Business Law and Economics
Positioned in the entertainment and media capital of the world, USC Gould School of Law draws upon its Los Angeles network to offer diverse training and opportunities in business law and economics. In addition to building foundational legal and transactional skills, students can deepen their studies in general corporate law, finance and taxation, real estate, entertainment and technology law, and mergers and acquisitions — learning from the nation's top business leaders and expert scholars.
News
Research Spotlight: When AI takes the wheel, who’s responsible?
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New USC degree connects data science with legal applications
Interdisciplinary collaboration between USC Gould, USC Viterbi prepares grads for careers at the intersection of data, policy and legal analysis
Student Spotlight: Yunxiang Zhang (MIELR 2025)
Get to know how Zhang's experience in the MIELR program is helping him prepare for a career at the intersection of legal and economic analysis.
Academics
Degrees
Faculty
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Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, and John B. Milliken Professor of Law and Taxation
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Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Provost’s Chair, and Professor of Law and Political Science
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Edward G. Lewis Chair in Law and History, and Director, Center of Law & Social Science (CLASS)
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Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science
Faculty in the News
Recent Research & Scholarship
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"The Curiouser and Curiouser Case of Carried Interest" (with Darryll K. Jones), Arizona Law Review (Spring 2024).
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"The Paradox of Taxing the Rich," Florida Tax Review (Forthcoming, Fall 2023).
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"The Property-Tax Bundle of Rights," Michigan State Law Review (Forthcoming 2024).
September 11, 2023
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