Biography

Maria Antonieta Nestor (nee Pincheira Zambrano) holds a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin (UCD) and an LLM from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She was the first foreign student to be admitted into the prestigious David J. Epstein Programme in Public Interest Law & Policy in August 2008, where she piloted an LLM specialization. She also holds a diploma in journalism and is a UCLA-trained legal interpreter and translator. She is also the co-founder and co-editor of The Irish Review of CED Law & Policy, an online journal published by the NCLC. Maria Antonieta is currently undertaking a PhD in public interest law and policy, focusing on community economic development (CED). Her main research objectives concern how CED can facilitate and improve the civil legal aid system in Ireland as well as how it interacts under a wider scope.

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Professional Qualifications

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Awards

United World Colleges Scholarship

UCLA School of Law Dean's Tuition Fellowship

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Research Interests

Public Interest Law and Policy; Community Economic Development Law; Regeneration; International Law; Law and Poverty; Law and Development; Law and Social Policy; Empirical Legal Research; Clinical Legal Education.

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Education Details

Master of Laws (L.L.M.), Public Interest Law and Policy Specialisation (David J. Epstein Programme in Public Interest Law & Policy), UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 2009

Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2007

Diploma in Journalism, Irish Academy of Public Relations, Galway, 2004

Certificate in Legal Interpretation and Translation Spanish/English, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, California, 2003

International Baccalaureate (I.B.), United World Colleges - Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, B.C., Canada, 1996

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Employment Details

Legal Intern, Los Angeles, CA, 2009

Legal Intern, Dept. of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin, 2007- 2008

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Memberships /Associations /Publications

Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL)

American Bar Association

National Lawyers Guild LA Chapter

University College Dublin Law Review Emeritus Board (Editor-in-Chief 2008)

 

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Publications

Lawyers Now Helping Defend Ireland’s Communities”, Changing Ireland, Vol.34, 17 [2011]

“The Research of CED in Ireland: An Overview”, Irish Review of CED Law
& Policy, Vol. 1 (1), 6-10 [2011]

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