Fact Sheet
The University of San Francisco School of Law was founded in 1912. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. It is part of the University of San Francisco, a private, nonprofit, Jesuit university founded in 1855. The USF School of law is ranked as one of the "Top 170 Law Schools" by Princeton Review and the 14th most ethnically diverse law school in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
Admission
Number of Applicants for Fall 2009 class: 3,876
Number Enrolled: 272
Tuition: $18,615 per semester for full-time JD students, and $1,330 per unit for part-time JD students
Financial Aid: Approximately 85 percent of students receive financial aid including scholarships and/or federal or private loans.
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Degrees Offered: JD, JD/MBA, LLM in International Transactions and Comparative Law, LLM in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
JD Certificate Programs: Business Law, International and Comparative Law, Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Public Interest Law
Centers and Institutes: Center for Law and Global Justice, McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Center for Law and Ethics
International Programs: Traditional study abroad programs are offered in Dublin, Ireland, and Prague, Czech Republic. Dozens of internship and externship programs are offered each year in countries around the world including Vietnam, India, and Spain.
Law Clinics: Child Advocacy, Civil Law Mediation, Criminal Juvenile Defense, Employment Discrimination and Mediation, International Human Rights, Internet and Intellectual Property Justice, Investor Justice, Predatory Lending
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Total Enrollment: 714
Fall 2009 Class Profile:
- Women: 160 (58.8%)
- Students of Color: 98 (36%)
- Number of undergraduate schools represented: 102
Top feeder schools: UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, UC Riverside
Student Government: Student Bar Association
Student Organizations: There are dozens of active student organizations, including Pride Law, Business Law Association, Black Law Students Association, International Law Society, and the Women's Law Association.
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Full-Time Teaching Faculty: 27
Other Teaching Faculty: 19
Adjunct Faculty: Approximately 30 per semester
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Number of Alumni: 8,000+
Approximately 75 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 through 2006, 268 alumni became judges.
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University of San Francisco Law Review, Intellectual Property Law Bulletin, Journal of Law and Social Challenges, Maritime Law Journal
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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.
Kendrick Hall: Completely renovated in 2003, Kendrick Hall is home to lecture halls, seminar rooms, a moot court room, faculty and administrative offices, student lounge and meeting space, an art gallery, and soaring atrium.
Dorraine Zief Law Library: Built in 2000, the library is a 49,000-square-foot, three-story facility fully equipped with the most advanced technological infrastructure and more than 350,000 volumes of print and electronic legal materials.
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