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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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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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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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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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USC Gould School of Law
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- CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- CENTER FOR LAW AND PHILOSOPHY (CLP)
- CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (CLASS)
- CENTER FOR LAW, HISTORY AND CULTURE (CLHC)
- CENTER FOR TRANSNATIONAL LAW AND BUSINESS (CTLB)
- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM INSTITUTE (IRI)
- PACIFIC CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS
- SAKS INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW, POLICY, AND ETHICS
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The faculty at USC Gould is nationally recognized for scholarship in many fields, including administrative law, constitutional law, bankruptcy and corporate law, intellectual property, international law, taxation, and law and race. Our interdisciplinary focus is a longstanding strength of the school, with faculty working at the intersections of law and economics, law and history, law and philosophy, law and politics, law and psychology, and numerous other areas. Our faculty members are renowned for their significant contributions to the profession and the public. They are equally dedicated to their role as teachers and mentors for new generations of lawyers, public servants and leaders.
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- Altman, Scott: Virginia S. and Fred H. Bice Professor of Law
- Apodaca, Robin: Associate Dean of Career Services
- Aranas, Pauline: John Stauffer Charitable Trust Chief Information Officer Emerita and Law Librarian Emerita
- Armour, Jody David: Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law
- Atuahene, Bernadette: Professor of Law
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- Barnett, Jonathan: Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law
- Barry, Jordan: John B. Milliken Professor of Law and Taxation
- Berman, Sara: Professor of Lawyering Skills
- Bice, Scott: Dean Emeritus of Law and Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor Emeritus of Law
- Brennan, Michael: Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law
- Brown, Rebecca: The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law
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- Cadambi, Anitha: Associate Director of Graduate Curriculum & Instruction and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Call, Deborah: Associate Dean and Chief Programs Officer
- Campbell, Lee: Clinical Professor Emerita of Law
- Capron, Alexander: University Professor Emeritus, Scott H. Bice Chair Emeritus in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, and Professor Emeritus of Law and Medicine
- Carroll, Elizabeth: Vice Dean for Curriculum, Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy Program
- Chasalow, Michael: Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Small Business Clinic
- Choi, Jonathan: Professor of Law
- Clarke, Jessica: Professor of Law
- Cohen, Marshall: University Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Law, and Dean Emeritus, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- Cowan, Geoffrey: University Professor of Communication and Law
- Craig, Robin: Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law
- Cruz, David B.: Newton Professor of Constitutional Law
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- Davis, Judy: Senior Law Librarian, Head of Access Services and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Díaz, Ángel: Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
- Dimapindan, Ben: Associate Dean of Communications Strategy and Digital Media
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- Ellis, Diane: Law Librarian, Research Services, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Epstein, Lee: University Professor of Law & Political Science; and Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law
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- Finegan, Edward: Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Law
- Flores, Raymond: Associate Dean and Chief Information Officer
- Frenzen, Niels W.: Sidney M. and Audrey M. Irmas Endowed Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigration Clinic
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- Garet, Ronald: Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair Emeritus in Law and Religion
- Garry, Hannah R.: Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic (she/her)
- Griffith, Thomas D.: John B. Milliken Professor Emeritus of Law and Taxation
- Gross, Ariela: John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History
- Gruber, Aya: Professor of Law
- Gruskin, Sofia: Professor of Law and Preventive Medicine, Director, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
- Gruzas, Sarah: Director of Graduate & International Programs and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Guzman, Andrew T.: Co-Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, and Professor of Law and Political Science
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- Haas, Jeffrey: Visiting Professor of Law
- Hovenkamp, Erik: Associate Professor of Law
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- Jaque, Diana: Associate Dean, John Stauffer Law Library Director and Adjunct Professor of Law
- Jenkins, Jeffery A.: Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Law
- Jiménez, Felipe: Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy
- Jouet, Mugambi: Associate Professor of Law
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- Kean, Margaret: Assistant Dean of Development
- Keating, Gregory: William T. Dalessi Professor of Law and Philosophy
- Kirschner, David: Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
- Klerman, Daniel: Edward G. Lewis Chair in Law and History, and Director, Center of Law & Social Science (CLASS)
- Klerman, Lisa: Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Mediation Clinic
- Kosko, Bart: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Law
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- Lefcoe, George: Ervin and Florine Yoder Chair Emeritus in Real Estate Law
- Levine, Martin: USC Vice Provost and Senior Advisor to the Provost; Of Counsel, USC Office of the General Counsel; UPS Foundation Chair in Law and Gerontology, and Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
- Lloyd, Sharon: Professor of Philosophy, Law and Political Science
- Lonergan, Rebecca: Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Associate Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy Program
- Lund, Dorothy S.: Associate Professor of Law
- Lyon, Thomas D.: Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, and Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology
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- Madole, Amber Kennedy: Law Librarian, Research Services, Indigenous Law and Policy, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Maness, Robin: Associate Dean of Development, Alumni Relations and Continuing Legal Education and Chief Development Officer
- Marglin, Jessica: Associate Professor of Religion and Law
- Matsusaka, John: Professor of Business, Law and Political Science
- McCaffery, Edward: Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science
- Miller, Erin: Assistant Professor of Law
- Moatti, Claudia: Adjunct Professor of Classics and Law
- Moorman, Paul: Senior Law Librarian, Research Services/Foreign and International Law and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Mungaray, Akita: Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and Assistant Dean of Students for the JD Program
- Murphy, Kevin: Professor of Business, Economics and Law
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- Nam, Jeesoo: Assistant Professor of Law and Philosophy
- Nobunaga, Wendy: Senior Law Librarian, Head of Cataloging
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- Parente, Michael: Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Post-Conviction Justice Project
- Pastore, Clare: Professor of the Practice of Law
- Pearlman, Jeffrey: Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic
- Peck, Brian: Executive Director of the Center for Transnational Law and Business and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Perl-Rosenthal, Nathan: Associate Professor of History, Spatial Sciences, and Law
- Peterson, Richard: Director of the USC Gould School of Law Center for Dispute Resolution and Adjunct Professor of Law
- Pithia, Henna: Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
- Prieto, Marcela: Associate Professor of Law
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- Quong, Jonathan: Professor of Philosophy and Law
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- Ragsdale, Noel: Clinical Professor Emerita of Law
- Rasmussen, Robert K.: J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science
- Reisz, Jean Lantz: Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor of Law
- Renteln, Alison: Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy, and Law
- Rich, Camille Gear: Dorothy W. Nelson Professor of Law and Sociology
- Rich, Stephen M.: Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law
- Roithmayr, Daria: Richard L. and Antoinette S. Kirtland Professor of Law
- Rummel, Heidi: Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Post-Conviction Justice Project
- Ryo, Emily: Professor of Law and Sociology
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- Saks, Elyn: Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
- Saltzman, Rob: Professor Emeritus of Lawyering Skills
- Sandholtz, Wayne: Professor of International Relations and Law
- Schor, Hilary: Professor of English, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies and Law
- Schreiner, Barrett: Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills and Associate Director of the Academic Success Program
- Scotten, Donald M.: Vice Dean for Administration, and Professor of the Practice of Law
- Shapiro, Michael H.: Dorothy W. Nelson Professor Emeritus of Law
- Sharma, Deepika: Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, and Director, Housing Law and Policy Clinic
- Shimotsu-Kim, Misa: Associate Dean and Dean of Students for Graduate and International Programs
- Simkovic, Michael: Leon Benwell Professor of Law, and Professor of Law and Accounting
- Simon, Dan: Richard L. and Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Law and Psychology
- Simon, Larry: Herbert W. Armstrong Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law
- Skinner, Karen: Senior Law Librarian, Research Services, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
- Slawson, David: Torrey H. Webb Professor Emeritus of Law
- Sokol, D. Daniel: Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law, and Professor of Law and Business; Affiliate Professor of Business, Marshall School of Business
- Stolzenberg, Nomi: Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law
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- Tolson, Franita: Co-Dean and George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law
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- Watson, Gary: Provost Professor Emeritus of Law and Philosophy
- Williams, Leonette: Law Librarian Emerita
- Wood, Abby K.: Professor of Law, Political Science and Public Policy
- Wood, Ian: Associate Dean of Finance and Strategic Planning
- Woods, Nickey: Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, and Dean of Students for the JD Program
- Wright, Susan C.: Professor of Lawyering Skills and Director of Academic Success
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- Zimmerman, Adam: Professor of Law
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
LLM Guide
June 5, 2023
Re: USC Gould School of Law
Law schools have been adapting to the increase in technological advancements, especially with the increased need for attorneys with the creation of AI. “Attorneys work on the front end, conducting threat assessments to ensure that their clients’ systems and data are protected, and on the back end, to navigate any legal issues that may arise as a result of the attacks," Gruzas said.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Robin Craig
May, 2023
"Did Sackett Bring Clarity to 'Waters of the United States'?," 54:6 Trends (forthcoming July/August 2023) (accepted May 31, 2023).
Robin Craig
May, 2023
"Tribal Water Rights and Tribal Health: the Klamath Tribes and the Navajo Nation During the Covid-19 Pandemic," 16 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy 35 (published 2023), was summarized and promoted on the Race, Racism, and the Law website run by Professor Vernellia Randall, University of Dayton School of Law.
Robin Craig
May, 2023
"Governing Shifting Species and Changing Ecosystems: What role Might Ecological Grief Play?," keynote address at the Species on the Move 2023 International Conference, Bonito Springs, Florida, on May 19, 2023.