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Describe your scholarship, or a favorite pro bono or service project.
Recently, the American Association of Law Librarians invited me to serve a three-year term on a national committee addressing important issues related to online legal information provided on government websites. As many federal, state, and local governments opt to post laws online in place of publishing them in print, this committee is concerned with ensuring that governments authenticate the digital versions of the law, provide permanent public access to these laws, and preserve all prior online versions of the law.
What inspired you to go to law school?
As an undergraduate at Pomona College, I chose an interdisciplinary major—Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (“PPE”)—and was hooked on the law after taking a philosophy of law course. I remember nearing graduation and thinking about how I had only just begun to scratch the surface in these fields. I was eager to keep learning, and continuing on to law school was an easy choice. (I actually had three of my fellow PPE majors in my 1L class at Stanford!) Always eager to keep learning, I’ve found that law librarianship is the perfect career choice for me.
What would you like to accomplish during the first years at UCI Law?
I want students and other Law Library patrons to feel comfortable coming to the Reference Desk with questions, and I want faculty to view the librarians as reliable partners in their scholarship and teaching.
- University of Washington, M.L.I.S. with Special Certificate in Law Librarianship, July 2009
- Stanford Law School, J.D., with distinction, June 2003
- Pomona College, B.A., Philosophy, Politics, Economics, magna cum laude, May 2000
- University of California, Irvine, Law Library, Research Law Librarian, 2009-present
- Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law, 2008-2009
- Supreme Court of the United States Library, Washington, DC, Research Department intern, Summer 2008
- Legal research
- "Introducing Students to Online Research Guides," 17 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 171-74 (2009)
- "Interdisciplinary Trends of Law Faculty: Possible Implications for Reference Librarians" (June 23, 2009)
- "2010 SCALL Institute: 30 Sites in 30 Minutes," Southern California Association of Law Libraries Newsletter March-April 2010
- American Association of Law Libraries, 2008-present
- Member, Electronic Legal Information Access and Citation Committee
- Southern California Association of Law Libraries, 2009-present
- Member, Grants Committee
- WestPac Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries
- Librarians Association of the University of California, Irvine
- State Bar of California
- Senior Editor, Stanford Law & Policy Review, during law school
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, Associate Attorney, 2004-2006
- Hon. A. Howard Matz, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, Judicial Clerk, 2003-2004
- Lozano Smith, Attorneys at Law, Monterey, CA, Summer Associate, 2002