华金-阿维拉 投票权倡导者

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Joaquin Avila
Voting Rights Advocate | Class of 1996
Title
Voting Rights Advocate
Location
Fremont, California
Age
48 at time of award
Deceased
March 9, 2018
Area of Focus
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Published July 1, 1996
ABOUT JOAQUIN'S WORK
Joaquin Avila is a litigator and an advocate in the specialized field of voting rights law.

Avila has devoted his career to a vision of voting rights advocacy that is premised on the conviction that government functions best if it is reflective and representative of the range of its constituents.  The Voting Rights Act of 1965 codified and articulated legal strictures that prevent government officials and private citizens from interfering with the rights of minority citizens to vote and to choose their representatives.  Through meticulously crafted legal suits, Avila challenges election systems that function to disenfranchise and discriminate against minority voters and their chosen candidates.

BIOGRAPHY
Avila is a visiting assistant professor of law at the Seattle University School of Law.  He has also worked in a private practice devoted exclusively to the protection of the voting rights of racial and ethnic minority communities.  He served as staff attorney (1974-1976), director of political access litigation and associate counsel (1976-78), and president and general counsel (1982-1985) of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).

Avila received a B.A. (1970) from Yale University and a J.D. (1973) from the Harvard University Law School.  He is a member of the California and Texas State bars.

Last updated January 1, 2005




华金-阿维拉
投票权倡导者 | 1996级
职称
投票权倡导者
工作地点
弗里蒙特，加利福尼亚州
年龄
获奖时为48岁
已逝世
2018年3月9日
关注领域
公民权利和公民自由
发表于1996年7月1日
关于华金的工作
华金-阿维拉是一名诉讼律师，也是投票权法专业领域的倡导者。

阿维拉将他的职业生涯献给了投票权倡导的愿景，该愿景的前提是相信政府如果能够反映和代表其选民的范围，就能发挥最大的作用。 1965年的《投票权法案》编纂并阐明了防止政府官员和公民个人干预少数族裔公民投票和选择其代表的权利的法律规定。 通过精心设计的法律诉讼，阿维拉挑战那些剥夺少数族裔选民和歧视他们所选候选人的选举制度。

个人简历
阿维拉是西雅图大学法学院的客座助理法律教授。 他还曾在一家私人诊所工作，专门负责保护少数族裔社区的投票权。 他曾担任墨西哥裔美国人法律保护和教育基金（MALDEF）的参谋律师（1974-1976年）、政治准入诉讼主任和副顾问（1976-78年），以及主席和总顾问（1982-1985年）。

阿维拉获得耶鲁大学的学士学位（1970年）和哈佛大学法学院的法学博士学位（1973年）。 他是加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州的律师协会成员。

最后更新于2005年1月1日