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The Hon. Dorothy Nelson receives USC Gould 125th Anniversary Luminary Award

The Hon. Dorothy Nelson receives USC Gould 125th Anniversary Luminary Award

The award was presented to the former USC Gould dean in honor of her leadership, service and courage.

April 22, 2025

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Graduating students, faculty, staff recognized at 2025 Law Awards

Graduating students, faculty, staff recognized at 2025 Law Awards

Members of USC Gould's Class of 2025 JD and Graduate and International Programs were honored at the annual ceremony.

April 22, 2025

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Hannah Garry returns to USC Gould to lead human rights advocacy and justice initiatives

Hannah Garry returns to USC Gould to lead human rights advocacy and justice initiatives

Professor will lead International Human Rights Clinic, and be inaugural director of Justice and Accountability Initiative.

April 18, 2025

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Alexander Capron

50 years after seminal conference, big questions about biotechnology remain

NPR

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Franita Tolson

USC Gould School of Law installs its first African American dean

LA Sentinel

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Jean Lantz Reisz

Trump pursues 'very Draconian measures, amplifying the authority of the presidency over immigration'

France24

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Rebecca Brown

“When It Comes to Electoral Disputes, State Justices are Less Reliable GOP Allies than U.S. Supreme Court Justices — and That's the "Problem" (even a Modified Version of) the Independent State Legislature Claim Hopes to Solve” (with Lee Epstein and Michael Nelson), Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (accepted August 2023, forthcoming 2024).

October 18, 2023
Thomas D. Lyon

"Child maltreatment, the law, and two types of error," Child Maltreatment (2023).

September 11, 2023
Thomas D. Lyon

"Elaborations and denials in children’s responses to yes-no any/some questions in forensic interviews" (with Szojka, Z.A., Henderson, H.M., Hur, J., and Siepmann, H.) Child Maltreatment (2023).

September 11, 2023

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