The San Francisco-based Koret Foundation — one of the largest Jewish-sponsored charitable trusts in the United States — has announced a $3.25 million grant to the University of San Francisco School of Law to reconstruct Kendrick Hall, the law school's home for the past 40 years.

In appreciation of the foundation's gift, the university will name the law school complex the Koret Law Center. Established in 1912, the USF law school is home to the Center for Law and Global Justice, the J. Thomas McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law, and the Center for Applied Legal Ethics.

"This grant is not simply about bricks and mortar," said USF School of Law dean Jeffrey Brand. "This grant is about helping the University of San Francisco School of Law to grow, to help us focus on new generations of lawyers concerned with societal responsibilities and social justice."