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Jan. 19, Wednesday -- State , D-San Diego, will discuss the state budget and the importance of lawyers serving in the legislature in a noon-hour presentation at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ. Ducheny was elected in 2002 to the state Senate to represent the 40th District and serves as chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services. As a state assemblywoman from 1994 to 2000, she served as chair and vice-chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chair of the Select Committee on California-Mexico Affairs, co-chair of the Special Committee on Welfare Reform, vice-chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and vice-chair of the Latino legislative caucus. Her presentation will run from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 2008 of King Hall. The event has been organized by the La Raza Law Students Association at the School of Law. For more information, e-mail jmmartinez@ucdavis.edu.