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Clemente Ruiz Nazario (1921): [16] First Puerto Rican male appointed as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1952); Juan R. Torruella (1957): [17] First Puerto Rican male appointed as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1984) and to serve as its chief judge (1994)
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Immigration to Puerto Rico" The following 10 pages are in this category, out ...
Puerto Rico Court of Appeals (2016–2023); United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (2023– ) Puerto Rico: active: Manuel J. Méndez [374] New York State Supreme Court, New York County (2013– ) New York: active: Carlos E. Mendoza [375] United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2014– ) Florida ...
United States Attorneys for the District of Puerto Rico (5 P) Pages in category "Puerto Rican lawyers" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
The US Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, codified under Title 8 of the United States Code, revised the wording concerning Puerto Ricans, granting nationality to persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and prior to January 13, 1941, who had not been covered in previous legislation, and thereafter to Puerto Ricans at birth ...
The legal profession in Puerto Rico is practiced at both commonwealth and Federal levels. Thus, legal professionals in Puerto Rico must study both the law of Puerto Rico and the law of the United States. There are presently three law schools in the commonwealth: [1] University of Puerto Rico School of Law, established in 1913
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund was founded in 1972 by three lawyers, one of whom, Cesar A. Perales, became the president of the group for much of its history. PRLDEF played a key role in the installation of bilingual education in New York City schools, and soon became the most important legal advocacy group for Puerto Ricans ...
The illegal or undocumented component of the Dominican immigration to Puerto Rico has increased over recent decades, becoming large enough to attract great attention, both in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The first recorded illegal trip took place in 1972, and perhaps 28% of all Dominicans in Puerto Rico were undocumented in 1996 ...