2013 Annual Scholarship Dinner in the News

Check out the story featured in VIDA Newspaper here.

District Court Employment Opportunities

District Court Magistrate Position Available
Riverside, California (1)
Download the Information Packet here.

District Court Term Law Clerk Positions
Los Angeles, California (2) and
Santa Ana, California (1)
Download the Career Opportunity Bulletins here.

“El Sabor de México Sur” Nov. 9 @ Oxnard College

Oxnard College Ballet Folklórico Mestizo and the Mixteco Project Present

Dance Performance:

“El Sabor de México Sur,”  “A Taste of Southern Mexico”

Saturday, November 9 at 6 p.m.

Oxnard College Performing Arts

Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 Children (5-12)

            Oxnard College’s Ballet Folklórico Mestizo will host a special dance performance to raise funds for the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP).   The evening will feature dances from Southern Mexico by Ballet Folklórico Mestizo and the traditional dance of the Chinas Oaxaqueñas from the Mixteco Project and Nuu Savi of Oxnard.  The Ballet Folklórico Nueva Antequera of Los Angeles will perform for the first time in Oxnard.

            All funds raised from the evening will support the work of MICOP to build a strong, healthy indigenous community and to advocate for justice, access, and inclusion in Ventura County and beyond.  MICOP trains leaders and provides support to Ventura County’s 20,000 Mixtec and indigenous immigrants, the majority of whom work in Oxnard’s strawberry industry.  Programs include education and literacy, leadership development and community organizing, promoting health and strengthening families, increasing access, and preserving and celebrating indigenous culture.  A portion of the funds will also go to support the families who were victims of the fire in Oxnard earlier this month.

Tickets are available by calling the MICOP office at 805.483.1166, or online at MICOP.brownpapertickets.com  For more information, go to www.mixteco.org.

First Fridays Open Studio & Gallery Shows

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st at

BELL ARTS FACTORY

Engage with art and the Ventura artists at 

 FIRST FRIDAYS VENTURA OPEN STUDIOS & GALLERY SHOWS

Deadline Extended: Education Foundation Scholarship Application

The Education Foundation of the VC MABA, Inc. is currently accepting 2013 Scholarship Applications.

***The Deadline has been extended to August 30, 2013!***

Please See the Foundation's Blog Post to download the Application.

"LIKE" the Facebook page to stay updated: www.facebook.com/vcmaba

The Gender Equity Task Force's Virtual March for Gender Equity

The Gender Equity Task Force's 
Virtual March for Gender Equity

The ABA Gender Equity Task Force needs your organization's participation and promotion of our virtual march for gender equity.

How You Can Help:

Participating is as simple as clicking your heels three times.  Click here to the link to the website.

Click the vote button next to the red shoes and click the submit button.  Then you have "Clicked" your heels for gender equity.

Why is this important and what is the point?

The visual of hundreds of thousands of people descending on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the sea of people coming together for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 has become an iconic representation of people standing in concert to effect change.  While nothing can ever replace the historic transcendence of that day, in this new millennium a virtual voice carries the same power and ability to effect change as a physical presence.

Like in 1963, people of today still struggle with the ability to be treated equally in the work place. What is gender equity?  It is equal pay for equal work.  It is paternity leave without stigma.  It is flexible time to meet personal and family needs, while still being able to participate and make a productive contribution to the work place.  It is the recognition of the differences between men and women without diminishing the value and contribution each provide.  In a word, it is "fairness."

March with us starting on Equal Pay Day on April 9th through 
the ABA's Day of the Woman on August 10th 2013.

Please share this opportunity to "march" for equality with your friends and colleagues.

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/women/gender_equity_task_force/click_your_heels.html.html

Don't miss other great CWL Events:

Northern California Judicial Reception

California Women Lawyers

925 L St, Suite 110, Sacramento, CA 95814

info@cwl.org

(916) 930-9020

WLVC 2013 Scholarship Application

Women Lawyers of Ventura County's Mary Sullivan Scholarship Application Deadline: July 31, 2013

For more information, please contact Jodi Prior via email: Jodi.Prior@ventura.courts.ca.gov

Download the application here.

 

Legal Fair @ El Concilio - June 1

MABA will host a legal fair with El Concilio on June 1st, 2013 at El Concilio Family Services on 301 South C. Street in Oxnard.

We are looking for attorneys and other professionals to donate their time from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m (lunch to be provided) to meet with individuals from the community who are looking for some guidance on legal and financial issues.

We will meet with individuals who have pre-registered with El Concilio. (El Concilio will take care of all of the set up and planning - We just need you to show up and share your knowledge!)

If you are interested in participating, please fill out the attached Volunteer Application so that we know what areas you can provide guidance - and email it to vcba.maba@gmail.com.

"This is a great opportunity for MABA to get involved with the local community and assist many individuals who have basic questions and who can benefit from general legal guidance. Thank you for considering this opportunity and please sign up!"  - VC MABA Past President, Rennee R. Dehesa

Download the Application here.

Student Discipline MCLE on May 2 at Noon

School discipline disproportionately affects minority students, according to federal, state and local studies. In a victory for civil rights advocates, new laws went into effect this year addressing educational fairness in California schools.

On Thursday, May 2 at noon, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. and the Mexican American Bar Association of Ventura County will provide a CLE presentation on school discipline. 

($15 fee; BYO brown bag lunch.) 

This training will be geared for advocates and local attorneys and law students, regarding education law generally and student discipline.  The training will help to prepare attorneys and law students issue spot and provide basic advice to Ventura County K-12 students and parents in need of help navigating the student discipline process. VAs of January 1, the following new laws address suspension, expulsion and conduct manifestation determinations, and broaden school districts’ obligations:

• AB 1729 amends Education Code sections 48900 and 48900.5 to strengthen the alternatives to suspension or expulsion and clarify that school removals should only happen after other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct:

• AB 2537 amends Education Code section 48915 to provide additional discretion to school administrators to use alternative means of correction in lieu of expulsion and further clarifies that possessing an imitation firearm, over-the-counter medicine or student’s prescription medicines are not “zero tolerance” offenses that automatically require expulsion. It also eliminates an existing $500 fine imposed on a principal who fail to notify law enforcement of certain crimes allegedly committed by students.
• AB 2616 amends Education Code section 48260 to focus truancy reduction efforts on solutions with schools, students and parents that are shown to work, so that law enforcement and courts are used only as a last resort.

• AB 1909 amends Education Code section 48853.5 to ensure that school districts notify social workers or other county child welfare designees and the court appointed attorney for the foster youth when a foster youth is pending expulsion.

• SB 1088 amends Education Code section 48645.5 to help ensure that children who have had contact with the juvenile justice system are not barred from re-enrollment and are immediately re-enrolled in school.

For more information, contact Andres Garcia agarcia@crla.org or Franchesca Gonzalez fgonzalez@crla.org 

Andres Garcia is a staff attorney at California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. in Oxnard. A second-generation attorney, he obtained his undergraduate degree from UCLA, but went across for law school at USC. Though he earned his law degree at SC, Garcia says “my heart will always remain in Westwood with my undergrad, UCLA.”

Public Workshop: Draft Fracking Regulations

Have your voice heard! Attend a
Public Workshop on Drafting Fracking Regulations

Friday, April 19, 2013
Noon to 8 p.m.
University Club of Santa Barbara
1332 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

For more information:
www.conservation.ca.gov

The regulation and oversight of the oil and gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have become central environmental issues of our times. Concerns have been raised about fracking’s impact on our drinking water, our public health, our environment, and our economy.

In December, the Department of Conservation/Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) introduced draft fracking regulations. On Friday, April 19, they will hold a workshop in Santa Barbara for the public and other stakeholders to learn more and have their voices heard. These new regulations provide advanced notice, improved testing and monitoring, and better handling of fracking fluid. Several bills are moving through the State Legislature that would provide greater protections than these regulations, including my bill, Senate Bill 395, to regulate the waste water produced from fracking.

Our very own, Hannah-Beth Jackson, State Senator for the 19th Senate District, wants to hear from our community members.  Please attend the workshop, and invite others to attend!

Festival of Music April 13th

Proyecto JAROCHO SONando Santa Barbara presents

IV Encuentro de Son Jarocho

a festival of music from Veracruz, Mexico

April 13, 2013 - 4:30 pm to 10:30 pm

Casa de le Guerra

9 East De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara 93101

Student Exchange - Housing Needed!

The office of the Mexican Consulate has asked if there is anyone who may be interested in providing room and board for one week (from this Friday the 5th to the 12th) for students who will be coming to Oxnard to get professional training provided by the Mexican Consulate's office.

There are 3 women and 7 men between the ages of 20 and 24 (one person doesn't need to house all of them of course). They each need room and board as well as transportation to and from the consulate mornings and afternoons.

If any of you are interested please contact the Consulate's office directly.
Juan Matus: 805.205.4119
Email: ime@consulmexoxnard.com

THANK YOU!!

VCPA Wine & Beer Tasting and Silent Auction - May 2

Ventura County Paralegal Association will host the 17th Annual Wine & Beer Tasting and Silent Auction on May 2, 2013 from 6 to 8 pm at the Courtyard by Marriott in Oxnard.

Download the flyer here.

VCPA Springtime MCLE on April 6

Join Ventura County Paralegal Association for the Springtime MCLE on April 6, 2013 at the Pierpont Inn & Spa.
From 8 am to 4 pm.

Earn 5 Hours of MCLE Credit for Legal Professionals.
(1 Bias*, 2 General & 2 Ethics)

Download the flyer here.

VC MABA Mixer @ Sugarbeets on April 25

Join VC MABA for a Mixer at Sugarbeets from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on April 25, 2013.

455 South "A" Street in Oxnard

Please RSVP with Tawnee Peña at tpena@rstlegal.com or 805-764-6370 by April 22, 2013.

Download the flyer here.

La Raza Scholarship Workshop @ VCL on April 4

Are you interested in applying for a scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year, but need some advice on preparing your personal statement?

La Raza de Ventura College of Law can help.

Participate in a Scholarship Workshop on April 4 at 5:45 pm in Room 4.
4475 Market Street in Ventura, California.
Contact laraza.collegesoflaw@gmail.com for details about the workshop.

Punished -- Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys Center for Equality and Justice Lecture Series

Sponsored by Center for Equality and Justice, Multicultural Programs and the Campus Diversity Initiative, along with the Departments of Communication, Criminal Justice, Counseling and Guidance, Educational Leadership, Languages and Cultures, Political Science, Psychology.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

7:00pm

Lundring Events Center - California Lutheran University

Victor Rios, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present his research on juvenile justice, masculinity, race, and crime. He has published widely in these areas, including the 2011 book, Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys (NYU Press). Based on three years of field research and in-depth interviews with young men in Oakland, CA, Rios analyzed how juvenile crime policies and criminalization affect the everyday lives of urban youth. Rios has received numerous awards, including the 2010 New Scholar Award From American Society of Criminology and the 2011 Harold J. Plous award at UCSB. His book Punished received the 2012 Best Book Award, Latino/a Sociology Section, presented by the American Sociological Association.

For more information, please contact:

Center for Equality and Justice

805-493-3694

cej@callutheran.edu

http://www.callutheran.edu/cej/calendar/event.php?event_id=305

WLVC's March 8 CLE Luncheon

VC MABA encourages you to attend the
Women Lawyers of Ventura County CLE Luncheon

March 8, 2013 from 12:15 to 1:15 pm

Ottavio’s Restaurant

1620 Ventura Blvd.

Camarillo, CA 93010 

WLVC will host Commissioner Joann Johnson who will present
The Top 10 Do's and Don'ts in Ventura Family Court

For more information, please download the flyer, here.

Meet VC's Newest Judge - Thursday, March 21, 2013

Latina/o Lawyers Association of Santa Barbara

present

A Social Hour or Two

Where You Can Meet Ventura County’s Newest Judge

Judge Gilbert Romero***

Thursday, March 21, 2013

5:30-7:30 PM

Casa Blanca Restaurant

330 State St.  (State and Gutierrez)

Open to members of the Bar and the general legal community

RSVP by Wednesday, March 20 to:

Josefina Martinez 882-4560 or jmartinez@sbcourts.org

***Judge Romero was appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., on November 29, 2012.  He is a life-long Ventura County resident.  He is a graduate of California State University Northridge and the University of California’s Hastings College of Law.  He served as a Senior Deputy District Attorney in Ventura County and was a member of that office from 1999 until his appointment.

Elimination of Bias - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Latina/o Lawyers Association of Santa Barbara

In Conjunction with the Santa Barbara County Bar Association present

“Elimination of Bias”

By Judge Frank J. Ochoa

1 hour MCLE credit available

$10 cost for credit-Lunch is free

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

12:15 PM

Department One of the Santa Barbara Superior Court

(Lunch hosted by the Latina\o Lawyers Association of Santa Barbara)

Open to members of the Bar and the general legal community

RSVP by Monday, March 18 to:

Josefina Martinez 882-4560 or jmartinez@sbcourts.org

Legal Clinic for Deferred Action at El Concilio

Questions about your eligibility for DACA?
Get answers.

January 26, 2013; 8:30 am to 12 pm
301 South "C" St in Oxnard
admin@elconcilioventura.org

See the flyer for details!

Download in English

Download in Spanish















Attorneys and Law Clerks interested in volunteering, please contact Claudia: calderon.corinna@gmail.com.
Student volunteers, check the fair blog more information: http://deferredactionfair.blogspot.com/

Judge Romero's Installation - March 1, 2013

Please attend the formal installation of Judge Romero 

Ventura County Superior Court - Dept. 22 at 4 pm.

Download the flyer here.

State of the Courts by Presiding Judge Brian Back

We are pleased to invite you to join MABA on 
Friday, February 1, 2013 at Noon for a presentation on the 

“State of the Courts”
by Presiding Judge Brian Back and Michael D. Planet.

The meeting will be held at The Tower Club and all are welcome to attend at no cost (lunch is optional).  

Please see the flyer for more information.