Janelle Brown-Peters

Janelle Brown-Peters is the Assistant Director of Admissions at California Western School of Law, where she helps prospective law students find their place in law school and works to create better access to higher education. She is also the Co-Founder of Torero Urban Scholars at the University of San Diego, a reentry-focused program supporting system-impacted students through higher education. Janelle’s career reflects a commitment to equity, mentorship, and community impact, informed by her experiences serving in the Army National Guard and spending over a decade in the hospitality industry before transitioning to higher education. Her professional focus centers on law school admissions and expanding access for system-impacted and formerly incarcerated students. While earning her Master’s in Higher Education Leadership at the University of San Diego, she researched support services for formerly incarcerated students, laying the foundation for Torero Urban Scholars. Over the past nine years in higher education, including six years in law school admissions, Janelle has helped launch programs that increase student access, retention, and success, integrating her expertise in student services, recruitment, and reentry-focused initiatives. In addition to her work in higher education, Janelle is a licensed financial professional and educator, running national programming to teach financial literacy and independence. She values faith, community support, and empowering students along their education-to-career journeys. Outside of her professional work, she loves spending time with family and friends and enjoys water activities, dancing, sports, and television/movies bringing the same energy, dedication, and passion to her hobbies as she does to her career.