"I'm told L.A. Law's success — the fact that his ethnicity was very much part of his identity and he was a great lawyer — caused an increase in applicants to law schools. I got requests to be a keynote speaker at the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association. I always felt that was a little bit above my pay grade, but that's a nice icing on the cake, when your character resonates with the audience."
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On the legacy of his role as Victor Sifuentes in L.A. Law in “Jimmy Smits Returns to NBC With New Law Series” in AARP Magazine (2019 Sep 19)
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