Natali Shabani
EDUCATION
Loyola University – Juris Doctor, Spring 2011,
Top 15% annual ranking for 2010-2011 Academic Year (GPA 3.91) • Top 20% graduation ranking (GPA 3.7) • First Honors Award recipient for highest grade in Evidence and Conflict of Laws • Law Review Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal, Editor (Fall 2009-Spring 2010) Honors: Dean’s Honor List (2009-2011) Academic Year); Jesuit Community Scholarship Recipient (Spring 2011); Mabel Wilson Scholarship Recipient (Fall 2009, Spring 2010); Justice Wiley Manual Pro Bono Legal Services Award (Summer 2009) International Law Student Association, Member (Fall 2010-Spring 2011); Iranian Law Students Association, Member (Fall 2008-Spring 2011)
University of California, Los Angeles – B.A. Psychology, magna cum laude, June 2006
Honors student (Fall 2004-Summer 2006), Dean’s honor list (Fall 2004—Summer 2006)
BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
EXPERIENCE
The Law Offices of Goldberg & Gille Contract Attorney, Winter 2012- Present
Conducting legal research; drafting memoranda, complaints, briefs, oppositions, and various motions;
preparing questions for deposition;attending hearings and depositions.
California Barbri
Grader and Advisor, Summer 2012- Present
Reviewing students’ simulated exams, essays, and performance tests; providing the students with
guidance and advising them on approaching the bar exam, drafting essays and performance tests, and
studying for the bar exam.
Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) Extern, Spring 2011
Assisted clients (cancer patients) with their legal questions concerning health insurance and healthcare.
Tax Appeals Assistance Program (TAAP) Extern, Spring 2011
Represented clients in their cases before the Franchise Tax Board and Board of
Equalization.Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Research Assistant — August 2004 to December 2005