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CAREER SERVICES:  WHO WE ARE

The Office has four full-time attorney counselors available to work with JD students and alumni and to meet with employers.  The counselors bring a combined 20 years of experience in career services and another 20 years of practicing law in private law firms, government and in-house counsel settings.  In addition to the JD counselors, the office has an LL.M. counselor with international experience who advises the LL.M. students and alumni.   The counselors not only assist students and alumni in the career development process, but they remain active members of the legal community and continue to build invaluable relationships with alumni and employers.  We also have a recruitment manager who oversees the large On Campus Interview Programs (OCIP) and other events and two assistants who maintain the job listings, clerkship database, resource library while also assisting students, alumni, and employers.

Assistant Dean of Career Services - Elizabeth C. Moeller

The Assistant Dean is responsible for the overall administration of the office; counseling students and alumni; maintaining and establishing relationships with legal employers; acting as a liaison between students, alumni and employers; and facilitating relationships between the faculty and administration and the Office of Career Services.

Elizabeth Moeller is the current Assistant Dean of Career Services. Prior to joining the Career Services Office in November 1996, she practiced law for more than five years at the Los Angeles offices of Graham & James and Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz. Beth holds her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Loyola Law School.

Directors - Yvonne D. Denenny and Malini Nangia

The Directors assist with the day-to-day management of the office; counseling students and alumni; overseeing, organizing and presenting career-related programs; maintaining and establishing relationships with legal employers; and acting as a liaison between students, alumni and employers.

Prior to joining the Office of Career Services in July 2003, Yvonne counseled students about career development issues at another local law school. She also practiced as an attorney for six years, initially at the Los Angeles office of Morrison & Foerster LLP and then at a start-up Internet company. Yvonne received her B.A. in economics from Wellesley College and her J.D. from UCLA School of Law

Before she joined UCLA in July 2005, Malini litigated at the Los Angeles offices of Bryan Cave LLP and Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP.  Malini is a 2003 Loyola Law School alum and received her B.A. from Tufts University in 1999.

Assistant Director/ Clerkship Coordinator - Tracey Guinyard

Tracey Guinyard is the Assistant Director/ Judicial Clerkship Coordinator.  She is responsible for counseling students and alumni; organizing and presenting career-related programs; maintaining and establishing relationships with legal employers; and acting as a liaison between students, alumni and employers. Additionally, Tracey is responsible for assisting students with the judicial clerkship application process.

Before joining UCLA, Tracey was an Assistant Director of Career Services at Columbia Law School, and prior to that position,  she was a legal recruiter with the law firms Paul Hastings and Weil Gotshal.  She received her B.A. from Spelman College and her J.D. from The Ohio State University.​ 

Assistant Director/LL.M. Coordinator - Ying Cao

Ying Cao is the Assistant Director and LL.M. Coordinator of Career Services.  Prior to joining the office, Ying was the Executive Director/Vice President of Spring International Education Foundation, where she specialized in educational and cultural programs and exchanges between China and the U.S.  In her role, Ying counsels LL.M. students, organizes career-related programs, and establishes and maintains relationships with employers both nationally and internationally.

Manager of Legal Recruitment - Linda Kressh


Linda is the Manager of the Legal Recruitment and is responsible for the coordination of the on-campus interview program and all related recruiting activities, including job fairs and receptions.

Career Services Coordinator - Ana Delgado
Judicial Clerkship Assistant - Charles Soon

The Career Services Coordinator and Judicial Clerkship Assistant are your contact individuals at the front office and are responsible for arranging appointments, coordinating the daily job listings, arranging reciprocity, managing career resources, updating the career services website, assisting with the fall and spring on campus interview programs, assist with the coordination of the mock interview, mentor, and judicial clerkship programs, and providing other administrative support. Please submit all reciprocity requests to our reciprocity coordinator, Ana Delgado at delgado@law.ucla.edu. To post a job with our office or ask a general question regarding our office, please send an email to careers@law.ucla.edu.


Location
77 Dodd Hall
Phone:(310) 206-1117
Fax: (310) 825-9450
E-mail: careers@law.ucla.edu

Mailing Address
Office of Career Services
Box 951476
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476

Fed Ex and UPS Address
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm