The Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ January 2011 Newsletter is out, and it includes articles and a calendar of upcoming LWV events. The latest copy of the LWV newsletter is available as a link on my blogroll, and is embedded below, with coding through Google.
Here’s a sampling of upcoming events for the Whitewater-Area League —
Date: January 20 (Thursday)
Event: Speaker, Attorney Victor Arellano on Immigration and Naturalization Law
Where: 7 PM City Municipal Building, Council Chambers
Description:
Attorney Victor M. Arellano will address issues of immigration and naturalization in the Council Chambers of City Hall in Whitewater on January 20th at 7PM. This event is free and open to the public.
Attorney Arellano practices law in Madison and is an expert in immigration law and international adoptions. He is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, both Wisconsin Federal District Courts, Immigration Court and the United States Tax Court. In 2007 Governor Jim Doyle appointed Mr. Arellano to the Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in Wisconsin’s Criminal Justice System. In addition, he was one of eleven Wisconsin attorneys selected as a Leader in the Law for 2006 in the Wisconsin Law Journal. Recently, Mr. Arellano was listed along with other outstanding attorneys across the country in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition 2009.
Attorney Arellano participates in many civic activities including hosting his own radio program, “En Vivo con Victor Arellano/Live with Victor Arellano” on AM 1480, La Movida Spanish radio programming where he provides legal advice to the Latino Community. In addition, Mr. Arellano regularly serves as a Moot Court Judge for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Mr. Arellano frequently handles pro bono cases. He has also written numerous “Know your rights” articles in Spanish for various bilingual newspapers. Victor M. Arellano received the Hispanic Youth award from Madison’s Centro Hispano and participates annually in the Latino Youth Career Fair.
Date: February 17 (Thursday)
Event: Meeting with LWV-affiliated Student Organization
Where: 6:30-8:30 PM UW-W campus, University Center, Room 264
Date: March 8 (Tuesday)
Event: Viewing of movie “Iron Jawed Angels”
Where: UW-W campus, University Center, Summers Auditorium
For more on the Iron Jawed Angels, see http://iron-jawed-angels.com