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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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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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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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Internal Board of Directors - USC Faculty Members
Law
Alexander Capron
Thomas Lyon
Michael Shapiro
James Preis
Psychiatry
Timothy Botello
Bruce Gross
Richard Lamb
David Meyer
Carlos Pato
Michelle Pato
Linda Weinberger
Social Work
John Brekke
Penelope Trickett
Ann-Marie Yamada
IRB and Insurance Administrators
Lisa Macchia
Susan Rose
Darcy Spicer
Marlene Wagner
Psychology
Gerald Davison
Stanley Huey
Richard John
Steven Lopez
Gayla Margolin
Carol Prescott
Philosophy
Gideon Yaffe
Gary Watson
Engineering
Martin Gunderson
Maja Mataric
External Board of Directors
Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Peter Blanck, J.D., Ph.D.
University Professor & Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute
Syracuse University
Richard Bonnie, J.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
University of Virginia School of Law
Robert Burt, J.D.
Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Law
Yale Law School
Terry Cheney, J.D.
Writer and Lawyer
Glenn Close
Actress and Co-founder of Bring Change 2 Mind
Jessie Close
Co-founder of Bring Change 2 Mind
Kitty Dukakis
Writer and Mental Health Advocate
Janine Francolini, MA
Founder and Board Chair, Flawless Foundation, Mental Health Advocate
Fred Frese, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Coordinator, Recovery Project
ADM Services Board
Christine Goetz
Attorney (retired)
Richard Goetz
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Vijay Gupta
Founder/Artistic Director, Street Symphony
Violinist, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gary Hoff
Parent Advocate
Founder, Hoff Family Foundation
Jennifer Hoff
Human Rights Advocate
Founder, Hoff Family Foundation
Kay Jamison, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins University
Lissy Jarvik, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, UCLA Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA
Distinguished Physician Emeritus, US Department of Veteran Affairs
Dilip Jeste, M.D.
Director, Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging
Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry Division
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
President-elect, American Psychiatric Association
James T. R. Jones, J.D.
Professor of Law
University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
Vivian Ho
President
Academy for Global Health Philanthropy
Eric R. Kandel, M.D. (Consultant to the Board)
Professor, Director of Kavli Institute for Brain Science
Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University
Nobel Laureate
Robyn Mandelberg, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Writer
Stephen Marder, M.D.
Professor, Director of Section on Psychosis
Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA
Director, VA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
Herbert Meltzer, M.D.
Bixler/May/Johnson Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital
Stephen Morse, J.D., Ph.D.
Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbel Professor and
Professor of Psychology and Law in Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Keris Myrick
Director of Project Return
Deborah J. Natoli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Director of the Professional Doctorate
USC Price School of Public Policy
R. Miguel Ramirez
President & CEO - The Tecolote Companies
Deputy Director, Administrative Services - California Institute for Mental Health
Oliver Sacks, M.D. (Consultant to the Board)
Writer and Neurologist
Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
Columbia University Medical Center
Dana Sherman, J.D., M.P.A.
University of Southern California
Epstein Department of Industrial Science and Engineering
Christopher Slobogin, J.D.
Milton Underwood Professor of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
Alysa Solomon, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist and Office of the Director
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Susan Stefan, J.D.
Attorney
Tom Tomlinson
Associate Dean, 1995-2008
USC Gould School of Law
Ruby Wax
Comedian and Mental Health Advocate
Kenneth Wells, M.D.
UCLA Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
RAND Corporation
RECENT NEWS

USC Gould Law Library showcases ‘rejuvenating power of music’
June 2, 2023
Performances feature LA Philharmonic concertmaster, saxophone quartet

‘The Best Beloved Thing is Justice’
June 1, 2023
New book by Gould alum Lisa Kloppenberg celebrates life of Judge and former Dean Dorothy W. Nelson

USC Gould Title IX trailblazer works to put more women in leadership roles
May 30, 2023
"If we can continue moving forward, the future is very bright," says Associate Dean Nickey Woods