Four USD School of Law Alumni Serving on San Diego Federal Bar Association Board

SAN DIEGO (January 26, 2023) – Four University of San Diego (USD) School of Law alumni are currently serving on the 2023 Federal Bar Association, San Diego Chapter's Board of Directors. The Federal Bar Association (FBA), founded in 1920, is dedicated to the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and to promoting the welfare, interests, education, and professional development of all attorneys involved in federal law. The FBA is the catalyst for communication between the bar and the bench, as well as the private and public sectors.

The current San Diego Federal Bar Association Board of Directors includes the following USD School of Law alumni:

• Dylan M. Aste '11 (JD)
  Immediate Past President
  (Joined Board in 2020)
  
  
• Blake Currey '14 (JD)
  President-Elect
  (Joined Board in 2021)
  
  
• Jenn French '09 (JD)
  Vice President of Public Relations 
  (Joined Board in 2023)
  
  
• Kelly A. Reis '20 (JD)
  Vice President of Professional Engagement
  (Joined Board in 2022)

Dylan Aste also serves on the USD School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors and shared, “I am very grateful for the fantastic education I received at USD Law and the entryway it gave me to the San Diego legal community. USD Law provided me with leadership skills that have helped me throughout my career and while serving on the San Diego FBA Board of Directors.”

The San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association was founded in 1961 and adopted the following Mission Statement in 2018:

To serve the interests of the federal legal community and strengthen the quality of the federal legal profession by promoting professionalism, inclusiveness, and civility; by providing educational, social, and leadership opportunities, and by encouraging meaningful engagement between the federal practitioner, the judiciary, and the public they serve.

The San Diego FBA partners with USD School of Law each year to offer complimentary membership to new alumni Bar members.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

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 law 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 36th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 22nd nationally 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.