Grace Parrish

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Grace Parrish Visiting Associate Clinical Professor

Visiting Associate Clinical Professor of Law

Courses Taught

  • Civil Litigation Practice
  • Electronic Discovery
  • Ethical Lawyering
  • Private Field Placement Course

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Education

  • JD, LMU Loyola Law School
  • BA, UCLA

About

Grace Parrish is a Visiting Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Field Placement Department at LMU Loyola Law School. Prior to leaving private practice, Prof. Parrish worked at a civil defense firm where she handled a variety of cases including defending accounting professionals in professional malpractice claims and regulatory actions; defending automobile dealerships in personal injury, consumer actions, and employment actions; defending complex construction defect actions and consumer class actions. She has also prosecuted special education matters on behalf of students and families. 

Prof. Parrish graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2006. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from University of California, Los Angeles. She was admitted to practice in California in 2006.

Since 2012, Prof. Parrish has taught courses on Electronic Discovery. She also teaches ethics and a simulated litigation course which provides a survey of the litigation skills necessary to prosecute and defend a case from the pleading stage, through discovery and motions, up to, but not including trial.

Selection Publications

  • Co-Moderator, Externship Supervision Best Practices: Spotlight on Feedback, SoCalEx Webinar, April 2023
  • Ensuring Legal Extern Compliance with Cyber Protocols, Daily Journal, February 2020
  • BYOD in e-Discovery: Managing Risks and Ensuring Best Practices in 2016, Webinar for The Knowledge Group, June 2016
  • Key Considerations when Drafting Employment Arbitration Clauses in California and Beyond, Webinar for C4CM, May 2016
  • Arbitration Update: An Overview of Recent California Appellate Decisions, California Lawyer, December 2015
  • Social Media Policies in the Workplace, Speaker at Southern California Association of Law Libraries’ Annual Seminar
  • Trial Evidence Limitations Imposed on Request for Admission Denials, Verdict Magazine, 2015 eDiscovery in 2014: Social Networking, Cloud Computing, Cross Border Issues, Disclosure & Litigation, Webinar for The Knowledge Group, 2014

Leadership

  • Member and Past President of Loyola Law School Alumni Board of Governors
  • Member of Loyola Law School Asian Pacific Alumni Chapter Leadership Board
  • Member of AALS Externships Committee
  • Former Member of Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Former Member of Association of Southern California Defense Counsel