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Staff Professional Leadership

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Amy Atchison, Associate Dean & Law Library Director:
  • Treasurer, Legal Information Preservation Alliance
  • Secretary, Artificial Intelligence Caucus, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
  • Vice Chair, AALL Spectrum Article of the Year Award Jury
  • Member, Scholarship Committee, Southern California Association of Law Libraries 
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills 
  • Law School Council Member, State Bar of California
Natascha Fastabend, Executive Director for UCI Law’s Graduate Tax Program
  • Member, California Lawyers Association (CLA) Taxation Section, Liaison to Taxation Executive Committee for CLA
  • Member, Odyssey Mentorship Program for CLA, Liaison for the Young Tax Lawyers (YTL) Group for CLA, and Finance Committee Member, Bar Association of San Francisco Bar (BASF)
Christine Francis, Associate Director of Academic Skills
  • Member, Programming Committee for the Association of Academic Success Educators (AASE) 
Evelyn Goessling, Electronic Resources and Metadata Law Librarian
  • News & Social Media Coordinator, Librarian’s Association of the University of California (LAUC)
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, LAUC Irvine Division (LAUC-I)
Ben Kwak, Associate Director of Admissions and Pipeline Initiatives
  • Career Officer, Law School Admissions Minority Network 
Ashley Newton, Acquisitions and Metadata Law Librarian
  • Compiler, Newsletter Committee, Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL)
Jessica Pierucci, Research Law Librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law
  • Member, Volunteer Service Awards Jury, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
  • Member, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Section Publicity Committee, AALL
  • Member, Library School Liaison Committee, Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL)
  • Member, International Research Group Awards Committee, American Society of International Law (ASIL) 
Christina Tsou, Head of Public Services
  • Co-Chair, Newsletter Committee, Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL)
  • Vice Chair (July 2025 to June 2026) and Chair (July 2026 to June 2027), AALL/Bloomberg Law Continuing Education Grant Jury, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
Nasreen Zia, Director of Student Financial Services 
  • Member, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
  • Member, UCI Asian Pacific Islander (API) Staff & Faculty Association
  • Advisory Board Member, AccessLex Institute Max Program
  • Executive Policy Committee Member, AccessLex Institute