Quick Facts

The University of San Francisco, a private, nonprofit, Jesuit university was founded in 1855. The USF School of Law is ranked the sixth most ethnically diverse law school in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

Admission

Number of JD Applicants for Fall 2019 Class: 1,634

Number Enrolled: 150

2019-2020 Tuition: $25,345 per semester for full-time JD students, and $1,755 per unit for part-time JD students

Financial Aid: Approximately 90 percent of students receive financial aid including scholarships and/or federal or private loans.

Academics

Accreditation
The Council of the Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar of the American Bar Association.
Contact info: 312 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654. www.americanbar.org/legaled

Degrees Offered
JD, JD/MBA, JD/MUPA, JD/LLM in Taxation, LLM in International Transactions and Comparative Law, LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, LLM in Taxation, Master of Legal Studies in Taxation (MLST), 3+3 Bachelor's and JD

JD Certificate Programs
Business Law, International and Comparative Law, Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Labor and Employment Law, Public Interest Law, Tax Law

Centers and Institutes
Center for Law and Ethics

International Programs
Summer international externships in China, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, London, Mexico, Paris, Spain, Vietnam. Semester exchanges in Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Luxembourg

Law Clinics
Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Immigration and Deportation Defense, Immigration Policy, International Human Rights, Internet and Intellectual Property Justice, and Racial Justice

Students

Total Enrollment (as of August 20, 2019)

• JD Students: 402
• LLM Students: 52
• MLST Students: 61

Fall 2019 JD Class Profile

• Women: 57%
• Students of Color: 60%
• Number of undergraduate schools represented: 75

Top California Feeder Schools

• California State University, Long Beach
• San Diego State University
• San Francisco State University
• Santa Clara University
• UC Berkeley
• UC Davis
• UC Irvine
• UC Los Angeles
• UC San Diego
• UC Santa Barbara
• University of San Francisco
• University of Southern California

Top Out-of-State Feeder Schools

• American University
• Boston College
• Brigham Young University
• Cornell University
• University of Arizona
• University of Central Florida
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• University of Oregon
• University of Washington

Student Government

• Student Bar Association

Student Organizations (partial list)

• Pride Law
• Business Law Association
• Black Law Students Association
• International Law Society
• Women's Law Association

Faculty

Full-Time and Tenured Faculty: 38

Part-time Faculty: 60

Alumni

Number of Alumni: 10,000

Approximately 72 percent of alumni are located in California, with more than half in the San Francisco Bay Area.

From the law school's founding in 1912 to today, approximately 340 alumni have become judges.

Publications

University of San Francisco Law Review, Intellectual Property Law Bulletin, Maritime Law Journal

Facilities

The USF School of Law is housed in the Koret Law Center, comprising Kendrick Hall and the Dorraine Zief Law Library. The School of Law is part of the 55-acre USF campus, perched on a hilltop in a residential neighborhood overlooking the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Park, and downtown.