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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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Academics
Learn about our interdisciplinary curriculum, experiential learning opportunities and specialized areas.
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Admissions
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.
- Students
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
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.
- Faculty
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.
- Alumni and Giving
Alumni and Giving
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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Noel Ragsdale
- FACULTY DIRECTORY
- LECTURERS IN LAW DIRECTORY
- EXPERTS DIRECTORY
- FACULTY IN THE NEWS
- SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS
- DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
- + CENTERS AND INITIATIVES
- 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
- WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Clinical Professor of Law, Emerita
699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA Room: None
Last Updated: November 9, 2017
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
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"Emotional Distress Damages for Breach of Employment Contracts." 8(1) LACBA Litigation Section Newsletter (Summer 1991).
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"The McMartin Bombshell: Necessary, Fair--and Brave." Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1985.
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"Comments on Proposals to Amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" (with others). Submitted to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, January 1984.
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"Comments on Proposals to Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure" (with others). Submitted to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, February 1984.
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"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
Bloomberg Government
October 28, 2020
Re: John Matsusaka
John Matsusaka was interviewed on billionaires' efforts to sway voters on ballot initiatives. Illinois "has never come close to putting that kind of money behind a campaign,” he said of big-spenders on both sides of a tax question.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Clare Pastore
August, 2020
Poverty Law: Practice, and Policy (with Juliet Brodie, Ezra Rosser, and Jeffrey Selbin). 2nd ed, Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Aspen Casebook Series, 2020.
Jody David Armour
August, 2020
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Review of Books, 2020.
Clare Pastore
August, 2020
Clare Pastore wrote an op-ed, "An Answer for an Expected Tsunami of Evictions" posted to Cal Matters on August 10, 2020.
