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About USC Gould
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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Academics
Learn about our interdisciplinary curriculum, experiential learning opportunities and specialized areas.
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Admissions
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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Students
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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Careers
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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Faculty
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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Alumni and Giving
The global Trojan network of more than 10,000 law alumni and donors include recognized leaders in numerous fields who are deeply committed to supporting student and law school success.
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Faculty
Media, Entertainment & Technology (MET) Law
- DEGREES
- CERTIFICATES
- + AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
- ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- BUSINESS LAW
- MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LAW
- PUBLIC INTEREST LAW
- + EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
- UNDERGRADUATE COURSES AND PROGRAMS
- CORPORATE AND CUSTOM EDUCATION
- + NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS
- ACADEMIC CALENDAR
- COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
- BAR ADMISSIONS
Jonathan Barnett
Director, Media, Entertainment and Technology Law
Jeffrey Pearlman
Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic
Michael Chasalow
Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, Business Law
Director, Small Business Clinic
Academic Director, Business Law Certificate
Research Faculty
Erik Hovenkamp
Assistant Professor of Law
Daniel Klerman
Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Professor of Law and History
Edward McCaffery
Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science
Adjunct Faculty
Media and Entertainment
- Joanna Ardalan
One, LLP - Eileen Decker
Former U.S. Attorney, Central District of California - Corey Field
Corey Field Law Group PC - Jonathan Handel
TroyGould, LLP - Adam Hime
Endeavor Content - Tara Kole
Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown - Lori Kozak
Fox Rothschild, LLP - Chris Larkin
Administrative Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Alan J. Levine
Former President and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment - Mark Litwak
Mark Litwak and Associates - Schuyler Moore
Greenberg Glusker, LLP - Dan Nabel
Riot Games - Brian Peck
USC Gould School of Law, Center for Transnational Law and Business - Robin Russell
Former Executive VP, Business Affairs, Columbia Pictures - Randol Schoenberg
Burris, Schoenberg & Walden, LLP - Susan Seager
Solo Practitioner - Larry Sheffield
APA - Stanton Stein
Liner, LLP - Josh Wattles
deviantART - Kenneth Wilton
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP - Daniel Yankelevits
Sony Pictures Entertainment - Rami Yanni
Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman - Caroline Vranca
Funny or Die, Inc.
Adjunct Faculty
Technology and Entrepreneurship
- Wayne Barsky
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP - Timothy Best
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP - Marc Brown
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP - Ali Khosh
Quandary Peak Research - Beverly Rich
USC Marshall School of Business - Daniel Erlikhman
Strategic Law Partners - Rick Friedman
NovusGC - Richard Gruner
- Jason Lo
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP - Matthew McCloskey
McDermott, Will & Emery - Roman Melnik
Lowenstein & Weatherwax, LLP - Joseph Salamunovich
Strategic Law Partners - Alex Voxman
Latham & Watkins LLP
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Gould alum becomes first-ever Second Gentleman
January 21, 2021
Inauguration Day was historic for VP Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff (JD 1990)

Dean Guzman joins law deans nationwide in statement on 2020 election and events at the Capitol
January 12, 2021
Over 150 law deans join effort.

A century of law and learning
January 6, 2021
Gould School celebrates accomplishments of Ruth Lavine (LLB 1943)