Jacob Sousa

Jacob Sousa is a second-year law student from Rochester, New York. He graduated cum laude from the University of Rochester in 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. At Notre Dame, Jacob was a member of the inaugural class of the Dean’s Initiative for Leadership and Scholarly Excellence and serves as a staff editor for the Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy and as president of the First Generation Professionals Society. During his 1L summer, he interned at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.