Karren Shorofsky

Karren Shorofsky is the Director of the Office of Career Services (“OCS”) at USF’s School of Law. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Law and in USF’s Graduate Program in Museum Studies.

Prof. Shorofsky worked in the General Counsel’s Office of the Museum of Modern Art in New York during law school and then joined Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office as an Associate. At Morrison & Foerster, she handled a wide variety of intellectual property law cases, including copyright, patent, trademark, unfair competition, and right of publicity claims. She continued her intellectual property practice as an Associate and Partner at Steinhart & Falconer in San Francisco (now part of DLA Piper), where she developed additional expertise related to the media, the arts, emerging technology, and online marketing and advertising. She subsequently joined Pillsbury in San Francisco as Of Counsel. Over the years, her practice encompassed litigation, transactional, and counseling work. Her clients ranged from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups and museums. She also represented numerous community organizations on a pro bono basis.

Prof. Shorofsky has had extensive experience on nonprofit boards, primarily in the areas of arts and education. She served as President of two different boards and helped lead capital campaigns and other development and marketing initiatives.

In 2013, Prof. Shorofsky began teaching at USF’s newly created Graduate Program in Museum Studies. In 2017, she joined the adjunct faculty of the School of Law. Courses she teaches regularly include Copyright Law, Art Law, and Museums and the Law. She also taught the graduate internship course in the Museum Studies program, and prior to her current role as Director of OCS supported many graduate and law students in their career searches. 

• Yale Law School, JD
• San Francisco State University, MA in Art History
• Brown University, BA in Art History

• Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award, University of San Francisco, 2022

• Hon. Ira A. Brown Adjunct Faculty Award by USF School of Law, 2021