Ms. Walsh was admitted to the State Bar of California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California in 2000. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School where she graduated with Cum Laude and Order of the Coif. Ms. Walsh’s passion for family law began before law school when she volunteered at a local domestic violence clinic. During law school she interned at the Legal Aid Foundation helping with domestic violence and other family law matters. She was a member and an Editor of the Loyola International and Comparative Law Review. Ms. Walsh’s published works include the law review article “The Effects of Intercountry Adoptions on Biological Parents’? Rights”?, 1999.