Amelia Miazad ’02 has been named Executive Director of the law school’s Advanced Degree Programs Office, which oversees its LL.M. and J.S.D. degree programs. Miazad had been a senior counsel at Hanson Bridgett in San Francisco, where she gained extensive trial and project management experience. Born in Afghanistan, Miazad is active in legal development and policy issues relating to that country and has been closely involved with the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law’s “Rule of Law” project on Afghanistan. Miazad is also a board member of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association.