College of Arts and Sciences 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.”

One of the benefits of visiting Gensler’s headquarters was seeing the world’s largest architecture firm’s newly designed offices on Montgomery Street in downtown San Francisco, said architecture major Jonathan Speth ’26.

Sundiata Rashid joined University Ministry this semester as USF’s first Muslim chaplain.

We are saddened to announce the passing of Richard Spohn (1942-2024), Founding Director of the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service at USF. Richard died unexpectedly in Dublin, Ireland with his wife Katherine, by his side.

Matt Nazario-Miller ’15 remembers stepping onto the Hilltop years ago. He was ecstatic about beginning a new chapter in his life.