School of Law News

Fabiola Pardo Garcia ‘25 speaks four languages, serves as forum editor of USF Law Review, is Graduation Chair and Vice President of the Latinx Law Student Association, and as a 2L, tutored Academic Support Program 1Ls. Given her multiple passions and activities, it’s no surprise that the third-year law student has also tested the waters with a range of legal fields.

As a first-year law student, Sabrina D. Murugesu ‘25 recalls feeling ‘terrified’ while arguing a case in front of her Moot Court classmates. But instead of shying away from the challenge, Murugesu embraced it head-on.

When Nichelle Holmes ’10 took the oath of office on April 15, 2024, she joined more than 340 fellow USF law graduates who have served on the bench.

On October 10, the Barnett Chair Second Chance Summit brought together leaders and change-makers from across the criminal legal system to talk about resentencing, rehabilitation, and reentry.

Soon-to-be “Double Don” Kad Smith, BA ’13, JD ’25, traces his early passion for law, in part, back to watching a special on Johnny Cochran with his grandmother. Raised in Berkeley, Smith is now turning that childhood dream into reality as a dynamic student leader at USF Law.

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.