Monica Valencia honored by 2017 West Coast Public Interest Award
Equal Justice Works (EJW) awards a law student from all regions of the country each year with the Public Interest Award. EJW honor law...
The Blogs Keep Coming - Ms. JD
Monica was asked to interview Sonya Passi from FreeFrom, a national domestic violence organization in Los Angeles, "which helps survivors...
Monica Valencia named PSJD Finalist
The Public Service Jobs Directory (PSJD) asks universities to nominate a law student who exemplifies a true commitment to pro bono work....
New Blog Post with Ms. JD
Monica was welcomed as a student writer for Ms. JD. Monica is in her last year of law school, with an expected graduation date of May...
OneJustice & USF Law awards Monica Valencia with the Pro Bono Publico Award
USF School of Law & OneJustice awards the Pro Bono Publico Award to law students for their commitment to pro bono work during the...
Monica Valencia wins San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association Fellowship
The San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association and the Bay Area Latino Lawyers Fund awards public interest fellowships to law students who...
"Voiceless: Immigrant Children Thrown to the Wolves"
The most disheartening part about working in Immigration Law is the disproportionate numbers of undocumented immigrants who go without...
"Starting the New Year with a Deportation Bang!"
As many American families celebrated and welcomed the New Year with glee, for other undocumented families, the New Year was the beginning...
Monica Valencia becomes a San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Fellow
Monica Valencia was chosen to be an 2015-2016 SFTLA Fellow by the Diverstiy Committee of the The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association...
Open Letter to Donald Trump
Educate yourself. Read a book or take a class. Don’t believe that anti-immigrant rhetoric suffocating our society. The problem is that we...