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- About
About USC Gould
USC Gould is a top-ranked law school with a 115-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.
- Academics
Academics
Learn about our rigorous and interdisciplinary curriculum, our invaluable experiential learning opportunities, and the breadth and depth of our specialized areas of concentration and certificate offerings.
- Admissions
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.
- 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.
CLASS Workshops
Center for Law and Social Science (CLASS)
- CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (CLASS)
- CLASS WORKSHOPS
- CLEO WORKSHOPS
- WORKING PAPER SERIES
- FACULTY
- MAILING LIST
Location: USC Gould School of Law, Faculty Lounge, Room 433 (unless otherwise stated)
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Lunch served at 11:50 a.m.; Talk begins promptly at 12:00 p.m.)
Day: Mondays
Hard copies of all CLASS papers are available in room 461.
Online copies can be downloaded by clicking the title of the paper below as they become available. When not available for download, copies will be emailed to members of the CLASS email list. To join the list, please click here.
(Please note that some topics are to be announced)
Spring 2020
- January 13 - Alex Lee (Northwestern)
Title: "A Model of Stock Market-Based Rulemaking"
- January 27 - Christopher Leslie (UC Irvine)
Title: “Denial, Deception, and Destruction of Evidence: How Antitrust Law Helps Conceal Price-Fixing Conspiracies”
- February 03 - Adriana Robertson (Toronto)
Title: “The (Mis)Uses of the S&P 500”
- February 10 - Jessica Erickson (University of Richmond)
Title: "Arbitrating Corporate Fraud"
- February 24 - Kimberly Clausing (Reed College)
Title: "Fixing Five Flaws of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act"
- March 02 - Dan Simon (USC)
Title: TBA
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- March 09 - Jesse Fried (Harvard University)
Title: "TBA"
- March 23 - Jon Gould (American University)
Title: "TBA"
- March 30 - Dov Cohen (University of Illinois)
Title: "Attitudes, Behavior, and Institutional Inversion: The Case of Debt"
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- April 06 - Chris Whytock (UCI)
Title: "TBA"
- April 13 - Emily Ryo (USC)
Title: TBA
- April 20 - Arie Kruglanski (University of Maryland)
Title: “The Call of the Wild: How Extremism Happens”
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- April 27 - Taylor Dalton (Ph.D. student and Michael Young Fellow in Political Science and International Relations
Title: TBA
Fall 2019
- August 26 - Darius Palia (Rutgers)
Title: “Are M&A Contract Clauses Value Relevant to Bidder and Target Shareholders?”
Download: Palia Paper
- September 09 - David Wilson (University of Delaware)
Title: "Racial Double Standards: Implications for Voting and Elections"
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- September 16 - Ofer Eldar (Duke University)
Title: “Federal Forum Provisions and the Internal Affairs Doctrine.”
- September 23 - Tom Lyon (USC)
Title: "The Effects of the Putative Confession and Evidence Presentation on Maltreated and Non-Maltreated 9- to 12-year-olds’ Coached Concealment of a Minor Transgression"
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- October 07 - Sarath Sanga (Northwestern School of Law)
Title: Joint Faculty Workshop/CLASS Workshop
"Joint Faculty Workshop & CLASS Workshop
- October 14 - Rodney Ramcharan (USC Marshall)
Title: “Shifting Risks while Risking Fire Sales: How European Banks Adjust their Bond Portfolios in Response to Solvency Shocks”
- October 21 - Jed Stilglitz (Cornell Law School)
Title: “The Reasoning State”
Faculty Recruitment Job Talk
- October 28 - Erik Hovenkamp - (USC Law)
Title: “Startup Acquisitions, Error Costs, and Antitrust Policy”
- November 04 - Allison Earl ( University of Michigan)
Title: “Racial Disparities in Attention to Health Information: Causes and Consequences for Intervention”
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- November 11 - Angela Zhang (Hong Kong University)
Title: "Crowd-Judging"
- November 18 - Christoph Engel (Max Planck Institute)
Title: “Justice is in the Eyes of the Beholder: Eye Tracking Evidence on Balancing Normative Concerns in Torts Cases”
*Jointly sponsored by Social Psychology Brown Bag Series
- November 25 - Jordan Barry (University San Diego)
Title: “Collusion in Syndicated Markets”
- December 02 - Matt Shaffer (USC Marshall)
Title: “Truth and Bias in M&A Target Fairness Valuations: Appraising the Appraisals”
RECENT NEWS
Roth Lecture features Hon. Karen Nelson Moore discussing technology and impacts on the law
January 10, 2020
Judge explores evolving tech and its impact on the law.
Prof. Hannah Garry argues for victims’ rights in international court hearing in The Hague
December 19, 2019
Garry speaks before Appeals Chamber of the ICC.
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner discusses criminal justice in action with Prof. Jody Armour
December 13, 2019
Talk covers death penalty reform, victims' rights, police.
