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What excites you most about joining the UCI Law faculty?
I am very excited about the opportunity UCI Law has to be a leader in integrating the teaching of lawyering skills throughout the law school curriculum. The strong commitment of the faculty to make skills teaching a priority, coupled with the school's vision and high-caliber students, place UCI Law in a unique position to innovate and lead. I look forward to drawing upon my background as a practicing lawyer with expertise in a wide range of litigation, transactional, and client counseling skills to help prepare students to embark on a fulfilling, successful legal career.
Why is skills training so important?
As the Carnegie Report and other studies of legal education have recognized for some time now, the traditional case method of teaching alone is not enough to train excellent lawyers. It provides only limited focus on the problem-solving skills needed to succeed in the context and complexity of law practice, including the ability to research, draft a variety of types of legal documents used by practitioners, develop and use facts, interview clients and witnesses, and counsel clients. UCI Law introduces students to these core skills in the first-year Lawyering Skills course, and expands upon them in more specialized upper-level skills courses, as well as through partnerships between doctrinal faculty and Lawyering Skills faculty.
What would you like to accomplish at UCI Law?
I am looking forward to working with faculty and students to create the country's best Lawyering Skills program, and to help students bridge the gap between law school and practice.
949-824-9638
401 East Peltason Drive, Law 4800-B
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
Faculty Assistant Marisela Galindo
mgalindo@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-2999
- Tulane Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1997
- Swarthmore College, B.A., History, Minor in French, with Honors in the Honors Program, 1992
- K&L Gates LLP, Seattle and Irvine, Partner/Associate, 2004-2011
- Tousley Brain Stephens, Seattle, Associate, 2002-2004
- Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, Associate, 1997-2002
- Federal Defenders of Western Washington, Seattle, Law Clerk, 1995
- Lawyering Skills, Legal Profession, Employment, Client Counseling, Litigation, Business Transactions, Women in the Profession
- Prof. Robinson-Dorn has been a frequent speaker, panelist and trainer on a wide range of employment law topics. She has also given numerous community speeches and presentations on civil liberties issues, and on challenges facing women in the legal profession.
- In 1992, Prof. Robinson-Dorn directed a coordinated campaign for President Bill Clinton, Governor Mike Lowry, Senator Patty Murray and other candidates in Eastern Washington.
- Member of firmwide K&L Gates Women in the Profession Committee, Seattle office Pro Bono, Women Attorneys, and Diversity Committees
- ACLU of Washington
- Board member/Executive Committee member, 2004-2008
- Cooperating Attorney, 1998-2005
- King County Washington Women Lawyers
- President, 2001
- Board member, 1998-2001
- Washington Women Lawyers, Board and Executive Committee member, 2000-2004
- Leadership Tomorrow Graduate, Class of 2007
- Tulane Environmental Law Journal
- Advisory Board member, 1998-present
- Editor in Chief, 1997
- Repeatedly named Rising Star by Washington Law and Politics Magazine