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What excites you most about joining the UCI Law School?
Joining UCI Law has been a homecoming of sorts for me. I grew up in Irvine and attended high school down the street from UCI. Having heard about a law school coming to Irvine for such a long time makes me all the more excited to be part of this new and growing law school! I find the faculty here truly exceptional and the students top-rate. Their dedication to teaching and learning is very inspiring and I feel very lucky to be able to work with the faculty and students here and to be part of this innovative law school.
What inspired you to go into librarianship?
I came to the field of law from a science and health background, so it was no surprise that legal research was my favorite aspect of the law, both in school and in practice. As a practicing attorney, I witnessed on more than one occasion how imperative research could be to a case. More often than not, a judge makes his or her decision based on the legal arguments that are presented in the written briefs. Librarianship gives me the opportunity to not only capitalize on my skill set but to also continuously learn and grow intellectually.
What would you like to accomplish during the first years at UCI Law?
I would like to create a proactive and collaborative partnership with the faculty so that their research and scholarship needs are met with stellar library services. I also would like to create a collegial environment with the students, through class, reference interactions, or other instructional initiatives, so that I can play a role in preparing the students to become outstanding contributors to the legal community.
- San Jose State University, M.L.I.S., 2011
- University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 2004
- Harvard School of Public Health, S.M., Molecular/Genetic Epidemiology, 2001
- Pomona College, B.A., Molecular Biology and English, 1999
- University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Research Law Librarian for Faculty Services, 2012-present
- University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Research Specialist, 2009-2012
- Koenig Jacobsen LLP, Irvine and San Diego, Associate Attorney, 2007-2010
- Law Offices of Vincent P. Hurley, Aptos, CA, Associate Attorney, 2005-2006
- East Bay Community Law Center, Berkeley, Law Clerk, 2004
- Darby & Darby PC, New York, NY, Summer Associate, 2003
- Harvard Medical School, Research Assistant, 1999-2001
- Legal research and writing
- D.C. Fingar, C.J. Richardson, A.R. Tee, L. Cheatham, C. Tsou, and J. Blenis, "mTor Contrls Cell Cycle Progression through its Cell Growth Effectors S6K1 and 4E-BP1/Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4E," 24 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY 200 (2004)
- Paul Fehlner and Christina Tsou, "Not Such a Safe Harbor After All," 10 ANDREWS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION REPORTER 18 (2003)
- D.C. Fingar, S. Salama, C. Tsou, E. Harlow, and J. Blenis, "Mammalian Cell Size is Controlled by mTOR and its Downstream Targets S6K1 and 4EBP1/eIF4E," 16 GENES AND DEVELOPMENT 1472 (2002).
- C.S. Ricard et al., "Drosophila rab GDI Mutants Disrupt Development but Have Normal Rab Membrane Extraction," 31 GENESIS 17 (2001)
- Southern California Association of Law Libraries, Member, August 2012-present
- ALL-SIS Faculty Services Committee, Member, July 2012-present
- American Association of Law Libraries, Member, June 2012-present