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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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Learn about our interdisciplinary curriculum, experiential learning opportunities and specialized areas.
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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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Paul Moorman
USC Gould School of Law
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Senior Law Librarian, Research Services/Foreign and International Law and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law
Email: pmoorman@law.usc.eduTelephone: (213) 740-2626
Fax: (213) 740-7179
699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA Room: 203B
Last Updated: August 5, 2021
While enrolled at the University of Illinois, Moorman worked as a Graduate Assistant Librarian in the Government Documents Library. Prior to joining USC Gould, Moorman was a Reference/Electronic Services Librarian at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu. His publications include "Mining Information Gold in the Blogosphere," AALL Spectrum (2004), “Gerontology and the Law: A Selected Annotated Bibliography: 2000-2005,” 80 Southern California Law Review 1077 (2007), and numerous book reviews and newsletter articles. He is active in the Southern California Association of Law Libraries and American Association of Law Libraries, including its Academic Law Libraries and Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Sections.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
NPR
January 4, 2022
Re: Franita Tolson
Franita Tolson was interviewed about where election-denying candidates are running to control voting. "The reasons why Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election failed is because there were state officials who refused to substantiate his claims of fraud," she said.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Robin Craig
October, 2021
Robin Craig participated on a virtual panel discussion on “Key Recent Environmental Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and California Supreme Court,” California Lawyers Association Environmental Law Section, 30th Annual Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite. Yosemite National Park, CA.
Robin Craig
October, 2021
“Climate Change Adaptation in the United States.” Integrated Marine Biosphere Research. IMBIZO 6: Marine Biosphere Research: Buoyant Solutions for Ocean Sustainability, United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development activity. Virtual presentation.
Robin Craig
October, 2021
“In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater,” SCOTUSblog, October 1. 2021.
