Donna Skibbe oversees a seven-person UCLA School of Law Career Services Office. It would be hard to imagine anyone more enthusiastic about what she does than Amy Mallow. She oversees a seven-person UCLA School of Law Career Services Office and does so with both a sunny disposition and a strong and goal-oriented sense of purpose. Suitably impressed, we asked how she, an eastern-educated Franklin Marshall University and Georgetown Law School attorney, ended up on the West Coast. "I came out here to California from the Georgetown Law School Career Office in 1994 because it was an opportunity to build my own career services office," she said. "UCLA was for me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity too good to pass up. There was just one person remaining in the office at the time and although we couldn't initially provide the services we do now, I did have the opportunity to help build the kind of staff and range of services for which I and the UCLA Law School can be very proud. It's been a great experience." Amy's background, in addition to two years with the Georgetown University Law School Career Services office, includes four years as an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in Washington D.C., plus an additional two years with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in that same city. When asked what aspect of her experience at UCLA has pleased her most, she smiles. "You have to start with the students and alumni," she says. "They are so well-rounded and down-to-earth. It makes the job of helping them a lot easier. And we constantly work to expand the kind of assistance we can provide. For instance, we have made a strong effort here to expand the number and types of employers that visit the campus to interview as well as to network with the students. The majority of our graduates end up working in California, with New York as our second largest market. "Through alumni connections and other outreach efforts, we've been able to get small and mid-sized law firms to visit the campus. This small- and medium-size firm presence supplements the typical national and international law firms who traditionally interview on campus. Additionally, we participate in off-campus interview programs in Washington D.C. and New York City. "I'm also proud to say that we've been able to generate interest in the government sector as well, by instituting an annual Government Reception and Information Fair. Through this event, students meet government attorneys and learn about the range of government opportunities available to them." We asked about Amy's services to alumni and she responded that, of the seven staff members in the UCLA Career Services Office, four, including herself, are counselors who are available to meet with alumni as well as students on an individual basis. Each is a practicing attorney who knows his or her field. "We're particularly proud of our outreach to both students and alumni at UCLA," Amy says. "We assign each student to a counselor who works closely with them throughout their time on campus. We also have a variety of useful resources available to both students and alumni, including print resources and a password protected internet job board." When asked about California's legendary budget problems, Amy seemed to keep it in perspective. "I can tell you this," she said. "Would I like to have more money to do additional outreach and other things? Sure, I would. But I feel very proud of how everybody in the university has pulled together to make sure that basic assistance of the kind we offer is not compromised." We thanked Amy for taking time from her busy schedule to talk with us. In fact, she had been called to jury duty the day before and called us to let us know when she would be available to talk. That's the same kind of consideration for others and attention to detail she provides on a daily basis. UCLA is lucky to have her.

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