This panel will discuss the challenges and successes of Latina/o students and legal professionals and will include presentations on a successful model pipeline program, the Hispanic National Bar Association’s recent reports on Latinas in the legal profession, and student experiences from WCL’s Latino/a Law Students’ Association. Moderator: Ms. M. Lucero Ortiz, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, OASAM, U.S. Department of Labor Panelists: Ms. Jill Lynch Cruz, Founder and President, JLC Consulting, LLC Professor Melinda Sommers Molina, Assistant Professor of Law, Capital University Law School Ms. Indiana Porta, Co-President, WCL’s Latino/a Law Students’ Association Professor Jenny Rivera, Professor of Law and Director of Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality (CLORE), CUNY School of Law Professor Jodie Genine Roure, Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY