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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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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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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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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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2020 Law Firm Challenge
In lieu of competing in a traditional Law Firm Challenge, the alumni at participating firms joined together this year to support the USC Gould Student Emergency Fund. This fund was created to help meet the needs of students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
THANK YOU to the alumni at the following firms who have so generously contributed. Your gifts have allowed us to provide and continue providing much needed aid.
All Participants
Cooley • Cox, Castle & Nicholson • Cozen O'Connor • Feinberg, Mindel, Brandt & Klein • Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank • Gibson Dunn • Glaser Weil • Goodwin Procter • Hahn & Hahn • Hogan Lovells • Jones Day • Latham & Watkins • Littler Mendelson • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips • Milbank • Morrison & Foerster • O'Melveny & Myers • Parker Milliken • Paul Hastings • Pircher, Nichols & Meeks • Reed Smith • Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata • Salisian Lee • Sheppard Mullin • Skadden • Stoel Rives • The Walt Disney Company • Warner Bros. • Winston & Strawn
We continue to accept gifts to the USC Gould Student Emergency Fund. To make a gift and add your firm's name to the list of supporters, click here or text Gould to 41444.