By Ramon Trujillo
On November 10, 2012, Gupta & Trujillo proudly participated in the Adelante Young Men Conference held at Pasadena City College. The event, sponsored by the Pasadena Youth Center, brought together many local high school and middle school students with Latino professionals throughout Southern California. The event gave the young students an opportunity to learn about possible career paths directly from professionals, many of whom had grown up in very similar neighborhoods. Career paths went from doctors and lawyers, to business executives and actors. Overall, the students had a wide array of career choices to learn about.
Founding partner, Ramon Trujillo, presented a workshop entitled “Immigration and Criminal Law.” The workshop focused on Mr. Trujillo’s particular path towards becoming an attorney, not necessarily on the topics of immigration and criminal law. The event gave students the opportunity to ask questions about specifics, such as potential jobs through a law degree, the amount of time in school it takes to obtain a law degree, and any difficulties faced before going to law school, during law school, and post law school.
Aside from addressing their questions regarding a path to law school, Mr. Trujillo was able to answer other questions the students had, such as those relating to lifestyle, salary, and some general questions relating to the more “weird” or “exciting” cases we had come across.
The event began early in the morning, and had Masters of Ceremonies such as Sid Garcia, general assignment reporter for ABC7 Eyewitness News, and Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. The event went through the afternoon and gave these young students an opportunity to learn a lot about careers that are of potential interest.
Overall, the 2nd Annual Education & Career Conference, Adelante Young Men Conference was a resounding success, and Gupta & Trujillo is very proud to have been a part of the event.