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NE W S
FROM THE LAW SCHOOL
New Faces in Career Services, Student Services and External Af f a i r s
Eden Ku s m i e r s k y, Edward
Tr i ckey and Melinda Vaughn
T h ree staff members have joined the Law School: Eden L. Ku s m i e r s k y, director of care e r
s e rvices, Ed w a rd Tr i c k e y, director of student services, and Melinda M. Vaughn, senior editor.
As director of career services, Ms. Kusmiersky manages the career services office and is the
p r i m a ry contact for law students seeking jobs and employers seeking new re c ruits. She prov i d e s
c a reer counseling to students and graduates, oversees all interv i ew programs and events, and
d e velops and maintains relationships with employers nationwide.
Her solid background in the law and education helped smooth her transition to USC
f rom her former post as program director for the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF).
“I really enjoyed the work I did at CRF,” says Ms. Ku s m i e r s k y. “But I missed being able to work
d i rectly with students. I love the contact I have with students here . ”
A Los Angeles-area native, Ms. Kusmiersky studied English at Wellesley College and Brow n
Un i versity before earning her juris doctorate at No rt h western Un i versity School of Law. He r
i n t e rest in education stretches back to her undergraduate days at Brown, where she coord i n a t e d
an adult literacy program. At No rt h western, she interned with the Lawye r s’ School Re f o r m
Ad v i s o ry Project in Chicago. During her three years with the Constitutional Rights Fo u n d a t i o n
in Los Angeles, Ms. Kusmiersky managed law-related education programs, including the
California Mock Trial program and the LeBoeuf Scholars pro g r a m .
M r. Tr i c k e y’s new position brings him back to USC, where he worked from 1990 to 1996,
first in the financial aid office and later with the office of the vice president for student affairs.
He also pursued graduate studies in international and comparative education at USC and
conducted re s e a rch as a visiting scholar in China.
He holds bachelor’s degrees in history and political science from the Un i versity of California,
Santa Barbara, and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia Un i ve r s i t y. Since 1998, he
has been working tow a rd a juris doctorate through Loyola Law School’s evening pro g r a m .
His work history is varied. He has taught middle school, was an economist at the Fe d e r a l
Re s e rve Bank of New Yo rk, and was a law clerk at a Century City law firm, among other
positions.
As director of student services, Mr. Trickey works with a number of departments within the
Law School and coordinates a variety of admissions, financial aid and registration serv i c e s .
He also works closely with pro s p e c t i ve applicants to the Law School, manages the application
processing system, coordinates student services and admissions Web sites, and plans
commencement and new student orientation eve n t s .
Ms. Vaughn joins the Law School staff as senior editor. She edits and manages pro d u c-
tion of USC Law, assists in preparing grant applications and fund-raising proposals, and helps
c o o rdinate media relations and public information programs. She previously worked in USC’s
d e velopment communications office, where she wrote major grants and fund-raising pro p o s a l s
for schools and departments throughout the university and developed publications, adve r-
tisements and online communications to support the unive r s i t y’s “Building on Exc e l l e n c e”
c a m p a i g n .
Prior to coming to California in 1999, Ms. Vaughn was publications editor at the Un i ve r s i t y
of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, where she edited magazines for the unive r s i t y’s schools of education
and law. She has worked as a newspaper re p o rter in Utah, Ohio and California and as
an account manager for a public relations firm in Be verly Hills, Calif. A native of Salt Lake City,
Ms. Vaughn holds bachelor’s degrees in English and mass communication from the Un i ve r s i t y
of Ut a h .
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