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NOW IS THE TIME HERE
IS THE PLACE
I T ' S T I M E F O R A
CHANGETHAT’S WHY YOU’RE APPLYING TO L AW 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.
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.
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.
L E A R N I N G
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 PROGR AMS
Full-time
Part-time
JD CERTIFICATES
Business Law
Intellectual Property 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 PROGR AMS
Intellectual Property and Technology Law
International Transactions and Comparative Law
Taxation
MASTER’S PROGR AM
Master of Legal Studies in Taxation
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PASSIONUSF 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.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COUR SES Alternative Dispute Resolution Arbitration Arbitration and International Civil Dispute Resolution Mediation Negotiation Negotiation, Mediation, and Client Counseling: Interpersonal Dynamics for Attorneys FACULT Y Bill Ong Hing Maria Ontiveros Joshua Rosenberg Robert Talbot E XTERNSHIPS Cooper, White & Cooper LLP San Francisco City Attorney's Office CENTER Center for Law and Ethics
ANIMAL LAW COUR SES Administrative Law Animal Law Bioethics Law Climate Change Seminar Constitutional Law Environmental Law Property Torts FACULT Y Matthew Liebman Alice Kaswan
E XTERNSHIPS Animal Legal Defense Fund
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW COUR SES Administrative Law Advanced Constitutional Law Constitutional Law Education Law Federal Income Taxation First Amendment Seminar Issues of Race and Law Poverty Law Reproductive Rights and Justice
FACULT Y Joshua Davis Peter Jan Honigsberg Julie Nice
E XTERNSHIPS 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
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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.
CYNTHIA SWAMINATHAN ’18 Litigation associate at Wilson Elser, who externed at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and won First Year Moot Court Best Oralist
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW COUR SES Antitrust Law Banking and Financial Services Bankruptcy Commercial Real Estate Transactions Corporate Governance Corporations Federal Income Taxation Personal Injury Litigation Securities Regulation Transactional Skills FACULT Y Reza Dibadj Jack Garvey Bruce Price DUAL DEGREE JD/Master of Business Administration CERTIFICATES Business Law Tax Law E XTERNSHIPS AssetMark Guideline Technologies Mixpanel RiskIQ Securities and Exchange Commission Yahoo, Inc. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Business Law Association Real Estate Law Society Technology, Entrepreneur, and Start-up Law Association
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE COUR SES Advanced Criminal Procedure Applied Evidence Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Evidence Grand Jury Law and Practice International Criminal Law Trial Practice: Criminal Law Wrongful Convictions FACULT Y Lara Bazelon Amy Flynn Richard Leo Robert Talbot CLINICS Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic Racial Justice Law Clinic
SPECIAL PROGR AM Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project E XTERNSHIPS 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 Francisco District Attorney’s Office San Francisco Public Defender’s Office San Francisco Superior Court, Criminal Division U.S. Attorney’s Office STUDENT ORGANIZATION Criminal Law Society
DISCRIMINATION LAW COUR SES Employee Benefits (ERISA) Employment Discrimination Immigration Law Issues of Race and Law Poverty Law Sexuality Law FACULT Y Lara Bazelon Tristin Green Bill Ong Hing Rhonda Magee Julie Nice Maria Ontiveros Robert Talbot Michelle Travis CLINICS Immigration Policy Clinic Racial Justice Law Clinic E XTERNSHIPS Dhillon Law Group Equal Employment Opportunity Commission STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS American Constitution Society Labor and Employment Law Student Association Pride Law Student Immigration Law Association Women’s Law Association
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY LAW COUR SES Energy Law Environmental Law Land Use Law
Maritime Law Property Water and Natural Resources Law FACULT Y Tim Iglesias Alice Kaswan E XTERNSHIPS 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 COUR SES Community Property Estate Planning Family Law Health Law Juvenile Law Sexuality Law Wills and Trusts FACULT Y Tomasene Knight** Julie Nice Michelle Travis CLINIC Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic E XTERNSHIPS 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 Society If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice USF Parents and Advocates Law Student Association
IMMIGRATION LAW COUR SES Administrative Law Employment Law Family Law Immigration Law FACULT Y Jacqueline Brown Scott
Bill Ong Hing CERTIFICATE Public Interest Law CLINICS Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic Immigration Policy Clinic E XTERNSHIPS 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 Society International Law Society Labor and Employment Law Student Association Public Interest Law Foundation Student Immigration Law Association
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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 Student Bar Association president
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TECHNOLOGY, AND PRIVACY LAW COUR SES Art Law Biotechnology Law Copyright Law Data Privacy Law (with guided externship) Information Privacy Law Internet Law Patent Law Patent Licensing Trademark Law FACULT Y Dean Susan Freiwald Jessica Fajfar Jiarui Liu Robert Talbot CERTIFICATE Intellectual Property and Technology Law CLINIC Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic E XTERNSHIPS AppDynamics Duane Morris LLP GoPro Kuehn Law LeClairRyan Perkins Coie LLP Yahoo! JOURNAL Intellectual Property and
Technology Law Journal STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS IP and Cyber Law Association Space and Aeronautical Law Student Association Technology, Entrepreneur, and Start-up Law Association
INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW COUR SES Chinese Business Law Comparative Law E.U. Law International Business Transactions International Human Rights International Refugee Law and the European Crisis International Taxation Public International Law FACULT Y Connie de la Vega Reza Dibadj Jack Garvey Peter Jan Honigsberg CERTIFICATE International and Comparative Law CLINIC Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic SPECIAL PROGR AM International Summer Externships in China, Czech Republic, Europe, Mexico, and Vietnam STUDENT E XCHANGES Hong Kong Luxembourg Prague E XTERNSHIPS 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 AND EMPLOYMENT LAW COUR SES
Arbitration Employee Benefits (ERISA) Employment Discrimination Employment Law Employment Law Seminar Labor Law Mediation Negotiation FACULT Y Tristin Green Maria Ontiveros Robert Talbot Michelle Travis CERTIFICATE Labor and Employment Law E XTERNSHIPS Dhillon Law Group Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Liuzzi Murphy Solomon Churton & Hale LLP Messing Adam & 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 ADVOCACY COUR SES Appellate Advocacy Applied Evidence California Civil Discovery California Civil Procedure Civil Procedure Personal Injury Litigation Practice-ready Skills Remedies Trial Advocacy and the Ethical Prosecutor Trial Practice FACULT Y Lara Bazelon Joshua Davis Amy Flynn Robert Talbot CLINIC Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic SPECIAL PROGR AMS Advocate of the Year Competition Intensive Advocacy Program Moot Court Program
E XTERNSHIPS Albert G. Stoll, Jr., A Law Corporation San Francisco City Attorney’s Office Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco Thompson Law Office U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
STUDENT ORGANIZATION Criminal Law Society
PUBLIC INTEREST AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COUR SES Constitutional Law Domestic Violence Law and Litigation Skills Education Law International Human Rights Issues of Race and Law Practice Readiness for Nonprofit Leadership Reproductive Rights and Justice Sexuality Law FACULT Y 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 Clinic Immigration Policy Clinic Racial Justice Law Clinic
SPECIAL PROGR AM Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project
E XTERNSHIPS Electronic Frontier Foundation Eviction Defense Collaborative Family Violence Law Center Legal Aid of Sonoma County Open Door Legal Public Advocates Tenant Law Group
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS American Constitution Society Pride Law Public Interest Law Foundation
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW COUR SES Contracts Entertainment and Media Law Intellectual Property Seminar Patent Licensing Sports Law FACULT Y Peter Harvey** Jiarui Liu CLINIC Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic E XTERNSHIPS Athletes First BBC Worldwide Productions Content Group Lionsgate Pac-12 Conference STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Intellectual Property and Cyber Law Association Sports and Entertainment Law Association
TAXATION LAW COUR SES Corporate Taxation Federal Income Taxation International Taxation Partnership Taxation FACULT Y Daniel Lathrope Joshua Rosenberg DUAL DEGREES JD/LLM in Taxation JD/Master of Business Administration CERTIFICATES Business Law Tax Law E XTERNSHIPS California State Board of Equalization Franchise Tax Board IRS Office of Chief Counsel Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Tax Appeals Assistance Program U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tax Division STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Business Law Association Estate Planning and Tax Society
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G R A D U AT E W I T H
EXPERIENCE GAINING MEANINGFUL PR ACTICAL E XPERIENCE 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.
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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. 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 GR ATIF YING ASPECTS OF PR ACTICING L AW.
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 SCR ATCHING 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 L AW 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
13,553 HOURS OF HANDS-ON LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO CLIENTS BY STUDENTS IN SIX USF LAW CLINICS IN 2019–2020
“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.”
JUSTINE JOYA ’19 Gave an opening statement in Humboldt County Superior Court during one of her two semesters in the Racial Justice Law Clinic
“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.”
PROFESSOR LARA BAZELON Director of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic and Racial Justice Law Clinic
“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 grow professionally.”
DENISE WATT ’19 Now working as a clinical fellow at the UC Hastings Individual Representation Clinic
WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE USF SCHOOL OF LAW E XTERNSHIP PROGR AM , YOU GR ADUATE 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. Alongside experienced professors who teach the externships’ course components, you gain insight into legal and professional issues that arise in your fieldwork.
21,227 STUDENT HOURS IN CIVIL, CRIMINAL, OR JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS IN 2019–2020
"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, where
I work now — which gave me experience
advocating for clients in the courtroom."
WARD HOSKINS ‘18 Attorney at San Francisco Public Defender's Office, where he set the foundation for his first job out of law school as an extern
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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.
AMY FLYNN ’92 Associate dean for academic affairs and director of the Moot Court Program
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.
101 ALUMNI AND PRACTITIONERS WHO SERVED AS VOLUNTEER JUDGES IN THE MOOT COURT PROGRAMS IN 2019–2020
INTENSIVE ADVOCACY PROGR AM 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.
135 HOURS EACH STUDENT TYPICALLY SPENDS PRACTICING COURTROOM SKILLS OVER TWO WEEKS DURING THE INTENSIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM
"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.”
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
INTERNATIONAL E XPERIENCES An international perspective is critical to being a modern lawyer. Go global with our semester exchange programs in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and Luxembourg, or gain valuable work experience on a summer externship in China, the Czech Republic, Europe, Mexico, or Vietnam.
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Alameda County Family Justice Center
Alameda County District Attorney’s Office
Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office
Kaiser Permanente
BURKE, WILLIAMS &
SORENSEN
ALAMEDA COUNTY PUBLIC
DEFENDER'S OFFICE
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
OF THE EAST BAY
CONTRA COSTA
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
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TESLA
YELP
DUANE MORRIS LLP
MORGAN LEWIS
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
DLA PIPER
ANDERSEN TAX
PILLSBURY WINTHROP
SHAW PITTMAN LLP
USF DOWNTOWN
CAMPUS
ACLU OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA
DHILLON LAW GROUP
MAYNARD COOPER & GAYLE
BLUE SHIELD
OF CALIFORNIA
SALESFORCE
REED SMITH
LLP
ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
LLP
LYFT
GAP
HANSON BRIDGETT
LLP
SQUARE
PUBLIC ADVOCATES
APPDYNAMICS
DOLBY LABS
UBER
JONES DAY
ZYNGA
SILICON VALLEY
Apple Facebook
Genentech Google Netflix Yahoo!
YouTube
LOCAL COURTS
California Court of Appeal, First District
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
T H E L AW A N D E V E R Y T H I N G E L S E
HAPPENS HERE CHOOSING TO AT TEND USF SCHOOL OF L AW IN THE MIDDLE OF SAN FR ANCISCO 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 .
SELECT EMPLOYMENT AND E XTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACLU of Northern California Alameda County District Attorney's Office Alameda County Family Justice Center Alameda County Public Defender’s Office Andersen Tax AppDynamics Apple Arns Law Firm Blue Shield of California Burke, Williams & Sorensen LLP
California Court of Appeal, First District Catholic Charities of the East Bay Cisco Systems Inc. Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP Delagnes, Mitchell & Linder LLP DeVito Law Group Dhillon Law Group DLA Piper
Dolby Laboratories Inc. Duane Morris LLP Electronic Frontier Foundation Eviction Defense Collaborative Facebook Family & Children's Law Center Gagnier Margossian LLP Gap Inc. Genentech Google
GoPro Hanson Bridgett LLP Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intel Corporation Jones Day Kaiser Permanente Levi Strauss & Co. Liuzzi Murphy Solomon Churton & Hale LLP Lucasfilm Ltd. Lyft
Maynard Cooper & Gayle Morgan Lewis Morrison & Foerster LLP National Labor Relations Board Netflix Oracle Corporation Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Pangea Legal Services Perkins Coie LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Public Advocates Reed Smith LLP RiskIQ Salesforce San Francisco District Attorney’s Office San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office Sonoma County Public Defender’s Office Square, Inc.
Superior Court of California, County of Alameda Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco Supreme Court of California Tenant Law Group Tesla Twitter U.S. Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tax Division U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court, Northern District of California U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Uber Veen Firm Yahoo! Yelp YouTube Zynga
Locations of organizations are listed as approximations and not intended for use as a navigational tool.
CONNECTIONS T H AT A R E B U I LT T O L A S T
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.
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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
"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 Director and senior attorney for litigation at Alaska Airlines
78 COURSES
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"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."
HON. 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
"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 Business operations and capture manager at Truss, who found his USF law professors not only inspiring but also inspired
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."
OCTAVIA YUKI CRUSE ’15 Labor and employment attorney at Meyers Nave, who externed for Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye in the Supreme Court of California
TOP CITIES
WHERE RECENT ALUMNI ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE BAY AREA: BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, AND SAN DIEGO
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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.
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
55 EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING IN ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING IN FALL 2019
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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 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 Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
UNLIMITED NUMBER OF CAREER COUNSELING SESSIONS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI HAVE WITH OUR ATTORNEY-COUNSELORS
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USF prepares you to be a lawyer in the real world, not an ivory tower.
JEAN AFTERMAN ’91 New York Yankees senior vice president
and assistant general manager, and the highest ranking woman in Major
League Baseball operations
1912 USF SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDED
"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
A NATIONAL JURIST GRADE FOR USF'S
OFFERINGS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A-NATIONAL JURIST GRADE FOR USF'S OFFERINGS IN BUSINESS LAW AND
INTERNATIONAL 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.”
JOHN HONG ’07 Chief people officer at biotech company
Avellino Lab
340+ ALUMNI JUDGES
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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.
DANAE ROBINSON ’17 Trademark attorney at Pirkey Barber PLLC in Austin, Texas, where she worked the summer before graduating
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 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 ’09Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
"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 ’17Business operations and capture manager at Truss, 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.”
YESENIA GALLEGOS ’03Partner 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
"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.”
JOHN HONG ’07Chief people officer at biotech company
Avellino Lab
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 ’10Deputy 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."
HON. CHRISTOPHER
HONIGSBERG ’05Appointed to the Sonoma County Superior Court as
one of its youngest judges in recent memory, after
years as a Sonoma County deputy district attorney
"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."
OCTAVIA YUKI CRUSE ’15Labor and employment attorney at Meyers Nave, 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.
TOM BRANDI ’72Founder of The Brandi Law Firm, USF adjunct professor, and member of the State Bar of California Litigation Section Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame
USF prepares you to be a lawyer in the real world, not an ivory tower.
JEAN AFTERMAN ’91New York Yankees senior vice president
and assistant general manager, and the highest ranking woman in Major
League Baseball operations
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.
DANAE ROBINSON ’17Trademark attorney at Pirkey Barber PLLC in Austin, Texas, where she worked the summer before graduating
"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 ’96Rose through the ranks at Monster Inc. and other Bay Area tech companies, and now helps lead Google's strategic partnerships
"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 ’09Director and senior attorney for litigation at Alaska Airlines
O U R S C H O L A R S , Y O U R
MENTORS THE USF FACULT Y DIFFERENTIATES OUR L AW
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.
540+ YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE BY USF LAW TENURED FACULTY
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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.
PROFESSOR TIM IGLESIAS Expert in housing theory, affordable housing development, and fair housing, and serves on the California Fair Employment and Housing Council
"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
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S E T T I N G Y O U U P F O R
SUCCESS FROM THE MOMENT YOU ENTER USF SCHOOL OF L AW FOR YOUR FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION, THROUGH TO GR ADUATION, 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.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES
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.
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.
STARTING YOUR CAREER 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. 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.
"The Academic and Bar Exam Success program is setting a foundation for how I approach my classes, teaching me how to structure my studying, how to take notes, how to synthesize them, how to do outlines."
SARAH OMER '21
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LIVINGHOUSING AT USF
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.
"It's hard not to feel connected to my classmates. We work, study, and eat together pretty much every day."
JESSICA RAMSEY ’21 Commutes from about 10 miles away in Colma, and makes the most of her drive by practicing for exams while carpooling with a classmate
45 LAW STUDENTS HOUSED IN USF'S RESIDENCE HALL
"Living at St. Anne's with other law students, we really get to know one another, conquer classes together, and support each other."
JAVKHLAN (JAY) ENKHBAYAR ’19 Served as the resident adviser at USF’s St. Anne’s residence hall for law students
"In San Francisco, there is always something to do — especially with all the great restaurants and shops in my neighborhood."
JULIA MAYER ’20 Takes the bus or walks to campus from her apartment in the Inner Sunset neighborhood
8 BUS LINES STOP WITHIN 3 BLOCKS OF USF SCHOOL OF LAW
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HEREThere 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 thrive.
And 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.
Susan Freiwald Dean
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“Wherever my career takes me, whether into civil litigation or another area of practice, I know I want to use my law degree to help my community and work to increase black representation in the legal field.”
AMBRIA MAHOMES ’19
Financial assistance from four scholarships
allowed her to attend law school years
earlier than she could have otherwise
E N D O W Y O U R
FUTURECHOOSE 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 testing 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 at recruitment events, and we’re always a phone call or an email away from answering all of your questions.
TA K E T H E
NEXT STEP ADMISSIONS
Our admissions staff is standing by with all the information you need about USF Law: enrollment processes, career services, our curriculum... whatever questions you have, we’re here to answer them. We use a rolling admission system that typically begins accepting applications in mid-September and sending the first acceptance letters before the end of December.
ALLOW US TO HELP
Attending law school is one of the most significant investments you’ll make. Our financial aid team ensures that you receive all the scholarship and loan support for which you’re eligible, and makes the process of getting it easy to navigate.
CONTACT US
USF School of Law Kendrick Hall 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
ADMISSIONS [email protected] 415.422.6586
FINANCIAL AID [email protected] 415.422.6210
CAREER SERVICES [email protected] 415.422.6757
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