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Law Practice

Sep. 27, 2011

Firm awards first Native American law internship

An enrolled member of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel and a descendent of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, Trinidad Contreras is the first recipient of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's Native American Law internship.


By Pat Broderick


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - One of Trinidad Contreras' goals is to provide a role model for Native American children and along the way reverse what he calls "the brain drain" on Indian reservations.


An enrolled member of the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel and a descendent of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, Contreras is the first recipient of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's Native Ame...

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