CONNECTIONS

That Are Built To Last

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.

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.”

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

10,000 LAW ALUMNI WORLDWIDE

"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

Director of operations at Leverage, who found his USF law professors not only inspiring but also inspired

"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."

CAMERON CLOAR-ZAVALETA ’09

Deputy General Counsel & Managing

Director, Litigation and Regulatory

Law at Alaska Airlines

51 COURSES WITH FEWER THAN 25 STUDENTS OFFERED IN 2022–2023

"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."

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CHRISTOPHER HONIGSBERG ’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

115,000 ALUMNI IN THE USF NETWORK GLOBALLY

"I love referring business to my former law school classmates to help them succeed in their practices and careers.”

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

"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."

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.

Top Cities

WHERE RECENT ALUMNI ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE BAY AREA: BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, AND SAN DIEGO

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EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING IN ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING IN 2022–2023

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.

AMOL MEHRA ’09 Director of Industry Programs, Laudes Foundation

“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.”

JENNIFER BAKER LOEB ’09 Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

NUMBER OF CAREER COUNSELING SESSIONS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI HAVE WITH OUR ATTORNEY-COUNSELORS

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NATIONAL JURIST GRADE FOR USF'S OFFERINGS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LAW A-

NATIONAL JURIST GRADE FOR USF'S OFFERINGS IN BUSINESS LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

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"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.”

"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."

DAVID TOGNOTTI ’96

Rose through the ranks at Monster Inc. and other Bay Area tech companies, and now helps lead Google's strategic partnerships

340+ ALUMNI JUDGES

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.

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.