The USF 法学院 offers a variety of services to students to help them succeed in their law school classes and on the bar exam.

The 学术支持计划 (ASP) provides assistance to specially selected incoming students through a two-week summer program that introduces the challenges of law school with hands-on exercises and exam rehearsals during the students’ first year.

The 学术和律师考试成功计划 (ABES) begins for all students on the first day of orientation and ends after students pass the bar exam. 在第一年, ABES offers workshops that teach study techniques and exam-taking strategies to help students transition into law school and excel on final exams. ABES also provides bar preparation services to second- and 第三-year students through group programming and one-on-one sessions.

USF recognizes that the rigorous demands of a legal education may be especially challenging for applicants who have been culturally, 教育上, 在经济上, 或者历史上处于劣势, or who have not been in an academic setting for several years. USF created the 学术支持计划 (ASP) to provide resources for these well-qualified individuals to excel in law school. The 招生 Committee carefully evaluates performance indicators and other criteria to determine who may benefit most from ASP.

ASP assists students in developing skills that enhance academic readiness and performance. Students selected for the program attend a two-week summer orientation program designed to foster a sense of community and to introduce strategies for academic excellence. These students also participate in study groups led by second and 第三-year students throughout the first year. 最后, they attend a course that focuses on analyzing hypothetical problems and writing answers to develop skills for taking law school exams. The program directors also meet individually with the students to evaluate academic progress, 制定个人学习计划, 提高写作技巧.

作为1997年USF学术支持计划的毕业生, I understand first-hand the positive impact the program had on my law school experience and on my subsequent career. I was fortunate to practice in three states and finally returned home to USF as the ASP Co-director because I wanted to give this same support to the next generation."

何海燕助理教授 学术支持计划的联合主任

Our academic support programming sets USF apart from other law schools. We challenge, inspire, and support our students through the demands of their legal education."

卡罗尔·威尔逊助理教授 学术支持计划的联合主任

From the start, ASP felt like a community that I could rely on and that was going to help me.”

Katiuska Pimentel ' 23

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联系信息

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卡罗尔·威尔逊
ASP联席主任
wilsonc@yuanboweiye.com
(415) 422-2985

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海蒂何
ASP联席主任
hho1@yuanboweiye.com
(415) 422-5852

The 学术支持计划 teaches you all of the tools that you need to be successful as a law student, 这直接转化为成为一名律师. Once I had the tools, implementing them into my study routine was a piece of cake. ASP provided me with the skills to be successful from the first day of law school.

丹尼尔·德拉福斯，16岁

The Academic and Bar Exam Success (ABES) Program provides comprehensive and holistic academic support to all USF students, starting during orientation and continuing through passing the bar exam. 

Meeting one-on-one with the ABES professors is incredibly valuable. I appreciate their 反馈 on my writing and how to structure exam answers, 以及他们提供的补充资源. The ABES class tutors also helped me succeed in my 1L classes."

安吉拉·罗兹，20岁

1L & 2 l的支持

Co-Director and Professor 凯蒂·莫兰 leads the 1L and 2L support through a Fall class called Skills for Future Lawyers, which teaches students the necessary skills and mindsets to be successful in their substantive law classes. Support continues in the Spring of the first year through skills sessions linked to 刑法 and Criminal 过程. Students needing extra academic support after their first year complete Academic Foundations in their second year with Prof. 莫兰. Each 1L and 2L bar class has an assigned ABES tutor who holds office hours and supports students in that class.

3L和Bar支撑

Co-Director and Professor 乔纳森·楚 teaches a class that all 3Ls take called Advanced Legal 分析, which teaches students how to write essays for the California Bar Exam and how to take bar multiple choice questions. Students receive personalized 反馈 on their essay submissions. ABES还提供全面的编程, 分级, 反馈, and a suggested bar study schedule to all graduates to supplement their chosen bar preparation company.

个人的会议

Upper-division students can arrange individual meetings with ABES faculty to discuss their bar preparation plans anytime during the second, 第三, 第四年. 如果毕业生第一次没有通过考试, ABES provides support to repeaters through intake counseling sessions that help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and focus their study strategies.

教师?

朱志强，副教授 & 副总监(酒吧成功)
Zief图书馆，2008
jchu13@yuanboweiye.com 
(415) 422-6360

凯蒂·莫兰副教授 & 联席主任(学术基金)
Zief图书馆，007
mdmoran@yuanboweiye.com
415-422-2820

Sebastian Letheule，法学院研究员
Zief图书馆，2006
sletheule@yuanboweiye.com 
(415) 422-2906