The University of San Francisco
(USF) has announced that accomplished leader and scholar
Johanna Kalb has been appointed to
the role of dean of the School of Law.
SAN
FRANCISCO, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- The University of San Francisco
(USF) has announced that accomplished leader and scholar
Johanna Kalb has been appointed to
the role of dean of the School of Law. Serving as the USF School of
Law's 20th dean, Kalb was previously the first woman to serve as
dean of University of Idaho College of
Law.
"We want to have lawyers practicing in a
broad array of disciplines because that means we're bringing good
lawyers, who want to have a positive impact on the world, to every
area of the profession," said Kalb.
"I am impressed with Johanna's passion for USF's mission and
Jesuit values, and her commitment to advocating for law students,
faculty, and staff," said Provost and Vice President of Academic
Affairs Eileen Chia-Ching Fung. "She
displays a strong vision of collaborative leadership, inclusive
partnership, and data-driven decision making that will position our
law school for continued success. She has a clear understanding of
where USF currently stands and the potential it holds for the
future, not shying away from challenges and thriving on an
enterprising approach to community engagement and growth."
Under her leadership at the University of
Idaho, the law school's incoming classes grew to be the
largest and most diverse in the college's history. Among the
projects she oversaw were the acquisition of, and move into, a new
building for the Boise campus; the
design and implementation of a comprehensive plan for improving
inclusion and belonging at the law school; and the college's two
most successful fundraising years. She also prioritized the
creation of an extensive program for academic success and bar
preparation that resulted in a 10 percent improvement in bar
passage for recent graduates.
"I love that USF understands that a Jesuit legal education is
broad and inclusive — you can do good as a public defender, of
course, but you can also do good as a tech lawyer, as an
entertainment lawyer, as a tax lawyer," said Kalb. "We want to have
lawyers practicing in a broad array of disciplines because that
means we're bringing good lawyers, who want to have a positive
impact on the world, to every area of the profession."
Prior to her time in Idaho,
Kalb was associate dean of administration and special initiatives
and Edward J. Womac Jr.
Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola
University New Orleans School of Law. A widely published
human rights scholar, her research and teaching interests include
constitutional law, international human rights, and the law of
democracy. She is a co-author of the first law school textbook
focused on domestic human rights, 'Human Rights Advocacy in
the United States', and her recent
scholarship appears in the U.C. Irvine Law Review, Yale Journal of
International Law, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties, and other journals.
An academic fellow of the National Civil Justice Institute and a
member of the Law School Admission Council's committee on
diversity, Kalb is also a member of the Deans Steering Committee of
the American Association of Law Schools, and a contributing author
to the leadership volume of Penn State Dickinson's book series on
building anti-racist legal education. From 2014 to 2016, she served
as visiting associate professor of law and director of the Arthur
Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School, and from 2013 to
2021, she was a fellow in the Democracy Program at the Brennan
Center for Justice at NYU School of
Law.
Kalb earned a BA in German studies from Stanford University, followed by an MA in
international relations from Johns Hopkins
School of Advanced International Studies and a JD from
Yale University.
About the USF School of Law
Founded in 1912, the University of San
Francisco School of Law has a tradition of educating
effective lawyers who graduate with the professional skills and
theoretical foundation necessary to succeed in the legal
profession. The USF School of Law offers a rigorous education with
a global perspective in a diverse, supportive community. Our
graduates are skilled, ethical professionals prepared for any legal
career — from intellectual property law to litigation and more —
with a commitment to social justice as their enduring foundation.
The USF School of Law offers full- and part-time Juris Doctor
programs that empower students to develop their analytical
abilities, master legal writing and research skills, acquire a firm
foundation of basic law, explore an array of specialties, and
refine their professional legal skills in practical settings. The
law school also offers Master of Laws (LLM) programs in Taxation,
Intellectual Property and Technology Law, and International
Transactions and Comparative Law (for foreign lawyers), and a
Master of Legal Studies in Taxation (MLST) for non-lawyers. The USF
School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association
and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. For
more information, visit usfca.edu/law.
About the University of San
Francisco
The University of San Francisco is a
private, Jesuit Catholic university that reflects the diversity,
optimism, and opportunities of the city that surrounds it. USF
offers more than 230 undergraduate, graduate, professional, and
certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, law,
education, and nursing and health professions. At USF, each course
is an intimate learning community in which top professors encourage
students to turn learning into positive action, so the students
graduate equipped to do well in the world — and inspired to change
it for the better. For more information, visit usfca.edu.
Media Contact
Kellie Samson, University of San Francisco, 415-601-1915,
ksamson@usfca.edu, https://www.usfca.edu/
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