She has been practicing immigration law in San Francisco since 1992. Ms. Newman earned her law degree in 1991 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, after earning a Ph.D. degree in Psychology at the University of Arizona in 1986. Ms. Newman was admitted to practice law by the California State Bar in 1991 and has devoted her practice to immigration law. Ms. Newman is also admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.