Nancy L.N. McGinnis
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., California State University, Fullerton, 1968
J.D., cum laude, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1985
Suburban mom and community volunteer turned lawyer, Professor McGinnis teaches Legal Research and Writing and Honors Appellate Advocacy and serves as faculty coach/advisor for Pepperdine's nationally recognized moot court program. She has been a faculty member since 1988, and was associate dean for Advancement, Alumni and Public Affairs before returning to fulltime teaching. Although a child of the '60s, Professor McGinnis remembers graduating from then-fledgling California State University, Fullerton in 1968 with a bachelor of arts in English.
Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, she was the public information director for the American Cancer Society in Orange County. Once her children were in school, she entered law school, serving as literary editor for the Pepperdine Law Review. She graduated cum laude in 1985 and is admitted to practice in California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Supreme Court. Professor McGinnis is a longtime member of the American Association of University Women and was a named grant honoree. She is also a member of the Board of Director for Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc. Her practice of law is now limited to pro bono work for Ventura County organizations/groups in which she has an interest.
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