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Noel Ragsdale
USC Gould School of Law

Noel Ragsdale

Clinical Professor Emerita of Law

699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA Room: None

Last Updated: February 17, 2022




Noel M. Ragsdale directed the Employer Legal Advice Clinic. Her scholarly interests focused on issues concerning employment, including discrimination, wrongful termination and gender bias.

Prior to joining the USC Gould School of Law faculty in 1983, Ragsdale was a journalist, clerked for the Honorable Charles E. Stewart Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and practiced law in Los Angeles. She completed her undergraduate studies at Harvard University and earned her JD from the UC Berkeley School of Law.

  • "Emotional Distress Damages for Breach of Employment Contracts." 8(1) LACBA Litigation Section Newsletter (Summer 1991).
  • "The McMartin Bombshell: Necessary, Fair--and Brave." Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1985.
  • "Comments on Proposals to Amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" (with others). Submitted to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, January 1984.
  • "Comments on Proposals to Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure" (with others). Submitted to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, February 1984.
  • "Comments on Proposals to Amend the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, and Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings in the United States District Courts" (with others). Submitted to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, January 1984.

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Newsweek
March 7, 2023
Re: Hannah R. Garry

Professor Hannah Garry was interviewed about the recent identification of a soldier who was abused in a viral video in midst of the Ukrainian war. "If a combatant from the other side has been captured and is no longer shooting, they are to be treated as a prisoner of war," she said. "And a prisoner of war has certain protections and rights under the 1949 Geneva Convention. And one of those is not to be killed extrajudicially."

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