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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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Ben Dimapindan
USC Gould School of Law
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Associate Dean of Communications Strategy and Digital Media
Email: bdimapindan@law.usc.eduTelephone: 213-821-6336
699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA
Last Updated: January 22, 2022
Ben Dimapindan is the associate dean of communications strategy and digital media. He oversees the communications and marketing office at the USC Gould School of Law. In this role, he focuses on shaping school-wide strategic plans and creating opportunities that help expand the reach of the law school and advance its institutional profile.
Before joining the law school, he spent more than 10 years with the USC Price School of Public Policy, where he developed content and strategies for web, digital and social campaigns, and led the school’s news operations. In addition, he has held prior roles in the fields of e-commerce and journalism.
Dimapindan earned his doctor of education from the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. He also holds a master’s degree in communications from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Law360
May 18, 2022
Re: Elyn Saks
Elyn Saks was quoted in a story on state bar questionnaires that include questions about mental health, with some states deciding to eliminate such questions. "It may be that things are changing around the mental health story, and it may even be that COVID is helpful," she said. "It's kind of a silver lining that more people have experienced anxiety and depression and fear because of COVID, and may be able to empathize more with people who feel those things because of conditions." Story is behind paywall.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Ariela Gross
March, 2022
“Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana,” Centre International de Recherches sur les Esclavages at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France.
Camille Gear Rich
March, 2022
“No More Boxes to Check: Imagining The Anti-Racist Law Firm,” NALP Annual Education Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Thomas D. Lyon
March, 2022
“Disclosure Among Child Abuse Victims” (with K. London and M. Eisen), Fourth Zoom Psychology and Law Symposium: Children in Legal Settings, Maastrict University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
