Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Courses Taught
- Legal Research & Writing
Education
- BS, magna cum laude, University of Southern California
- JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Background
Nadine Tan teaches Legal Research & Writing and advises students in the law school’s Academic Success Program.
She began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable S. James Otero (Ret.) of the United States District Court for the Central District of California before practicing general and employment litigation at Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’Hara & Samuelian APC. Professor Tan taught legal ethics as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, the USC Gould School of Law, and was most recently Associate Counsel at Green Dot Public Schools California, a nonprofit network of public charter schools in Los Angeles.
Professor Tan serves as the President of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA), the oldest Asian Pacific American bar association in the country. She is passionate about cultivating a sense of belonging among law students and improving diversity, equity, and inclusion outcomes in the profession.
Presentations
- “How to Leverage the First-Year Legal Writing Classroom as a Launching Pad for Law School” (Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, March 8-9, 2024, presented with Kristen Burzynski from Loyola Law School Los Angeles).