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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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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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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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President, Bluebird Healthlaw Partners, LLC
Health Care Compliance - John Buchman
Director, Legal Counsel, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Financial Institution Regulation - Allison Butler
Practitioner and Lecturer
Business Organizations & Topics in American Law - Anitha Cadambi
Associate Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor, USC Gould School of Law
Introduction to the U.S. Legal System - Bahaar Cadambi
Partner, Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Introduction to Litigation in U.S. Courts - Kanika Corley
Partner, Akerman, LLP
Intellectual Property: Trademark - Eileen Decker
Information Privacy Law - Jeffrey Dennis
Chair - Privacy and Data Security Practice Group, Newmeyer & Dillion
Cybersecurity & Cyber Crimes - Ruchi Desai
Director of Operations, XCLAIM
Business Principles in Law - Stacy Don
Practitioner and Lecturer
Intellectual Property: Trademark - Marc Empey
Managing Partner, Slovak Baron Empey Murphy & Pinkney LLP
Mergers & Acquisitions - Chloe Ghoogassian
Legal Counsel, Strategy & Innovation, Amgen
Patient Privacy Law - Julie Haffner
Senior Counsel of Business and Legal Affairs, Netflix
Entertainment Law & Industry - Kendra Hampton
Estate Planning Attorney, Self-Employed
Contract Drafting & Strategy - Aariel Holmes
Human Resources Compliance Manager, Salesforce.com
Human Resource Compliance - Preston Hopson
SVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Tetra Tech
Securities Regulation - Gayle Hyman
SVP, Corporate Affairs, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Corporate Governance - Jennifer King
Founding Partner, SK Appellate Group
Constitutional Law - Christopher Mardesich
SVP & Chief Compliance Officer, Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Regulatory Compliance - Anastasia Maier
Contract Drafting - Nicholas Merkin
CEO, Compliagent
Regulatory Compliance - Ryan Metheny
Managing Librarian, Legal Education, Los Angeles Law Library
Legal Research - Jason Morris
Partner, Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Introduction to Litigation in U.S. Courts - Monica Moye
Principal Counsel, The Walt Disney Company
Intellectual Property: Copyright - Kristen Nesbit
Fisher Phillips LLP
Employment Discrimination Law - Elizabeth Nguyen
Co-Founder, Lidman Law
Employment Discrimination Law - Patrick Noonan
USC Office of Equity & Diversity
Human Resource Compliance - Roger Pao
Associate Provost, New England College of Business and Finance
Business Organizations - Burt Park
SVP, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Molina Healthcare
Mergers & Acquisitions - Jonathan Paz
Criminal Defense and Immigration Law, Self-Employed
Constitutional Law - Janis Penton
Retired, fmr. Assistant General Counsel & Managing Director, MUFG Union Bank
Financial Institution Regulations - Richard Peterson
Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution and Adjunct Professor of Law
USC Gould School of Law
Employment Dispute Mediation - Phyllis Pollack
Principal, PGP Mediation
Employment Dispute Mediation - Robert Robertson
Managing Partner, Dechert LLP
Securities Regulation - Chrissy Roussel Willis
Vice President of Employee Relations, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Human Resource Compliance - Mona Shah
Practitioner & Lecturer
Legal Profession - Sheniece Smith
Vice-President & General Counsel, Hannibal Regional Healthcare System
Health Law & Policy - Steven Spronz
Counsel, Murchison & Cumming
Global Regulatory Compliance - Shawn Sullivan
General Counsel, International Life Sciences Institute
Contract Drafting - Susan Taylor
CEO, College Hospital Costa Mesa
Health Care Law, Business & Finance - Nazanin Tondravi
Director of Regulatory Affairs, Memorial Healthcare System
Health Care Compliance - Valerie Uribe
Counsel, University of California, San Francisco
Contract Drafting - Elizabeth Valentina
Intellectual Property Litigator, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Intellectual Property: Copyright - Daniel Yankelevits
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment
Entertainment Law & Industry - Rami Yanni
Partner, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman LLP
Intellectual Property: Trademark - Vanessa Zimmer
Practitioner & Lecturer
Information Risk Management