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USC Gould is a top-ranked law school with a 120-year history and reputation for academic excellence. We are located on the beautiful 228-acre USC University Park Campus, just south of downtown Los Angeles.
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Learn about our interdisciplinary curriculum, experiential learning opportunities and specialized areas.
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USC Gould helps prepare you for a stellar legal career. You can pursue a JD degree, one of our numerous graduate and international offerings, or an online degree or certificate.
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Participate in an unparalleled learning experience with diversity of people and thought. Get involved in the law school community and participate in activities that enhance your studies.
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We work closely with students, graduates and employers to support successful career goals and outcomes. Our overall placement rate is consistently strong, with 94 percent of our JD class employed within 10 months after graduation.
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Our faculty is distinguished for its scholarship, as well as for its commitment to teaching. Our 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio creates an intimate and collegial learning environment.
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Los Angeles, California 90089-0071
213-740-7331
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Academic Operations
academicoperations@law.usc.edu | (213) 821-1239
- Mira Dalpe: Director of Academic Operations
Academic Services
registrar@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-6314
- Donna Pavlick: Associate Dean for Academic Services
- Laura Estrada: Director of Registration Services
Admissions: Graduate & International Programs
gipadmissions@law.usc.edu | (213) 821-5916 | Website
- Deborah Call: Associate Dean and Chief Programs Officer
- Misa Shimotsu-Kim: Assistant Dean of Graduate and International Programs
Admissions and Financial Aid: JD
admissions@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-2523 | Website
- David Kirschner: Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
- Erin Van Dorn: Director of Admissions
- Mary Bingham: Director of Financial Aid
Budget
budget@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-0144
- Ian Wood: Associate Dean of Finance and Strategic Planning
Career Services
careers@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-7397 | Website
- Robin Apodaca: Associate Dean of Career Services
- Rachel Rothbart: Director of Career Services and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
Communications
communications@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-7458 |
- Ben Dimapindan: Associate Dean of Communications Strategy and Digital Media
- Larissa Puro: Director of Strategic Communications
- Leslie Ridgeway: Director, Communications & Media Relations
Continuing Legal Education
cle@law.usc.edu | (213) 821-3580 | Website
- Robin Maness: Associate Dean of Development, Alumni Relations and Continuing Legal Education
- Wendy Wiley Willett: Senior Director of Development and Continuing Legal Education
Dean's Office
dean@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-6473
- Andrew T. Guzman: Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, and Professor of Law and Political Science
- Franita Tolson: Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, and Professor of Law
- Elizabeth Carroll: Vice Dean for Curriculum, Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy Program
- Donald Scotten: Vice Dean for Administration and Professor of the Practice of Law
- Amy Cheung: Chief of Staff
Development and Alumni Relations
alumni@law.usc.edu | (213) 821-3560 | Website
- Robin Maness: Associate Dean of Development, Alumni Relations and Continuing Legal Education
- Margaret Kean: Assistant Dean of Development
- Edward (Ned) Anthony: Senior Director of Development
- Nicole Stark: Director of Alumni Relations
- Allison Edinger: Director of Annual Giving
- Stephanie Lertzman: Director of Development
- Katy Schlesinger: Director of Development
- Chloe Reid: Director of Special Projects for Development
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Nickey Woods: Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Events
events@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-3841 | Website
- Sabrina Montes: Director of Events
Information Technology
Help Desk: help@law.usc.edu or (213) 740-2571
Student Computing Services: support@law.usc.edu
Web Services: webmaster@law.usc.edu
- Raymond Flores: Associate Dean of Information Technology
Law Library
library@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-6482 | Website
- Diana Jaque: Associate Dean, Director of the Law Library, and Adjunct Professor of Law
Personnel
personnel@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-2542
- Maria De La Garza: Director of Human Resources and Personnel Management
Student Affairs Office
studentcare@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-4087
- Malissa Barnwell-Scott: Director, DEI and the C. David Molina First Generation Professionals Program
RECENT NEWS

A career of advancing Asian American inclusion in law
May 17, 2022
Gould Alumni Spotlight: Albert C. Lum, LLB 1965

Professor Abby Wood invited to testify before Senate committee about ‘dark money’ and disclosures
May 11, 2022
Professor testifies on court transparency before the U.S. Senate Committee

A long journey to good works
May 10, 2022
Alex Tron named winner of Irmas Fellowship