Emily Scivoletto Named New Dean of Students Emily Scivoletto has been named dean of students at UCLA School of Law. She joins the law school’s administration from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she had served as the dean of students since 2010. In this position, she oversaw approximately 1,000 J.D. students and provided support to all students in meeting their EMILY SCIVOLETTO academic goals and achieving success in law school classes and on the bar exam. In addition, she was responsible for academic advising, supervising accommodations of students with disabilities, resolving student grievances, supervising student organizations and organizing all aspects of orientation and commencement.
Dean Scivoletto previously taught doctrinal and skills courses at UC Davis and McGeorge Law Schools, and she served as director of educational outreach and director of academic success. Prior to entering academia, she was an associate, and later a partner, at Tennant, Ingram & Randon in Sacramento, where she handled insurance defense and civil rights litigation cases. She currently serves as the chair of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Student Services through January 2015, and served as a member of the Executive Board from 2011-2014. She also served as program chair of the AALS Section on Academic Support from 2011-2013 and as awards committee chair in 2012. Dean Scivoletto holds a J.D. degree from McGeorge School of Law, an M.A. degree in Education from California State University, Sacramento, and a B.A. degree from the University of California, Irvine.
Luz Herrera Joins UCLA Law as Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Experiential Learning and Public Service Luz Herrera has joined UCLA School of Law as assistant dean for clinical education, experiential learning and public service. She is an attorney and a community innovator who most recently served as an associate professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and a visiting professor at UC Irvine School of Law. She has a national LUZ HERRERA reputation in the clinical community, particularly for her work developing the Small Business Law Center and the Solo Practice Incubator Program at Thomas Jefferson, which help graduates understand how to set up and run their own small firms. At UCLA Law, she will be instrumental in building on the work of the faculty to design a clinical initiative and first-year experiential course. Assistant Dean Herrera holds a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and an A.B. degree from Stanford University. Before entering academia, she ran a solo law practice in Compton, California, and served as an associate at Heller, Ehrman White &
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McAuliffe. She is the co-founder and board president of Community Lawyers, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides low- and moderate-income people access to affordable legal services and develops innovative opportunities for attorneys and law students in underserved communities. She currently serves on the American Bar Association’s Delivery of Legal Services Committee and previously served on the Board of California Rural Legal Assistance and the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act Implementation Committee. Assistant Dean Herrera is the editor of Reinventing the Practice of Law (American Bar Association, 2014). In addition, Lisa Mead has been selected as the new director of externship programs. She joins the law school from the Inner City Law Center, where she served as the director of pro bono work, overseeing all pro bono and volunteer programs. Prior to joining Inner City Law Center, Lisa spent 15 years at USC Gould School of Law, where she served as dean of students, was the assistant dean of career services and founded the law school’s Office of Public Service. Lisa received a J.D. degree from USC Gould School of Law, where she helped to create the USC Public Interest Law Foundation. She earned a B.S.W. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.