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Hispanic Law Society Hosts Access to Justice Fund Foundation Director
10/08/2018
IU McKinney's Hispanic Law Society (HLS) hosted Dr. Adi Martínez Román for a lecture at the law school on October 5. She is the executive director of the Access to Justice Fund Foundation (AJFF). Dr. Martínez Román's topic was "One Nation, Two Laws: Comparing the United States and Puerto Rico's Legal System." In the talk, she explained the differences between the Unites States' common law and Puerto Rico’s civil law, both in rule and in application, and discussed constitutional and international law issues raised by the territorial association between the United States and Puerto Rico.
AJFF seeks funds for the provision of civil legal services to low-income and vulnerable populations. Prior to this role, she was the Auxiliary Dean of Students of the University of Puerto Rico Law School for seven years, where she also taught several courses on the Legal Profession, Law and Poverty, and Law and Social Change.
In the photo from left are IU McKinney first-year law student Moncerrat Alvarez, a member of HLS, and Dr. Adi Martínez Román.
