Public Interest Law
Explore the breadth and depth of the USC Gould School of Law’s faculty expertise, research impact, thought leadership, and academic program offerings in public interest law.
News
Housing Law and Policy Clinic and partners win with federal court ruling that preserves key tenant protections
Judge’s ruling preserves key housing laws as HLPC, partners continue defending the city’s tenant protections on appeal
Alumni return to campus for 2025 Public Interest Career Fair
Annual event brought more than 40 organizations together, including private public interest law firms and agencies from throughout California and both coasts
Hannah Garry provides expert testimony to CA legislators on fighting human trafficking
USC's International Human Rights Clinic published a 2021 report offering recommendations on law enforcement reforms regarding sex trafficking.
Academics
Courses
Faculty
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Sidney M. and Audrey M. Irmas Endowed Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigration Clinic
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Vice Dean for Academic Research and Intellectual Life, and Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law
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Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Faculty in the News
Recent Research & Scholarship
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"Religion, Race and Cultural Separatism in American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York," Law and Society Association Global Meeting, ISCTE Institute, University of Lisbon
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“Adversarial Prosecution – An Experimental Inquiry,” American Psychology-Law Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
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Robin Craig
“A Broader Look at the Public Trust Doctrine,” 27th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit: Environmental Litigation, Environmental & Energy Law Society, Public Trust Doctrine and Environmental Law, Virtual, Tulane Law School.
May 2, 2022
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