Emeriti Faculty
John Adler
Professor Emeritus
adlerj@usfca.edu (415) 422-6461
Professor John M. Adler teaches on constitutional law and legal negotiation. His current research involves a study on the impact of immigration law...
Education:
AB, Harvard University | JD, University of New Mexico
Expertise:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bio-Ethics, Constitutional Law, Ethics, U.S. Supreme Court
William Bassett
Professor Emeritus
bassettw@usfca.edu (415) 422-6625
Professor Emeritus William W. Bassett, who was scholar in residence at the Monumenta Germaniae Historica in Munich, is the author of many articles...
Education:
AB, St. Mary of the Lake College | MA, St. Mary of the Lake College | STL, St. Mary of the Lake College | JCD, Gregorian University | JD, Catholic University of America
Expertise:
Religion and the Law
Jeffrey Brand
Professor Emeritus
brandj@usfca.edu (415) 422-6304
Jeffrey S. Brand joined the faculty at USF School of Law in 1986 and was the 17th dean of the USF School of Law from 1999-2013. Brand received his AB...
Education:
AB, UC Berkeley | JD, UC Berkeley
Expertise:
Affirmative Action and Diversity, Human Rights, Legal Education
John Denvir
Professor Emeritus
denvirj@usfca.edu (415) 422-6146
Research Professor of Law and the Humanities John Denvir received his JD degree from New York University School of Law where he was a Root-Tilden...
Education:
BA, Holy Cross College | LLB, New York University | LLM, Harvard University
Expertise:
Popular Culture and Law
Peter Donnici
Professor Emeritus
pjd@llhf.org (707) 762-6691
Professor Emeritus Peter J. Donnici has served on the USF School of Law Board of Counselors since 1993. He taught Federal Litigation, Constitutional...
Education:
BA, University of Missouri (Kansas City) | JD, University of Missouri (Kansas City) | LLM, Yale University
Expertise:
Constitutional Law, Privacy Law, Business Litigation
Dolores Donovan
Professor Emeritus
donovand@usfca.edu (415) 422-6324
Professor Emeritus Dolores A. Donovan specializes in constitutional and comparative law. Her publications deal with the legal systems of developing...
Education:
BA, Stanford University | JD, Stanford University
Expertise:
Asian Legal Systems, Comparative Law, Human Rights, International Development Law
H. Jay Folberg
Professor Emeritus
jfolberg@jamsadr.com (415) 359-6279
Professor Emeritus H. Jay Folberg has authored many articles and books on dispute resolution, mediation, negotiation, and family law. Folberg was the...
Education:
BA, San Francisco State University | JD, UC Berkeley
Expertise:
Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Family Business, Family Law
Joseph Henke
Professor Emeritus
henkej@usfca.edu (415) 422-6839
Professor Emeritus Joseph T. Henke served as acting dean of the USF School of Law from 1980 to 1982.
Education:
BA, Amherst College | JD, University of Washington | LLM, New York University
Expertise:
Community Property, Estate Planning
Virginia Kelsh
Professor Emerita and Director Emerita of the Dorraine Zief Law LibraryProfessor Emerita Virginia Kelsh served the USF School of Law as law librarian from 1983 to 2005. She envisioned, programmed, and served as the law...
Education:
BA, Marylhurst College | MSLS, Catholic University of America | JD, Lewis and Clark College
Expertise:
Art Law, Dispute Resolution
Paul McKaskle
Professor Emeritus
mckasklep@usfca.edu (415) 422-6842
Professor Emeritus Paul L. McKaskle, who served as dean of the law school from 1975 to 1980, twice served on the staff of the California Supreme...
Education:
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, UC Berkeley
Sharon Meadows
Philip and Muriel Barnett Professor of Trial Advocacy
meadowss@usfca.edu (415) 422-6202
Professor Sharon A. Meadows was the director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice Clinics. She was appointed by Chief Judge Robert Peckham of the United...
Education:
BA, Cornell University | MA, Cornell University | JD, University of Michigan
Expertise:
Access to Justice, Clinical Education, Criminal Procedure, Indigent Defense, Juvenile Law
Courses:
Writing Requirement, Criminal & Juvenile Justice Clinic, Racial Justice Clinic, Directed Research
Ronald Micon
Professor Emeritus
micon@usfca.edu (415) 422-6304
Professor Ronald H. Micon was the founding director of USF's Criminal Law Clinic, the law school's first in-house clinical program, which later...
Education:
BA, UC Los Angeles | JD, UC Los Angeles
Expertise:
Commercial Law, Contracts, Secured Transactions
Suzanne Mounts
Professor Emerita
mountss@usfca.edu (415) 422-6634
Professor Emerita Suzanne E. Mounts was the founding director of the law school's Intensive Advocacy Program and was a co–director of the Criminal...
Education:
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, UC Berkeley
Expertise:
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing Law and Policy
C. Delos Putz
Professor Emeritus
putzd@usfca.edu (415) 488-4123
Professor Emeritus C. Delos Putz served as dean of the law school from 1971 to 1975. His courses included Civil Procedure, Remedies, Complex Civil...
Education:
BA, Gonzaga University | JD, New York University
Expertise:
Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, Remedies, Mediation
David Ratner
Professor Emeritus
(415) 422-6270
Education:
AB, Harvard university | LLB, Harvard University
Expertise:
Dean, University of San Francisco School of Law, Professor of Law, Cornell University, Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Eldon Reiley
Professor Emeritus
reileye@usfca.edu (650) 728-1246
Professor Emeritus Eldon H. Reiley retired in 2006 after 47 years of teaching law, including 35 years at the USF School of Law where he taught...
Education:
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | JD, Harvard University
Expertise:
Constitutional Law, Contracts, International Law, Secured Transactions
Steven Shatz
Professor EmeritusProfessor Emeritus Steven F. Shatz taught at USF from 1972 until his retirement in 2015. During that time, he was also a lecturer at UC Berkeley’s...
Education:
AB, UC Berkeley | JD, Harvard University
Expertise:
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty Law