Grace A. Parrish

Biography

Grace A. Parrish, J.D., is Director of Field Placement Department and Visiting Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She received her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 2006. Parrish leads the Field Placement Department, overseeing compliance with ABA standards and developing experiential learning opportunities for students in judicial, public interest, government, corporate, and private firm settings. She teaches courses including Ethical Lawyering and Civil Litigation Practice, and oversees programming for the Entertainment Law Fellowship.

Parrish has maintained an active legal practice alongside her academic career, serving as Of Counsel at Perkins Law Group since 2016, where she counsels private companies in commercial law, employment law, and regulatory compliance. She has also served as a contract attorney at PB Law Group since 2022, drafting complex motions in litigation involving negligence, fraud, and professional liability. Prior to her academic appointments, she spent over a decade at Chapman Glucksman Dean Roeb & Barger, where she managed a high-volume litigation caseload and successfully argued before the California Court of Appeal.

Parrish serves as Co-Chair of the Status Sub-Committee and Co-Chair of the Externships Committee for the Association of American Law Schools (2025-2027) and is a member of the AALS Nominations Committee. She is Faculty Advisor to the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and serves on the Board of the Loyola Law School Asian Pacific Alumni Chapter. Parrish is Past President of the Loyola Law School Alumni Board of Governors and has presented at multiple conferences on externship education, electronic discovery, and employment law topics.

Education

• JD, Loyola Law School, 2006
• BA in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002