USD School of Law Receives Insight Into Academia Magazine’s Excellence in Innovation Award: Law Schools
The University of San Diego (USD) School of Law proudly announces it has received a 2026 Excellence in Innovation Award: Law Schools from Insight Into Academia magazine, the nation’s longest-running publication advancing best practices in higher education.
This new honor celebrates law schools redefining the future of legal education. Through transformative programs and initiatives, these schools are reimagining curriculum, experiential learning, technology and AI integration, access to legal education, professional pathways, and more to better serve the evolving needs of students and meet the changing demands of today’s workforce.
Insight Into Academia magazine selected USD School of Law for its USD Housing Rights Clinic and Eviction Negotiation Program (ENP). The article highlighted that “the Housing Rights Clinic and its ENP have built a model of courthouse-based advocacy that expands legal aid capacity in ways traditional structures cannot match. Rather than the one-attorney-per-client model, the ENP connects tenants with legal counsel on the day of their eviction trial – immediate, on-the-spot advocacy at the courthouse when it matters most.”
“The Insight Into Academia Excellence in Innovation Award: Law Schools is a prestigious national honor recognizing law schools driving innovation in legal education,” said Holly Mendelson, co-owner and publisher of Insight Into Academia magazine. “This selective recognition celebrates programs defined by forward-thinking design and measurable impact — initiatives that raise the standard and advance the field.”
The honor is featured in the July/August 2026 issue of Insight Into Academia magazine.
About the School of Law
Each year, USD Law 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 88 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. 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.