Giving Back Magazine Covers University of San Diego Leading Change Campaign Festivities

Giving Back Covers Leading Change Campaign Festivities

SAN DIEGO (October 23, 2018) – Leading Change: The Campaign for University of San Diego (USD) has come to a great end after eight years, exceeding the $300 million goal - with USD School of Law raising $31.5 million toward the University’s overall goal! A celebration of the most successful campaign in the history of USD took place at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice - Garden of the Sea, on September 14th, where guests joined faculty and students. Giving Back Magazine covered the festive atmosphere in their October 2018 issue.

The Campaign for USD focused on five critical areas: capital projects, scholarships, program & faculty support, and endowment. Campaign Chair David S. Casey Jr., ’74 (JD), Vice-Chair Virginia C. Nelson, ’79 (JD), Dean and Professor of Law Stephen C. Ferruolo, and Director of Development Debbie Rider, ’84 (JD), led the law school’s efforts.

Stephen P. Doyle, ’84 (JD), Michael B. Kaplan, ’72 (JD), John (Jack) R. McGrory, ’81 (JD), Paul E. Robinson, ’73 (JD), The Honorable Lynn A. Schenk, ’70 (JD), Ronson J. Shamoun, ’98 (BA), ’02 (JD), ’03 (LLM), and Vickie E. Turner, ’82 (JD) generously supported campaign efforts by serving on the law school’s executive committee.

View Giving Back Magazine’s coverage of the Leading Change celebration at Kroc Institute in their October 2018 issue!

About the University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego (USD) School of Law is recognized for the excellence of its faculty, depth of its curriculum, and strength of its clinical programs. Each year, USD educates approximately 800 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 and comparative law, public interest and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 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 35th nationally and 6th on the West Coast among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 20th nationally and 4th on the West Coast in past-year 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, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.