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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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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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Roger Schroeder
USC Gould School of Law
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Lecturer in Law
699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA
Last Updated: January 3, 2020
Roger Schroeder has had a diverse career on both the creative and business sides of the entertainment industry. He earned a JD degree from the USC Gould School of Law and as well as a Master of Fine Arts from the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He spent 13 years as an attorney at a boutique entertainment firm in Century City, where he represented the major studios and networks on various copyright and rights issues. He is now in-house at NBCUniversal where he is part of the studio’s team of lawyers providing guidance to its film, television, cable and streaming divisions on the production of new properties, as well as the continuing success of previously produced and historical properties.
Schroeder is well-versed in the creative side of the business. He wrote the film “A Boyfriend for Christmas,” which has become a perennial inclusion on the Hallmark Channel each holiday season. He also served as a writer of the popular NBC TV series “Days of Our Lives,” winning an Emmy award for his work on the series in 2012 and was nominated for a WGA Award in 2013.
In addition, Schroeder is a member of both the WGA and the Television Academy. He previously taught at UCLA Extension for 15 years.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Roll Call
March 16, 2023
Re: Robin Craig
Professor Robin Craig was interviewed about the Navajo nation's water issues in a drought-stricken area. "Craig said the 9th Circuit’s approach comes from a 1908 Supreme Court case that found tribes had some water rights where they were not explicitly granted."
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Robin Craig
February, 2023
"Legal Dimensions of Coastal Adaptation Planning," AdaptLA webinar, USC Sea Grant, February 23, 2023.
Robin Craig
February, 2023
“Legal Aspects of Coastal Adaptation,” Online Public Lecture, AdaptLA Lecture Series, USC Sea Grant, February 23, 2023.
Felipe Jiménez
February, 2023
Comments on Joanna Langille, "The Subjects of Tort Law, North American Workshop of Private Law Theory," UCLA School of Law.
