Adam Hirsch Joins USD School of Law Faculty

San Diego (May 22, 2013) – Dean Stephen C. Ferruolo announced today that Adam Hirsch has accepted a faculty appointment at University of San Diego (USD) School of Law. Hirsch has served as a visiting professor of law at the school since fall 2012 and will join the faculty on August 1, 2013.

"The appointment of Adam Hirsch is another great addition to our faculty,” said Dean Ferruolo. “He perfectly complements the previously announced appointments of Howard Abrams, Miranda Fleischer and Victor Fleischer to our tax faculty and strengthens important parts of our core curriculum.”

Adam Hirsch is the William & Catherine VanDercreek Professor of Law at Florida State University, where he is a leading authority on wills and trusts. He is also an academic fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. A graduate of Yale Law School, he also holds a PhD in History from Yale University, where his doctoral dissertation received the George Washington Egleston Prize for the best dissertation in American history. Hirsch teaches and writes in the areas of wills and trusts, creditors' rights and American legal history.

About University of San Diego School of Law

Recognized for the excellence of its faculty, curriculum and clinical programs, the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law enrolls approximately 900 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international law, public interest and taxation.   

USD School of Law is one of the 81 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 23rd worldwide in all-time faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.