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How to Become an Attorney

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By: Lizeth Escalante

Becoming an Attorney

We had the honor of having Gerardo V. reach out to our firm and request to shadow one of our attorneys. While most High School Juniors spend most of their time hanging out or playing video games, we were inspired by Gerardo’s initiative to inform himself on a possible future career. Furthermore, he spent the entire day at our firm! In addition, he took the opportunity to interview Abogado Ray.

“Everybody works as a team and all work hard to create a positive work environment.”

Gerardo shared, “The attorney I was able to job shadow was very friendly and answered all of my questions about the profession. I had the opportunity to interact with the entire staff. This allowed me to get different perspectives. They all shared how they felt at my age and their journey to get to where they are now. Everybody works as a team and all work hard to create a positive work environment. I had the opportunity to be included in one of the meetings and was able to witness true teamwork. After spending the day with the attorney, I feel like I have all my questions answered and a much clearer perspective of the job.”

We appreciate your enthusiasm for the future Gerardo! We look forward to seeing the amazing accomplishments bound to come your way in the future!

Below is the video of Gerardo interviewing Abogado Ray. If you are a high school student or parent whose child has an interest in the profession, check out the video below!

DACA case back at 9th Circuit

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Abogado Ray Ybarra Maldonado provides an update on recent development on DACA case at 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

On March 15, 2018 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order in the pending DACA case, Regents of the University of California, et. al, v. Department of Homeland Security et. al.  As previously reported the United States Supreme Court rejected the Trump Administration’s attempt to bypass the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The order from the 9th Circuit on March 15 granted in part and denied in part a motion to expedite proceedings.  The Court granted the motion to expedite having the case placed in front of a panel, and asked the Clerk of the Court to assign to a random panel as early as May of 2018.  The Court denied ordering that a decision from this panel also be expedited, however, either party can ask the panel to expedite their decision once they know who is assigned to the case.

This means that a decision from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could come as early as May or June of this year. If the decision overturns the Northern District Court of California’s Preliminary Injunction, this could mean that USCIS could stop accepting DACA renewal applications. It is unclear how USCIS would proceed given that one Judge in New York has also previously ordered USCIS continue accepting renewal applications.

Given Congress’s absolute neglect of the Dream Act, the results of the Court decisions are extremely important. Just yesterday Trump stated he was upset with Democrats for not including Dreamers and his wall in the latest budget.  Obviously this was simply a political stunt and he had no intention of shutting down the government to support Dreamers. Both major political parties need to stop using Dreamers as a political football and instead pass a clean Dream Act.