Empowering Current & Future Texas Latinx Judges
Our Mission
Texas Latinx Judges empowers Latinx judges in the State of Texas and promotes diversity, inclusion, integrity, and excellence in the judiciary.
Texas Latinx Judges is a nonpartisan, nonprofit professional association focused on the advancement of current and future Latinx judges. The organization supports the judicial role of Latinx judges by strengthening the network of and connection between Latinx judges, recognizing their contributions to the judiciary, and increasing the advancement and number of Latinx judges. Texas Latinx Judges also encourages judicial service in the Latinx community and helps to build a talent pipeline of future Latinx judges—with the overall goal of advancing equal justice in the State of Texas.
Why did Texas Latinx Judges choose Latinx?
Texas Latinx Judges is an organization created and led by judges who profoundly respect the fundamental tenet that everyone is equal under the law. We selected Latinx because we want our name to express equality—which we are dedicated to upholding both on and off the bench. Latinx resonates deeply with our unwavering commitment to administering equal justice for all and with our mission of making our judiciary more diverse and inclusive.
What is Latinx?
Latinx refers to the entire community of individuals who descend from the more than 20 Latin American countries. It includes all of the community—those who descend from both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries and those who, as individuals, identify by other labels such as: Hispanic, Latina/o, Chicana/o, Mexican-American, Afro-Cubano, Brazilian-American, Puerto Rican-American, and many others.
Latinx is gender neutral. It is inclusive of individuals who prefer not to be referred to by gender or who do not want to be labeled by a term that defaults to the masculine. Latinx also respects those who do not identify with the female/male gender binary, and welcomes the LGBTQIA+ community.