University of San Francisco School of Law

Calling all from class years ending in 1 or 6: it’s time to celebrate!

Join us for your milestone at CelebrateUSF on Saturday, October 24th, and reconnect with classmates, friends, and your favorite professors. CelebrateUSF is open to all USF alumni, and School of Law grads will have their own dedicated tent. Details:

📅 Saturday, October 24th
🕐 1–4 pm: CelebrateUSF Alumni & Family Weekend, featuring the law alumni tent, with open bar and food included
🕓 4–5 pm: Silk Speaker Series (speaker TBD)
📍 University of San Francisco campus

Register today: https://www.usfca.edu/alumni/celebrateusf

Six cities, one summer, and a hands-on masterclass in international IP. As our students wrap up their externships in Paris, Milan, Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, and Amsterdam, they’re heading home with deep experience in IP law and a firsthand understanding of what it means to practice in a global legal landscape. Huge thanks to Professor Allison Wang and Thomas Harvey for making it all happen. 🌍⚖️

This summer, students are gaining hands-on legal experience across Prague, with placements at top firms and NGOs, and two , Sharla Williams and Autumn Johansson, working in Justice Zdeněk Kühn’s chambers at the Constitutional Court, the Czech Republic’s highest court.

The pair are comparing U.S. and Czech constitutional law, with Williams looking forward to exploring “how the Czech Republic integrates human rights protections into its legal framework.” Johansson calls the experience “such an honor,” made even more meaningful given the country’s recent political reforms.

Swipe for a look at Professor Bruce Price kicking off the program with the group during orientation week. 🇨🇿⚖️

From SF to Mexico City, students are living the global lawyer life! ⚖️✈️

A few of our are deep in international externships at top Mexico City firm Carranza, Preciado, Pulido y Guakil, with help from Professor Hing, who was on the ground for orientation, and Professor Wang supporting from afar.

For rising 2L Brayan Rosas, it’s a full-circle moment, externing back in the country where he was born, practicing corporate law while Mexico hosts the World Cup. 🏆 In his words: “an experience I will carry throughout my career.”

Summer spotlight, edition! Before starting their summer placements with Baker McKenzie and the United Nations Development Programme, students gathered for orientation with faculty lead Professor George Bach and had the opportunity to explore some of Vietnam’s remarkable landscapes, including Trang An.
Now, they’re putting their legal skills to work in an international setting, gaining hands-on experience and a global perspective. Best of luck to all of our -lawyers over the coming weeks!

Proud to share that Dean Johanna Kalb was named one of the law school leaders at the forefront of AI in by The National Law Review.

As Dean Kalb puts it, the goal isn't technology for its own sake; it's making sure students graduate ready to practice at the level of a third- or fourth-year attorney, in a profession that is changing faster than any of us anticipated.

Read the full feature to see how USF Law and a cohort of forward-thinking deans are reshaping legal education for the AI era.

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The Law School Deans Driving AI Innovation in Legal Education Artificial intelligence is no longer a peripheral issue for legal education. It is quickly becoming one of the central questions facing law schools: how to prepare future lawyers for a profession in which AI will affect research, client counseling, litigation strategy, access to justice, and the bus...

Can rescuing a suffering animal be a legal act, even if it means trespassing?

⚖️ Professor Matthew Liebman, chair of USF’s Program and a leading animal law scholar, co-authored a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed weighing in on a closely watched animal rights case and making the case that California’s necessity defense should protect activists who enter farm facilities to rescue animals who are suffering.

After the California Court of Appeal reversed two of three convictions against activist Wayne Hsiung, Professor Liebman and co-author Justin Marceau argue the court still didn’t go far enough.

👉 Read their full analysis, see link in stories.

🎙️ What does the closure of San Francisco’s immigration court mean for more than 100,000 pending cases?

Professor Bill Hing, director of the Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic, joined NPR ‘s All Things Considered to discuss the closure’s impact on immigrants, attorneys, and the future of due process in the Bay Area.

Professor Hing spoke to San Francisco’s deep roots in and defense, tracing the city’s role back to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

👉 Listen to the full segment, see link in story.