Trilby Robinson-Dorn
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Expertise:
Lawyering Skills, Legal Profession, Employment, Client Counseling, Litigation, Business Transactions, Women in the Profession
Background:
Professor Robinson-Dorn joins the faculty after 14 years in private practice. Most recently, she was a partner at a large, international law firm, where her employment practice included litigation, advice and counseling, and mergers and acquisitions.
Professor Robinson-Dorn also successfully handled many pro bono matters, including litigation involving the rights of women and children, and has served on numerous boards and in law firm and community leadership roles. She looks forward to drawing upon her practice background to teach Lawyering Skills, and to help integrate skills teaching throughout UCI Law's curriculum.
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- Dec. 12, 2019:
Presenter, “Awakening the ‘Critical’ Critical Thinking,” Global Legal Skills Conference, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ - Dec. 6, 2019:
Presenter, “Beyond the Traditional Course: What Do New Lawyers Actually Need to Know and Are We Meeting Their Needs?,” Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop, UCI Law, Irvine, CA - Dec. 11, 2018:
Speaker, "How to Teach the Important Global Lawyering Skill of Professionalism From Day One of Law School," 2018 Global Legal Skills Conference presented by the John Marshall Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia - Sept. 28, 2018:
Speaker, “Teaching Professionalism from Day One,” Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, UCI Law, Irvine, CA - Jan.-March 2018:
Participant, UC Women's Initiative for Professional Women, UC San Diego - Aug. 8, 2015:
Presenter, Fifth Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference - May 29. 2015:
Speaker, “Adapting to Legal Practice Norms: Teaching Students to Draft Substantive E-Mails and Handle Quick Turn-Around Assignments” (with Grace Tonner), Empire State Legal Writing Conference, Syracuse University College of Law - May 21, 2015:
Speaker, “Adapting to Legal Practice Norms: Teaching Law Students to Draft Substantive E-Mails and Handle Quick Turn-Around Assignments,” Global Legal Skills Conference, John Marshall Law School - Dec. 5, 2014:
Speaker, Innovations in Legal Writing workshop, University of Pennsylvania Law School - April 13, 2012:
Speaker, Business Law as Public Interest Law Symposium