UCI Irvine Extension Appoints Tom Pokladowski Director of Paralegal and Legal Programs

Online, August 4, 2010 (Newswire.com) - IRVINE, Calif. (August 3, 2010) - University of California, Irvine Extension, the continuing education unit of UC Irvine, announced the appointment of Tom Pokladowski, Esq. as the director for its paralegal and legal programs. As a part of the business, management and legal department's management team, Pokladowski will oversee the promotion and development of current paralegal curriculum.
"Our paralegal program has more than three decades of success and we believe with Tom's leadership it will continue to flourish," said Lori Munoz-Reiland, director of business, management, and legal programs at UC Irvine Extension.
Prior to joining UC Irvine Extension's staff, Pokladowski was a practicing civil attorney in the state of California. He has experience in state court, federal district court and bankruptcy court. While earning his law degree from Chapman University School of Law, he served as a board member for the Moot Court Honor Board, the Mock Trial Board, the Student Bar Association and the American Bar Association Law Student Division. Prior to law school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from California State University Fullerton, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as a College of Communications Commencement Speaker. Currently, Pokladowski is a member of the State Bar of California, the Orange County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.