Levario, Lena, 1961-
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Judge Lena Levario was born in Pecos, Texas in 1961 and spent her childhood there. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Texas Tech University (TTU) School of Law in 1986 and belonged to the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) while attending TTU. She began her legal career as a public defender in Dallas County and was the first Mexican-American woman to be appointed in Dallas County as a District Judge by Governor Ann Richards in 1993. Judge Levario went into private practice in 1994 and was elected to the bench of the 204th District Criminal Court in Dallas County in 2006. At the time of the interview, she was on the grievance committee for the State Bar of Texas, a member of the Hispanic Fifty, and an active member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the national level.
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Affirmative action programs
African American judges
Illegal aliens
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Discrimination in education
Emigration and immigration law
Hispanic American lawyers
Mexican American judges
Mexican Americans
Mexican American women
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Texas
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Texas, West
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Dallas (Tex.)
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Pecos (Tex.)
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Dallas County (Tex.)
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