Residential Adjunct Faculty
Education
- J.D., University of Southern California Gould School of Law (Los Angeles, CA) – Order of the Coif
- B.A., University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) – magna cum laude
Areas of Interest
Legal research and writing, foster care and adoption
Prior Experience
- Associate Attorney, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Legal Writing Fellow, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Senior Editor, Southern California Law Review
- Served in the Post-Conviction Justice Project clinical program at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Summer Associate, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Judicial Extern, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, IL), Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly
- Guardian ad Litem, Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Guardian ad Litem Program (Collier County, FL)
- Licensed foster mother in the states of California, Virginia, and Florida
Biography
Julie Bruno teaches curriculum within the Center for Lawyering Skills at Liberty University School of Law. She is passionate about equipping Christian law students to utilize their legal careers as vehicles to live out their faith in Christ and be a force for gospel reconciliation in the law and culture.
Prof. Bruno previously served as an associate in the Am Law 100 law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the Real Estate, Land Use, and Environmental Practice Group. She also served on the recruiting committee for the firm’s office in San Francisco, CA. Her pro bono work included helping families finalize adoptions of children from the Los Angeles County foster care system, as well as serving in the San Francisco Bar Association’s Housing Negotiation Project and Homeless Advocacy Project.