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THAT’S WHY YOU’RE APPLYING TO LAW SCHOOL. And it's why you’re considering attending the University of San Francisco School of Law, where change is our guiding principle. We see education a little differently here, and that makes the experience you’ll have a little different, too. At USF, we know the law is a living, evolving entity, and we encourage active participation and earnest activism within it. It's our job to prepare you for that participation and help you discover where your passion lies. We take that job seriously. Our duty to you and your career is what drives every decision we make.
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It's why we've designed courses to challenge you while you’re in school and prepare you to succeed when you’re in practice. It’s why we give you every tool you need to launch and grow a career you’ll be proud of — from bar exam prep to law clinics to networking opportunities. Decide to change your life, and join us.
It's why we've created a team of faculty who are impactful scholars, passionate legal activists, and devoted teachers and mentors who are dedicated to your success.
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LEARNING YOUR WAY THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS ONE SIZE FITS ALL WHEN IT COMES TO A LEGAL EDUCATION. USF offers a wide range of programs, degrees, and certificates to cover the full range of our students’ interests. You'll tackle challenging courses that build your critical analysis skills, prepare you to pass the bar exam, and set you up for success and fulfillment as a practicing lawyer. JD PROGRAMS Part-timeFull-time JD CERTIFICATES Business IntellectualLawProperty and Technology Law International and Comparative Law Labor and Employment Law Public Interest Law Taxation Law DUAL DEGREES JD/LLM in Taxation JD/Master of Business Administration JD/Master of Arts in Urban and Public Affairs LLM PROGRAMS Intellectual Property and Technology Law International Transactions and Comparative Law Taxation MASTER’S PROGRAM Master of Legal Studies in Taxation 4 USFCA.EDU/LAW2023–2022
COURSESDISPUTEALTERNATIVERESOLUTION Alternative Dispute Resolution ArbitrationArbitration and International Civil Dispute Resolution Negotiation,NegotiationMediation Mediation, and Client Counseling: Interpersonal Dynamics for Attorneys FACULTY Bill Ong Hing Maria JoshuaOntiverosRosenberg EXTERNSHIPS Cooper, White & Cooper LLP San Francisco City Attorney's Office CENTER Center for Law and Ethics ANIMAL LAW COURSES Administrative Law Animal ClimateBioethicsLawLawChange Seminar Constitutional Law Environmental Law TortsProperty FACULTY Matthew Liebman Alice Kaswan EXTERNSHIPS Animal Legal Defense Fund STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Student Animal Legal Defense Fund CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COURSES Administrative Law Advanced Constitutional Law Constitutional Law Education Law Federal Income Taxation First Amendment Seminar Issues of Race and Law Poverty ReproductiveLaw Rights and Justice FACULTY Peter Jan Honigsberg Julie Nice EXTERNSHIPS ACLU of Northern California Supreme Court of California U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Department of Justice U.S. District Court, Northern District of California STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS American Constitution Society If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice National Lawyers Guild Pride Law CORPORATE COURSESCOMMERCIALANDLAW Antitrust Law Banking and Financial Services CommercialBankruptcy Real Estate TransactionalSecuritiesPersonalFederalCorporationsCorporateTransactionsGovernanceIncomeTaxationInjuryLitigationRegulationSkills FACULTY Reza BruceDibadjPrice DUAL DEGREE JD/Master of AdministrationBusiness CERTIFICATES Business Law Tax Law EXTERNSHIPS Yahoo,CommissionSecuritiesRiskIQMixpanelGuidelineAssetMarkTechnologiesandExchangeInc. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Business Law Association Real Estate Law Society Technology, Entrepreneur, and Start-up Law Association CRIMINAL LAW AND COURSESPROCEDURE Advanced Criminal Procedure Applied GrandEvidenceCriminalCriminalEvidenceLawProcedureJuryLawand Practice International Criminal Law Trial Practice: Criminal Law Wrongful Convictions FACULTY Lara Bazelon Amy RichardFlynnLeo CLINICS Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law RacialClinicJustice Law Clinic SPECIAL PROGRAM Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project EXTERNSHIPS Alameda County District Attorney's Office Alameda County Public Defender's Office District Attorney's Office of Sonoma County Law Offices of B.C. McComas Law Offices of Douglas Horngrad Pier 5 Law Offices San DistrictFranciscoAttorney’s Office San PublicFranciscoDefender’s Office San Francisco Superior Court, Criminal Division U.S. Attorney’s Office STUDENT ORGANIZATION Criminal Law Society DISCRIMINATION LAW COURSES Employee Benefits (ERISA) Employment Discrimination Immigration Law Issues of Race and Law Poverty SexualityLawLaw FACULTY Lara MichelleMariaJulieRhondaBillTristinBazelonGreenOngHingMageeNiceOntiverosTravis CLINICS Immigration Policy Clinic Racial Justice Law Clinic EXTERNSHIPS Dhillon Law Group Equal OpportunityEmploymentCommission STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS American Constitution Society Labor and Employment Law Student Association Pride Women’sLawStudentLawImmigrationAssociationLawAssociation COURSESANDENVIRONMENTALENERGYLAW Energy EnvironmentalLaw Law Land Use Law Maritime Law Property Water and Natural Resources Law FACULTY Tim AliceIglesiasKaswan EXTERNSHIPS Natural Resources Defense Council Sierra Club U.S. Department of Justice — Environmental and Natural Resources Division STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Environmental Law Student and Alumni Society Real Estate Society ESTATE PLANNING AND FAMILY LAW COURSES Community Property Estate Planning Family Law Health WillsSexualityJuvenileLawLawLawandTrusts FACULTY Tomasene Knight** Julie MichelleNiceTravis CLINIC Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic EXTERNSHIPS Delagnes, Mitchell and Linder LLP Family and Children's Law Center Family Law Group Fenchel Family Law Murphy, Vu, Thongsamouth & Chatterjee LLP San Francisco City Attorney’s Office San Francisco Superior Court, Family Division STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Estate Planning and Tax Society Family Law LawUSFforIf/When/How:SocietyLawyeringReproductiveJusticeParentsandAdvocatesStudentAssociation IMMIGRATION LAW COURSES Administrative Law Employment Law Family ImmigrationLaw Law FACULTY Jacqueline Brown Scott Bill Ong Hing During my externship, I learned important legal skills like writing motions, but I also witnessed the impact the prosecution’s work can have on victims, defendants, and the community. SWAMINATHANCYNTHIA ’18 Litigation associate at Wilson Elser, who externed at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and won First Year Moot Court Best Oralist PICK YOUR PASSION USF offers 16 concentrations, all of which are led by faculty who are experts in their fields and who pass their knowledge and passion on to you. The goal is to expose you to many areas of law in order to make sure that you find your area of law. The following list catalogues many, but not all, of our course offerings.
CERTIFICATE Public Interest Law CLINICS Immigration and Deportation Defense ImmigrationClinicPolicy Clinic EXTERNSHIPS Centro Legal de la Raza East Bay Sanctuary Covenant Law Offices of Robert P. Gaffney U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Family Law LawStudentPublicStudentLaborInternationalSocietyLawSocietyandEmploymentLawAssociationInterestLawFoundationImmigrationAssociation TECHNOLOGY,PROPERTY,INTELLECTUAL AND PRIVACY LAW COURSES Art BiotechnologyLaw Law Copyright Law Data Privacy Law (with guided Informationexternship) Privacy Law Internet Law Patent Law Patent TrademarkLicensingLaw FACULTY Dean Susan Freiwald Jessica Fajfar CERTIFICATE Intellectual Property and Technology Law CLINIC Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic EXTERNSHIPS DuaneAppDynamicsMorris LLP KuehnGoPro PerkinsLeClairRyanLawCoie LLP Yahoo! JOURNAL Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IP and Cyber Law Association Space and Aeronautical Law Student Technology,AssociationEntrepreneur, and Start-up Law Association INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW COURSES Chinese Business Law Comparative Law E.U. InternationalLaw Business Transactions International Human Rights International Refugee Law and the European Crisis International Taxation Public International Law FACULTY Connie de la Vega Reza Dibadj Peter Jan Honigsberg CERTIFICATE International and Comparative Law CLINIC Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic SPECIAL PROGRAM International Summer Externships in China, Czech Republic, Europe, Mexico, and Vietnam STUDENT EXCHANGES Hong PragueLuxembourgKong EXTERNSHIPS Baker McKenzie, Vietnam Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany Cleveland Scott York, UK Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, México De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, France Deloitte, Czech Republic Dentons, Czech Republic Duane Morris LLP, Vietnam Ernst & Young, Mexico Reed Smith LLP, China Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati, Italy STUDENT ORGANIZATION International Law Society LABOR EMPLOYMENTAND LAW COURSES EmployeeArbitrationBenefits (ERISA) Employment Discrimination Employment Law Employment Law Seminar Labor NegotiationMediationLaw FACULTY Tristin Green Maria MichelleOntiverosTravis CERTIFICATE Labor and Employment Law EXTERNSHIPS Dhillon Law Group Equal MessingChurtonLiuzziOpportunityEmploymentCommissionMurphySolomon&HaleLLPAdam&Jasmine LLP San Francisco City Attorney's Office Sheik Law U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority U.S. Postal Service STUDENT ORGANIZATION Labor and Employment Law Students Association LITIGATION AND TRIAL COURSESADVOCACY Appellate Advocacy Applied TrialEthicalTrialRemediesPractice-readyPersonalCivilCaliforniaCaliforniaEvidenceCivilDiscoveryCivilProcedureProcedureInjuryLitigationSkillsAdvocacyandtheProsecutorPractice FACULTY Lara Bazelon Amy Flynn CLINIC Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic SPECIAL PROGRAMS Advocate of the Year Competition Intensive Advocacy Program Moot Court Program EXTERNSHIPS Albert G. Stoll, Jr., A Law Corporation San Francisco City Attorney’s Office Superior Court of California, County of San U.S.ThompsonFranciscoLawOfficeDistrictCourt,Northern District of California STUDENT ORGANIZATION Criminal Law Society PUBLIC INTEREST AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COURSES Constitutional Law Domestic Violence Law and Litigation Skills Education InternationalLawHuman Rights Issues of Race and Law Practice Readiness for Nonprofit Leadership Reproductive Rights and Justice Sexuality Law FACULTY Connie de la Vega Bill Ong Hing Richard Leo Rhonda Magee Julie Nice DUAL DEGREE JD/Master of Arts in Urban and Public Affairs CERTIFICATE Public Interest Law CLINICS Immigration and Deportation Defense ImmigrationClinicPolicy Clinic Racial Justice Law Clinic SPECIAL PROGRAM Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project EXTERNSHIPS Electronic Frontier Foundation Eviction Defense Collaborative Family Violence Law Center Legal Aid of Sonoma County Open Door Legal Public TenantAdvocatesLawGroup STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS American Constitution Society Pride PublicLawInterest Law Foundation SPORTS ENTERTAINMENTAND LAW COURSES EntertainmentContracts and Media Law Intellectual Property Seminar Patent Licensing Sports Law FACULTY Karren Shorofsky** CLINIC Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic EXTERNSHIPS Athletes First BBC Worldwide Productions Content Pac-12LionsgateGroupConference STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Intellectual Property and Cyber Law Association Sports and Entertainment Law Association TAXATION LAW COURSES Corporate Taxation Federal Income Taxation International Taxation Partnership Taxation FACULTY Daniel JoshuaLathropeRosenberg DUAL DEGREES JD/LLM in Taxation JD/Master of AdministrationBusiness CERTIFICATES Business Law Tax Law EXTERNSHIPS California State Board of TaxU.S.TaxLowIRSFranchiseEqualizationTaxBoardOfficeofChiefCounselIncomeTaxpayerClinicAppealsAssistanceProgramAttorney’sOffice,Division STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Business Law Association Estate Planning and Tax Society * **EmeritusAdjunct We are more than just classmates at USF, we are a true community. We care about each other, and we all want success for ourselves and our classmates. USF Law makes sure that its students learn how to collaborate, which is a cornerstone to any successful legal career. ZACH MCCOY ’20 Former Student Bar Association president 6 USFCA.EDU/LAW2022–2023
GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCE GAINING PRACTICALMEANINGFULEXPERIENCE WHILE YOU’RE IN SCHOOL GIVES YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE. At USF, you’ll learn by doing: participating in legal clinics, exploring externships, joining the advocacy program, excelling in moot court, learning abroad… you’ll have access to it all, and it will build your skills and confidence. The reputation of USF law grads helped me land my first legal job. Working at an innovative, fast-paced company like Salesforce now brings opportunities to expand my practice and work on cutting-edge issues
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KIRAN BELUR ’07 Head of trademarks and copyrights at Salesforce.com, who has hired many USF law grads and students
HAVING AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON SOMEONE’S LIFE THROUGH YOUR WORK IS ONE OF THE MOST GRATIFYING ASPECTS OF PRACTICING LAW. Under the supervision of professors, our law clinics let you practice real lawyering by representing defendants, advocating for children in immigration proceedings, tracking racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and working with startups to secure trademarks. AND THAT’S ONLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. At USF, you'll discover where your passion lies as you gain valuable hands-on experience that prepares you to hit the ground running. USF LAW CLINICS Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic Immigration Policy Clinic Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic Racial Justice Law Clinic HOURS OF HANDS-ON LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO CLIENTS BY STUDENTS IN SIX USF LAW CLINICS IN 2021–202215,711
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JUSTINE JOYA ’19 Gave an opening statement in Humboldt County Superior Court during one of her two semesters in the Racial Justice Law Clinic
"USF helped set me up for a successful career. I focused on improving my oral and written advocacy and spent significant time in externships — including one in the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office — which gave me experience advocating for clients in the courtroom."
DENISE WATT ’19 Now working as a Fellow on Aging and Disability Justice at the UCSF - UC Hastings Consortium
PROFESSOR LARA BAZELON Director of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic and Racial Justice Law Clinic
Alongside experienced professors who teach the externships’ course components, you gain insight into legal and professional issues that arise in your fieldwork.
“Having practical experience to understand the nuances of a courtroom and its proceedings gives me the confidence to pursue a career as a trial attorney. The legal system can be daunting to those outside of it, and I want to advocate for those people.”
WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE USF SCHOOL OF LAW EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, YOU GRADUATE WITH VALUABLE SKILLS AND CONTACTS. You can earn academic credit and be paid for the hours you spend working at government agencies, corporate legal departments, law firms, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal courts. But you’re not just thrown into the deep end and expected to swim.
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“Not only did I gain practical skills and make a difference in my clients’ lives, I developed relationships with fellow clinic students that I can count on as I professionally.”grow
WARD HOSKINS ‘18 Attorney at the Sonoma County Public Defender's Office
“The clinics give our students the opportunity to forge meaningful relationships with clients who otherwise would have no one to help them, to hone their research and writing skills, and to become effective advocates who are able to think and react in the moment when they appear in court.”
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During the Moot Court Program, our students build invaluable skills that prepare them for practice, including learning to work as a team to create top-notch work together. At one competition in particular, they argued in front of intellectual property lawyers from Apple, Oracle, and top IP firms, making strong connections to professionals who can help them get their first job.
MOOT COURT In the Moot Court Program you’ll get hands-on experience researching and writing legal briefs before arguing a case in front of a judge and jury. That experience can pave the way to a spot on one of our award-winning advocacy teams. ALUMNI AND PRACTITIONERS WHO SERVED AS VOLUNTEER JUDGES IN THE MOOT COURT PROGRAMS IN 2021–2022 134
AMY FLYNN ’04 Associate dean for academic affairs and director of the Moot Court Program
An international perspective is critical to being a modern lawyer. Go global and gain valuable work experience on a summer externship in China, the Czech Republic, Europe, Mexico, or Vietnam.
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"The goal of the Intensive Advocacy Program is learning by doing, not learning by sitting. Students who finish the program come out as strong communicators and strong advocates, no matter who they’re representing.”
HOURS EACH STUDENT TYPICALLY SPENDS PRACTICING COURTROOM SKILLS OVER TWO WEEKS DURING THE INTENSIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
In this two-week course, you’ll learn the art of trial advocacy, including crafting opening statements and closing arguments and conducting direct and cross examinations. Workshops, demonstrations, individualized feedback, and lectures given by renowned litigators and judges sharpen your skills.
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DORIS CHENG ’98 Co-director of the Intensive Advocacy Program, shareholder at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, and president of the Bar Association of San Francisco
CHARITIESCATHOLICOFTHEEASTBAY TESLA WILLIAMSBURKE, SORENSEN& YELP ATTORNEY’SDISTRICTCONTRACOSTAOFFICEDEFENDER'SALAMEDACOUNTYPUBLICOFFICESUPERIORCOURTOFCALIFORNIA,COUNTYOFALAMEDA MORRISDUANELLP THE LAW AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENS HERE CHOOSING TO ATTEND USF SCHOOL OF LAW IN THE MIDDLE OF SAN FRANCISCO SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU. You’re comfortable blazing your own trail. You’re inspired by the law and the countless ways it impacts our world, and you want to be a part of that impact. In the center of one of the world’s most active legal landscapes, you’ll have access to opportunities to work in firms from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, in state and federal courts, in district attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices, and more. WHEN YOU’RE HERE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT ALL. EAST BAY Alameda County Family Justice Center Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office Kaiser Permanente
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NICHELLE HOLMES ’10 Deputy district attorney in the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office, where she was honored as Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year just three years after graduating "USF teaches practically, not just theoretically. Because I learned the nuts and bolts of being a good trial lawyer, I tried and won complex cases and earned an appointment to bench."
CLOAR-ZAVALETACAMERON ’09 Deputy General Counsel & Managing Director, Litigation and Regulatory Law at Alaska Airlines
Almost as important as the education you’ll receive within our walls is the support you’ll receive from alumni connections once you’re outside them. USF School of Law alumni are in major cities across the United States and around the world, and they’re eager to help you when you graduate — and even before.
"My advice to incoming students: Be ready to work, not to relax. Think strategically, not tactically — aim for the life you want, not for the first job you want.”
SEAMUS BRUGH JD/MBA ’17 Operations program manager at Conviction Vacation Project, who found his USF law professors not only inspiring but also inspired
"I love referring business to my former law school classmates to help them succeed in their practices and careers.”
"There's at least one USF Law alum at every firm or public agency in San Francisco. Everyone is supportive of each other, and it's a vibrant community."
HONIGSBERGCHRISTOPHERHON.’05 Appointed to the Sonoma County Superior Court as one of its youngest judges in recent memory, after years as a Sonoma County deputy district attorney
YESENIA GALLEGOS ’03 Partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Los Angeles and one of the 25 Most Influential Hispanic Lawyers in the U.S. according to Latino Leaders magazine I consider USF to be my family, which helped immensely because law school was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Everyone from the Dean’s Office on down supported me, believed in me, and prepared me for the legal profession.”
MEHRAAMOL’09 Director of Transformation,IndustryLaudesFoundation
"USF's faculty never let you forget to be good to yourself and to others, even in the midst of frenzy. This experience has helped me stay grounded in my practice and confident in my abilities, in what can so often be a trying profession."
“At USF, I learned to really love the law. To love the argument, the conversation, the analysis. I also learned that as is true in life, generally, little will substitute for hard work.”
UNLIMITED NUMBER OF CAREER COUNSELING SESSIONS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI HAVE WITH OUR ATTORNEY-COUNSELORS TOP CITIES WHERE RECENT ALUMNI ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE BAY AREA: BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, AND SAN DIEGO
TOM BRANDI ’72 Founder of The Brandi Law Firm, USF adjunct professor, and member of the State Bar of California Litigation Section Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame
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OCTAVIA YUKI CRUSE ’15 Legal Counsel, Americas Employment Law at Adobe, who externed for Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in the Supreme Court of California USF students are energetic, inquisitive, eager to learn, and creative. Watching them get out of their comfort zones to improve their skills in examination and presentations, seeing them grow in knowledge and confidence, helping them mature into young lawyers with skills and excitement about their future... these things all bring me great joy as their professor.
JENNIFER BAKER LOEB ’09 Special Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING IN ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING IN 2020–2021 Participating in USF's International Human Rights Clinic, and presenting at the United Nations in Geneva, put me lightyears ahead of others and has continued to propel me in my career.
Law school is already so rigorous and demanding, why add an unnecessary sense of competition on top of that? Instead, the environment here at USF is supportive.
JOHN HONG ’07 Head of global operations at biotechAvellinocompanyLab USF prepares you to be a lawyer in the real world, not an ivory tower.
DANAE ROBINSON ’17 Trademark attorney at Pirkey Barber PLLC in Austin, Texas, where she worked the summer before graduating
340+ JUDGESALUMNI 1912 USF SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDED A NATIONAL JURIST GRADE FOR USF'S OFFERINGS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LAW ANATIONAL JURIST GRADE FOR USF'S OFFERINGS IN BUSINESS LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
"The approach is quite different in-house than being a partner at a law firm. You're not in the business of law, you're in the same business as your company. I bridge the gap between the business leadership and the legal team, and I'm in this field because I was inspired by USF professors who are world-renowned in IP law."
"Because of the opportunities and relationships I built at USF, I was able to pursue my interests and launch my career as an employment lawyer.”
JEAN AFTERMAN ’91 New York Yankees senior vice president and assistant general manager, and one of the highest ranking woman in Major League Baseball operations
DAVID TOGNOTTI ’96 Rose through the ranks at Monster Inc. and other Bay Area tech companies, and now helps lead Google's strategic partnerships
OUR SCHOLARS, YOUR MENTORS THE USF FACULTY DIFFERENTIATES OUR LAW SCHOOL FROM THE PACK, AND WHAT SETS THEM APART IS THEIR PASSION. Our faculty are zealous about their students, their study of the law, and their activism. The way our professors engage in the legal community and in law reform speaks to our mission, as does their ability to inspire our students to do the same. The individual attention and care every student receives is incomparable, and our ethos of law as impact — as alive, and happening, and happening right here, right now — is at the heart of our approach to teaching.
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PROFESSOR TIM IGLESIAS Expert in housing theory, affordable housing development, and fair housing, and serves on the California Fair Employment and Housing Council
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"I appreciated the openness and accessibility of the faculty. They are all accomplished academics in their fields, but they treat you as an equal, give weight to what you say, and have genuine interest in your opinions. USF law professors aren’t shepherding you into their way of thinking, they are cultivating you as a thinker."
YATINDRA PANDYA ’17 Associate at Trucker Huss focusing on employment law
Faculty here have an equal commitment to both teaching and scholarship, which is different from other law schools where the focus is on scholarship and teaching is just another thing you do. Our students pick up on that. It’s important to me to interact with students in class, meet them in office hours, hire some as research assistants, and see them at law school events.
SETTING YOU UP FOR SUCCESS FROM THE MOMENT YOU ENTER USF SCHOOL OF LAW FOR YOUR FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION, THROUGH TO GRADUATION, WE PREPARE YOU FOR SUCCESS WHEN YOU SIT FOR THE BAR. Our Academic and Bar Exam Success program gives all students exam strategy skills, teaches you how to outline, problem solve, and conduct legal analysis, and offers one-on-one meetings to give you the techniques and study strategies to excel in your courses. Bar Pass Boot Camp, a program that lives up to its name, immerses you in hard-core bar preparation. Eight weeks of attending Sunday morning lectures, writing prompt-based essays, and taking graded practice essays and exams gives you the skills, feedback, and confidence you’ll need when you sit for the bar. 21LAWOFSCHOOLUSF2022–2023
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STARTING YOUR CAREER
Throughout the year, you’ll connect with practicing attorneys in your field of interest, through opportunities such as tech sector networking events, the Lunch with Lawyers program, and various panels given by lawyers in different practice areas.
An important aspect of ASP is its diversity component. USF recognizes that the demands of a legal education may be especially challenging for applicants who have been culturally, educationally, economically, or historically disadvantaged, who have not been in an academic setting for a number of years, or who have certain disabilities. We are committed to ensuring that everyone has the tools they need to flourish in law school.
First-generation law students and students who face unique challenges are just two of the groups who might be eligible for specialized academic support services. Our Academic Support Program (ASP) individually selects participants in a holistic review, and works one-on-one with each to tailor an academic success strategy. A program director meets with every member throughout the year to assess academic progress, work on writing skills, and adjust their academic approach as necessary.
"The Academic and Bar Exam Success program set a foundation for how I approached my classes, teaching me how to structure my studying, how to take notes, how to synthesize them, how to do outlines ."
We’re here to help you get "there," wherever your legal destination may be. Our Office of Career Services is staffed with attorney-counselors who have diverse legal experience and extensive networks. They work with you on career planning, job search strategy, and connecting you with opportunities in the legal community. Specific services include individual career counseling, mock interviews, career skills workshops, and resume, cover letter, and social media presence review.
LAW STUDENTS HOUSED IN USF'S RESIDENCE HALL
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"It's hard not to feel connected to my classmates. We work, study, and eat together pretty much every day."
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Commuted from about 10 miles away in Colma, and makes the most of her drive by practicing for exams while carpooling with a classmate
JESSICA RAMSEY ’21
Served as the resident adviser at USF’s St. Anne’s residence hall for law students
HOUSING AT USF
"Living at St. Anne's with other law students, we really get to know one another, conquer classes together, and support each other."
CITY LIVING
You have an array of housing options when you attend USF School of Law. The majority of our students live off campus in the neighborhoods surrounding USF. There are also plenty of students who commute from around the Bay Area while living with roommates or at home. A newer option is our St. Anne’s residence, where USF law students live and learn together. The St. Anne’s residence houses up to 45 law students. Located just one and a half miles from campus in the Inner Sunset neighborhood, St. Anne’s features a large kitchen, free laundry on each floor, and a large lounge area. A popular study spot with the first-year law students who make up the vast majority of St. Anne’s residents, the lounge is where you’ll find groups reviewing and discussing notes from that day’s lecture.
"In San Francisco, there is always something to do — especially with all the great restaurants and shops in my neighborhood."
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Took the bus or walked to campus from her apartment in the Inner Sunset neighborhood
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There are so many reasons to attend the University of San Francisco School of Law, particularly: where we are, who we are, and who you are. Where we are is in San Francisco, a beautiful city and innovation center that offers a tremendous range of opportunities across every type of practice. Who we are is a community of staff, faculty, and alumni eager to provide you with personal attention, mentoring, and professional connections to help you find the work you want, during and after law school. Our faculty of accomplished scholars, teachers, and practitioners will challenge, inspire, and support you as you gain the knowledge and skills you need to Andthrive.who you are is someone ready to seek your future as an excellent, ethical, and proud graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law.
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requirements complete or assisting you in applying for financial aid. Our admissions staff travels around the country to meet as many prospective students as possible
ENDOW YOUR FUTURE CHOOSE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE When you begin your legal career at USF School of Law, we’re here to help you navigate every part of the admissions process, whether it’s making sure you have your prerequisite
AMBRIA MAHOMES ’19 Financial assistance from four scholarships allowed her to attend law school years earlier than she could have otherwise testing at
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