Nadine Tan,
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Courses Taught
- Legal Research & Writing
- Ethical Lawyering
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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 Ethical Lawyering 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 litigation at Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’Hara & Samuelian APC. She taught legal ethics as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, the USC Gould School of Law, and was Associate Counsel at Green Dot Public Schools California, a nonprofit network of public charter schools.
Professor Tan previously served as the President of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA), the oldest Asian Pacific American bar association in the country.
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).
- “Creating Self-Directed Learners to Succeed in the Legal Writing Classroom and Beyond” (Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, March 14-15, 2025).
- “Finding Yourself: Exploring Professional Identity With New Legal Writers” (Capital Area Legal Writing Conference, Washington, D.C., May 30-31, 2025).
- “Bridging the Gap: A Discussion of How We Can Best Integrate the Bench and Bar in Our Legal Writing Classrooms” (Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, July 16-18, 2025, Phoenix, AZ (panel discussion).
- “Equipping Future Advocates: Infusing Academic Success Principles into Legal Writing” (Western Regional Legal Writing Conference, September 5-6, 2025, Irvine, CA, presented with Yan Slavinskiy from Loyola Law School Los Angeles).
- “New Federal Administration, Same Advocacy Lessons? Training Law Students and Lawyers to be Effective Legal Writers in a Diverse Nation” (National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention, November 6-8, 2025, Denver, CO (moderator).