School of Law News

Last August, when USF Law Professor Heidi Ho ‘97 received news of the devastating wildfires on Maui, she swung into action. A native of the island, Ho has led response efforts by co-founding Pro Bono Organization for Native Ohana (PONO) Legal, a non-profit providing legal support to residents impacted by the fires.

Each spring semester, USF School of Law invites high-performing first-year students to join the McAuliffe Honor Society. In addition to receiving a scholarship, students attend special events and enjoy unique opportunities to connect with faculty and alumni. Read about a few of our new McAuliffe Honor Society inductees.

On January 26, more than 100 community members came together for the 2024 USF Law Review Symposium, Navigating Gentrification in Our Changing Cities.

Thao “Annie” Le’s law school experiences have centered on advocating for survivors of domestic violence.

Throughout her legal career, alumna Doris Cheng ‘98 has made it her mission to amplify more voices from under-represented groups. Earlier this month, Cheng donated $100,000 to USF Law in support of her mission.

Mary Jane Theis becomes USF Law’s highest-ranking jurist.

Meet four USF Law alumni who bring clean power to the people.

Professor Bill Ong Hing says his newly published book, “Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System”(Beacon Press 2023), is different from his prior ones. Less academic and thoroughly personal, Hing wrote an emotional reflection on his decades of experience with the American immigration legal system.

Time Out, the arts and culture magazine published around the world, has named USF’s neighborhood among the coolest on the planet.
 

University of San Francisco School of Law alumnus Vern Norviel ‘85, a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, has been at the forefront of a pro bono initiative aimed at safeguarding the endangered horseshoe crabs.