Spanish for Lawyers

The Spanish for Lawyers Podcast is back and fresh out of the oven! 🥐🔥🎙️Meet TYLA directors Jenée Duran, Lisa Luz Parker, and Jack Hurd as they kick off Season 2! 

As National Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close this week, we’re celebrating the rich linguistic and cultural contributions that shape our legal community. We’re proud to continue uplifting bilingual legal education and expanding access to Spanish‑language tools for attorneys, educators, and the communities they serve!

In Episode 0, our hosts introduce our new theme, “Pan Dulces: Spanish in Small Bites” (hence, the conchas-themed flyer!), a season built around short-and-sweet, practical, and approachable episodes designed to help attorneys strengthen their legal Spanish skills one bite at a time.

This season also expands our reach to educators, offering concise, classroom‑ready segments that make it easy to incorporate real‑world legal Spanish into teaching. Whether you’re practicing law, preparing future lawyers, or simply sharpening your language toolkit, these episodes are crafted to meet you where you are!

You can find this and all future episodes here: https://tyla.org/resource/spanish-for-lawyers-podcast/

Vamos! Season 2 is ready to serve!

TYLA District 15 Director Jack Hurd joins Julia Rubio as co-host on this episode of the Spanish for Lawyers Podcast featuring Laredo-based attorney Daniella Barrera Martinez. Daniela discusses her upbringing as a native Spanish speaker and the frequent use of the language in her family law practice, emphasizing its importance in building client trust. The episode concludes with a practical review of Spanish legal terminology and a mock client consultation.

🎧 Listen at the link below or on any podcast platform: https://tyla.org/resource/spanish-for-lawyers-podcast/. 

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Hosted by TYLA District 19 Director Julia Rubio, the debut episode of TYLA’s Spanish for Lawyers Podcast features a discussion with Laredo attorneys Omar Villarreal and Marina Brizuela about the importance of being bilingual while practicing law in South Texas. The practitioners highlight how understanding cultural nuances and colloquialisms, such as the term muela del juicio (wisdom tooth), is just as vital as mastering technical legal terminology in Spanish. The episode concludes with a mock consultation where the attorneys demonstrate how to explain the criminal and immigration consequences of a theft charge to a Spanish-speaking client.

🎧 Listen at the link below or on any podcast platform: https://tyla.org/resource/spanish-for-lawyers-podcast/.

Want to jump to a specific segment? Head to Buzzsprout for chapter markers and quick links: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2611763/episodes/19050979.

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