For Immediate Release
August 31, 2005
Contact:
Kim Munkres
kmunkres@wilkinguge.com
(909) 625-2225 ext. 26
East Coast Immigration Attorney Joins
University of La Verne College of Law Faculty
ONTARIO, Calif. (August 31, 2005) – At a time when legal immigration issues are spurring national debate, the University of La Verne College of Law has hired immigration expert Diane Uchimiya as an assistant professor of law, bringing the law school’s current total to 18 full-time and 12 adjunct professors.
“Immigration is one of the most complex and controversial issues facing our region and our country,” said Associate Dean H. Randall Rubin. “We are very fortunate to have found someone who really understands the depth of the matter and we are confident our students will greatly benefit from her experience.”
Professor Uchimiya comes to ULV College of Law directly from Georgetown University Law Center (GULC), where she served as a teaching fellow at its Center for Applied Legal Studies. While there, she helped manage the immigration clinic and was responsible for supervising students and representing clients in asylum and related immigration cases.
Prior to her post at GULC, Uchimiya served as an immigration lawyer in Virginia with Malea Kiblan, P.C., where she coauthored “The Right to Counsel in Immigration Matters,” for Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook with Malea Kiblan. Uchimiya also practiced immigration law for Braverman & Lin, P.C., handling employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa cases, family based immigration, naturalization matters and humanitarian relief and removal proceedings. While in Virginia, Professor Uchimiya also litigated immigration cases before the INS, Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals and prepared complaints for Federal District courts.
Professor Uchimiya is a member of the California and Washington D.C. bar associations and the Immigration Lawyers Association. She will teach immigration law, criminal law and legal analysis.
About the University of La Verne College of Law
Established in 1970, the University of La Verne College of Law is Cal-Bar accredited. Known for its emphasis on advocacy, the College of Law offers a modern, technologically-advanced facility; small classes that feature a traditional curriculum and practical skills taught by respected, practice-proven faculty focused on individual students' needs; and a prominent and supportive alumni network, all grounded in a commitment to ethics and service. For more information about the University of La Verne College of Law, please call (909) 460-2001 or visit them on the Web at http://law.ulv.edu.
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The University of La Verne College of Law was provisionally approved by the American Bar Association on February 13, 2006.
