Paralegal Faculty and Staff

Professor Mackey received her Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from U.C. Hastings College of the Law and was inducted into the Order of the Coif legal honor society. She received a Master’s of Science in Criminal Justice with honors from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and the Classics from UCLA. She teaches in both the Administration of Justice Department and Paralegal Studies program, and is a full-time tenured professor at Las Positas College. Professor Mackey is licensed to practice law in both California state and federal courts and is a member of the East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association. She is also a consultant and subject matter expert for the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) in the areas of procedural justice, principled policing and use of force. As a proud Latina and first generation college graduate, she loves the law and its potential to protect society's most vulnerable and seek just outcomes.

Nidaa is a corporate lawyer who also teaches at Chabot-Las Positas Community College and serves as a Mentor at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked as in-house counsel for British American Tobacco Group as well as several law firms around the world. She has taught law at London Metropolitan University, University College London, Brunel University, and the University of Hertfordshire. Nidaa got her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from the University of London and King’s College London respectively. She also earned her Ph.D. in Law from SOAS, University of London in 2006. She is a member of the State Bar of California.