Scott Bice

Dean Emeritus of Law and Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor Emeritus of Law
Last Updated: September 27, 2023

Scott Bice joined the USC Gould School of Law faculty in 1969, after serving as a clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court. He teaches Constitutional Law, Federal Jurisdiction and Torts. Constitutional theory and federal jurisdiction are among his scholarly interests. His published articles include “Rationality Analysis in Constitutional Law” (Minnesota Law Review, 1980) and “Standards of Judicial Review in American Constitutional Law — Equal Protection and Due Process Illustrations” (Wissenschaftsrecht Wissenschaftsverwaltung Wissenschaftsforderung, September 1978).

Bice, who served as dean of USC Gould from 1980-2000, was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to serve on the California Judicial Council’s Commission on the Future of the Courts. He was president and director of the Association of American Law Deans, and he is a life member of the American Law Institute and a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Bice has twice been awarded the USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2007, he received the William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award. He has served as associate dean for academic affairs and as the Carl Mason Franklin professor Law at USC Gould; as a visiting professor of law and social science at the California Institute of Technology; and as a visiting professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He received his BS in Finance from the USC and his JD from USC Gould, where he was editor-in-chief of the Southern California Law Review.