About Alicia Diaz
Alicia Diaz Wrest has combined legal practice, academic work and library services in a career that crosses several professional worlds. She holds a law degree and later added graduate training in library and information science. Her path has led her to roles in the courtroom, the classroom and the campus library.
She earned a J.D. from San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., 2010). She later completed a Master of Library & Information Science at the University of Arizona (MLIS, 2017). Her undergraduate credential is a B.A. in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2019). Those qualifications reflect a mix of legal training and information management that has shaped her subsequent roles.
Her professional resume lists several distinct positions. In 2015 she served as lawyer, of counsel, at DIAS LAW FIRM, INC., working in private practice. She took on academic leadership in 2018 as Associate Academic Dean at San Joaquin College of Law. In 2019 she also worked as a librarian at Clovis Community College. The jobs sit side by side and show a professional comfortable in both practice and education.
She is admitted to practice in California and maintains memberships in local legal and civic organizations. Those include the Kings County Bar Association, the Fresno County Bar Association and the Fresno County Women Lawyers Association. She is also active in community work through Soroptimists International of Hanford. Her affiliations reflect ongoing engagement in both professional circles and local civic life.
Colleagues describe her as someone who moves between teaching, practice and library work rather than staying in a single lane. In private practice she has served in an of-counsel capacity. In academia she has taken on administrative and instructional responsibilities. In the library setting she has supported information access and research services for students.
She is currently associated with DIAS LAW FIRM, INC., and continues to participate in legal education and community-oriented library work. Her current practice is conducted in California and combines elements of law, legal education and information services.
