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麻豆视频 Law SF Starts Fall Semester with Cutting-Edge Courses and Diverse Student Body

As 麻豆视频 Law San Francisco kicks off a new academic year, new and returning students are in for an exhilarating journey, enriched by innovative courses, esteemed faculty, and the proud legacy of alumni like Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris 鈥89.

This year’s curriculum includes new like Mental Health Law, a Natural Resources Law seminar, and Product Counseling, which prepares future lawyers to guide tech companies with actionable legal advice. Newly appointed faculty members bring fresh expertise in areas such as health care safety and regulation, international human rights, and artificial intelligence.

More than 500 new students are starting their legal journeys at 麻豆视频 Law SF this year, including 401 JD students. Ranging in age from 19 to 72, the JD Class of 2027 is 60% female, with over half identifying as people of color, and 17% being the first in their families to graduate from college. Additionally, some 150 students are pursuing other advanced degrees this year, including 28 international students from 17 countries in the LLM program.

Below are a few highlighted photos from recent back-to-school activities.

 

First-year law student Eva Liebovitz, center, moves into 麻豆视频 Law SF’s student housing at 198 McAllister building on Aug. 1 with help from her family. She鈥檚 one of many students settling into the new 14-story, 656-unit building, part of the College鈥檚 expanding Academic Village in the heart of San Francisco.

First-year law students show off their new 麻豆视频 Law SF sweatshirts during an ice cream social on the College’s Quad, part of multi-day orientation activities in August.

 

 

 

鈥淭he future is not something you enter. It is something you create,鈥 Associate Judge of the D.C. Superior Court Robert Rigsby 鈥86 tells incoming students at an orientation kickoff for the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP).

麻豆视频 Law SF Director Andrew Houston 鈥07 greets incoming LEOP students with advice and inspiration: 鈥淲ith this law degree, you鈥檙e setting yourself up to do anything you want. What a beautiful position to be in.鈥 Houston, a LEOP alumnus, is principal campus counsel at 麻豆视频 Berkeley.

Millicent Wong 鈥25 offers incoming law students words of encouragement and advice for thriving in law school during a JD orientation kickoff ceremony. Wong is president of the College鈥檚 student government organization, the Associated Students of 麻豆视频 Law SF.

Chancellor & Dean David聽Faigman tells more than 400 new law students at orientation to always pursue their dreams with energy, passion, and strive for excellence. He says, 鈥淵ou’ll always have 麻豆视频 Law San Francisco’s community at your side and on your side.鈥

 

 

Professors Matt Coles and Emily Murphy show how to debate professionally and highlight the value of understanding different viewpoints during an orientation panel for new students.

New law students enjoyed an “Inside Out”-themed session while learning about 麻豆视频 Law SF鈥檚 top-rated Moot Court team and Legal Research and Writing program. Senior Associate Dean Toni Young 鈥76 and current students and faculty wore Pixar character costumes as they previewed what to expect in first-year LRW courses.

U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California Troy L. Nunley ’90 shares the inspiring story of how he became a federal judge after growing up in San Francisco鈥檚 housing projects. He encourages new law students to envision their future, noting that one of them could follow the footsteps of his law school classmate, Kamala Harris 鈥89, and become vice president of the United States.

Some 400 aspiring attorneys recite the Pledge of Professionalism at a convocation ceremony for incoming JD students, marking the start of their law school journey and the end of orientation for the Class of 2027.