However, the law did engender social change; fifty years after the Brown decision, there is no system of legal segregation in America. While changing the law through the use of the court system by challenging laws that violate the Constitutional guarantees of equality is an effective means of social change, it is insufficient to provide the broad scale social change needed to protect the rights of Hispanics in America. One of the problems facing Hispanics is the fact that English, while not declared an official language, is used in a way that excludes Hispanics from participating in many facets of American life, including the American legal system. The use of English-only is not discrimination and does not violate the letter or the spirit of the Constitution. Therefore, it is only by having Hispanics involved in the legislative process that such disparity can be corrected. The fact is that legislators, while not required to have a legal background, are primarily elected from those...

Therefore, it is important for Hispanics to be involved in the legal system.
It would be overly idealistic to say that today's Americans enjoy true equality; while great strides have been made, there is still a lot of work to be done. However, it is not overly idealistic to say that today's Americans are equal under the law. The Constitution may have been written by rich white men to protect rich white men, but its words are more powerful than the intention of its creators. America does offer the opportunity for equality and freedom to all people who live here; but that opportunity has to be created and seized. The best way to create and seize those opportunities is for members of minority groups to study the law and embrace all aspects of the legal process; from challenging the unjust application of laws to working within the legislative process to represent and protect their interests. For the above reasons, it is imperative that Hispanics study law.