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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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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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Robert Lu
USC Gould School of Law
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Lecturer in Law
Email: rlu@law.usc.edu699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA Room: 411A
Last Updated: July 17, 2019
As the head of the West Coast Litigation department of Reid & Wise LLP in Los Angeles, Robert Lu’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation cases. After graduating from USC Gould School of Law in 1998, he clerked for two federal judges, Judge Harry L. Hupp in the Central District of California, and then Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez on the Ninth Circuit. He also spent four years with the United States Attorney's Office in the District of Arizona (Phoenix) working in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions. Aside from teaching legal writing and research at USC Gould, Lu has also has taught Civil Discovery at the UCLA Extension Paralegal Program, and is currently an adjunct professor at Glendale University College of Law, where he teaches courses in Torts and Civil Procedure. In his spare time he enjoys racing cars.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
NBC Los Angeles
October 14, 2021
Re: Gregory Keating
Gregory Keating was interviewed about a woman's claims that Amazon should take action against scams. "If scammers got Amy's phone number through and Amazon data breach, then the lawsuit might have legs," he said. "But there's no evidence that happened."
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Gregory Keating
August, 2021
“Irreparable Injury and the Incompleteness of Tort Law,” Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory II Conference.
Robin Craig
August, 2021
"Promoting 'Climate Change Plus' Industries Through the Administrative State: The Case of Marine Aquaculture," Yale Journal on Regulation.
Jonathan Barnett
August, 2021
"Startup Exit Strategies in the New Antitrust Era," Bloomberg Law, Aug. 11, 2021.
