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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Navanin Tondravi
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- CENTER FOR LAW, HISTORY AND CULTURE (CLHC)
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- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM INSTITUTE (IRI)
- PACIFIC CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS
- SAKS INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW, POLICY, AND ETHICS
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Nazanin Tondravi, JD, MPH, MBA, is the director of regulatory affairs at Memorial Healthcare System. She provides system-wide oversight and resolution of hospital regulatory and accreditation matters, including surveys and certifications, process changes, CMS requirements and compliance with all regulatory standards required for patient safety and quality of care. Tondravi serves on the Joint Commission Health Systems Corporate Liaison Advisory Group, providing advice related to the accreditation process.
Prior to this role, she was the associate director of regulatory compliance for UHealth – the University of Miami health system. Nazanin has worked on health care regulatory issues involving physician contracting and compensation, Stark Law, False Claims Act, HIPAA, Anti-Kickback Statute, conflict of interest, EMTALA, hospital licensure, patient grievances, and other federal and state laws.
Tondravi earned her JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was inducted into the Bar and Gavel Society for her outstanding service to the law school, community and the legal profession. Nazanin earned her MPH from the University of Illinois School of Public Health and MBA from Johns Hopkins University. Nazanin was recently chosen as a Rising Star Under 40 by Becker’s Healthcare. She is certified in patient safety (CPPS), a licensed healthcare risk manager (LHRM), and a certified joint commission professional (CJCP). Tondravi is a member of the Illinois and Florida state bars.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
KPCC Take Two
January 13, 2021
Re: Franita Tolson
Franita Tolson was interviewed about Donald Trump's second impeachment proceedings. "Impeaching this quickly is a message that as a democracy, we cannot stand for what happened last week," she said.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Felipe Jiménez
November, 2020
"Rethinking Contract Remedies," Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Ariela Gross
November, 2020
“Mourning, Memory, and Metahistory,” English Language Notes (forthcoming 2021).
Ariela Gross
November, 2020
“Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana,” Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale University Annual Conference on Cuban Slavery, Yale University, New Haven, CT.