seven of those community colleges are not current partners with Cal LAW, but anticipate becoming partners this academic year. These colleges are: Cypress College (Orange County), Gold West College (Orange County), Irvine Valley College (Orange County), Oxnard College (South Central Coast), Evergreen Valley College (Bay area), Cerritos College (LA), and Palomar College (San Diego). The addition of seven new colleges will bring the total number of community colleges that are Cal LAW partners to 36. Read more...
Event Highlights
Cal LAW Panel discusses recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in higher education
Over 200 Cal LAW students and their teachers celebrated Constitution Day during a webinar session entitled: 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause & Recent Supreme Court UNC/Harvard Decision. The session was moderated by Cal LAW Executive Director Pamela Enslen who was jointed by panelists Thuy Thi Nguyen, Cal LAW Advisory Board Chair and Partner at Garcia Hernandez Sawhney, LLP, John D. Trasvina, past Dean of the University of San Francisco Law School, and Chalak Richards, Dean of Students, Diversity and Belonging at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. The panel discussed the history of affirmative action, the impact of the case on higher education and student admissions, and offered insights and guidance for students in navigating undergrad and law school admissions.
A follow up to this session, entitled The New Era of Race-Conscious Admissions, will take place October 11 at 1 pm. Registration for the webinar is now open.
Upcoming Cal LAW Events
Register Today:
Webinar: The New Era of Race-Conscious Admissions
October 11, 2023 | 1:00 pm
This distinguished panel of experts will discuss how the recent Supreme Court decision impacts college admissions and how to navigate the new reality.
Visit the website for more information.
November 2023: Regional Assemblies
All Regional Assemblies will take place from Noon - 2 pm and lunch will be served. Please click on the meeting below that you wish to attend. RSVP is required.
- November 1, 2023: Orange County Regional Assembly
- Chapman University - Dale E Fowler School of Law
- November 2, 2023: Central Valley Regional Assembly
- Fresno City College
- November 3, 2023: Sacramento Regional Assembly
- University of California, Davis School of Law
- November 8, 2023: Northern California: East Bay Regional Assembly
- University of California Law, San Francisco
- November 9, 2023: Northern California: South Bay Regional Assembly
- TBD
- November 15, 2023: Los Angeles Regional Assembly
- Loyola Marymount University Law School
- November 16, 2023: Inland Empire/San Gabriel Valley Regional Assembly
- Virtual
- November 17, 2023: San Diego Regional Assembly
- University of San Diego School of Law
February 23-24, 2024: Cal LAW Annual Pathway to Law Summit | UC Davis School of Law
March 2024: Day at the Capitol | Sacramento
May 1, 2024: Law Day | Virtual
June 23-24, 2024: CLAS Summer Institute
Upcoming Law Partner Events
Thank you to our partners for sharing these opportunities. Simply click on the event and you will be taken to the flier or website with more information and registration.
October 12, 2023: Gavilan College Law Student Panel
October 16-20, 2023: Undocumented Student Action Week
October 17, 2023: Building Bridges to Law School Workshop Series
October 23-24, 2023: ABA Equity Summit 2023 Virtual Conference
October 24, 2023: Law Librarians and the Legal Profession
November 2, 2023: Your Juris Journey: Navigating Law School Admissions with Ben Kwak from UC Irvine
November 4, 2023: UC Davis School of Law Fall Open House
November 14, 2023: Mexican American Bar Association Opportunities and Resources
November 20, 2023: Sacramento State Law Forum Link
If you would like your upcoming event featured in our November newsletter, please submit it to info@calawpathways.org by November 3.
Executive Corner
A message from the Executive Director
Pamela C. Enslen, Executive Director
We hope the fall semester of the academic year has gotten off to a great start for all of our Cal LAW scholars and faculty/staff colleagues! The crisp fall days are a welcome reminder of my own academic journey to becoming a lawyer and the hope I hold for each of you as your progress in this profession that offers so much hope for our state and nation.
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A message from the Advisory Board Chair
Thuy Nguyen, Advisory Board Chair
Greetings Cal LAW students and partners!
It was such an honor for me and Executive Director Pam Enslen to represent Cal LAW to receive the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award from the California Lawyers Association at its stunning Annual Meeting gala in San Diego. Many thanks to Lynne Glickstein, Pathway to Law Program Director from Victor Valley College, for nominating us!
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into the legal profession. Everyday your contribution forwards Cal LAW’s
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