Graduate and Law Student Handbook 2025-26

The International Center The International Center supports the USD community in advancing global citizenship. Graduate and professional programs offer extensive international opportunities for working professionals as well as full-time graduate students. Our campus is enriched by having students and scholars from more than 70 countries. sandiego.edu/ Alumni can list jobs and internships on the Torero Employer and Alumni Mentors (TEAM) platform, as well as volunteer to speak on panels, connect with students and other alumni and access career resources to guide their own career transitions. toreronetwork.sandiego.edu The USD alumni mission is to engage and enrich the Torero community for life while the alumni vision is toward an actively engaged and supportive global network of USD alumni. The Mulvaney Center for Community Awareness and Action The Mulvaney Center supports the University of San Diego as an anchor institution in the community with community service learning. Through deep partnership and capacity building alongside community organizations, students are able to cultivate the necessary skills and leadership. sandiego.edu/mccasa international/oiss Alumni Center

Copley Library The newly-renovated Copley Library includes places for active learning, teaching, collaboration and research, as well as spaces for classes, group projects, discussions, events and exhibits. There are also new spaces for individual study, casual gathering and outdoor gatherings. There are 38 small-group study rooms and seating for 1,000 in its event and outdoor spaces. Also of note are expanded exhibit, gallery and display spaces, three library instruction rooms, two seminar rooms and a presentation room, as well as a faculty reading room, a journal reading room and university archives and special collections. Legal Research Center The Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center is the region’s premier law library. The library collection is available to law students and faculty, members of the USD community and other legal researchers. Librarians trained in the law provide reference service during a majority of the library’s operating hours. Students have access to individual and group study areas, two computer labs with black-and-white laser printing, dedicated computers for research, laptop computers available for checkout, photocopy machines and microform readers/printers. The library offers great historical depth in its microforms and documents collection and subscribes to a wide array of online research databases for current and historical domestic, foreign and international legal materials.

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