School of Law News

On first examination, the cowboys and pioneers who established and personified the American West have nothing in common with the modern-day tech lawyers who populate today’s courtrooms. But delve a little deeper and the similarities start to appear, especially in the context of artificial intelligence and its rapid evolution in the American legal system.

University of San Francisco School of Law Dean Johanna Kalb was not the child who declared that she wanted to be a lawyer at the age of 5, nor the college student who was taking the LSAT during senior year, determined to go straight to law school upon graduating. She wants USF’s School of Law students to know this. “There is no one path to law school,” she said. “Life’s curveballs are what makes it interesting.”

Michael “Mikey” Brust ’25 chose to pursue a JD because he wanted to rectify injustice in the criminal legal system. This past July, his singular focus paid off when Brust’s grandfather, Patrick Dunn, was released from prison after 31 years, thanks to Brust’s advocacy, the work of USF’s Racial Justice Clinic (RJC), and Professor Gabby King.

USF Law alumnus Mit Winter ’05 has emerged as a leading expert in name, image, and likeness (NIL) law for college sports.

Allen Corotto ’60 has named USF School of Law in his estate plan to create the Antone Corotto and Anna Angoustures Endowed Scholarship in honor of his parents.

Hing wants to prioritize working with newer members of the faculty.

On July 1, Johanna Kalb began her tenure as USF School of Law’s 20th dean and its second female dean since the school’s founding in 1912. She arrived in San Francisco with her family from Idaho, where she was the first woman to serve as dean of University of Idaho College of Law.

Twenty years ago, I found myself in the enviable position of sitting in former Dean Jeff Brand’s office being interviewed for a USF Law faculty position. As our conversation was ending, Jeff leaned forward and shared his most profound insight about law school teaching. “The best law professors are like jazz conductors,” Jeff confided. “A great law school class is jazz music at its finest.

In 1998, Rhonda Magee left corporate law practice in Chicago to teach at USF School of Law. As she reflects on her legacy at USF, Magee expects “that the School of Law will continue to support cutting-edge teaching and learning about the legacies of our shared multicultural histories and how they impact law and policy today.”

A father and his son’s distinctive education in the Criminal & Juvenile Justice Clinic.