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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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Nazanin Tondravi
USC Gould School of Law
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Lecturer in Law
699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA
Last Updated: January 20, 2021
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. Tondravi 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. Tondravi earned her MPH from the University of Illinois School of Public Health and MBA from Johns Hopkins University. Tondravi 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
Politi Fact
May 23, 2023
Re: David B. Cruz
Professor David Cruz was recently interviewed about a controversial bill that was passed in Connecticut. "Paying even modest attention to the bill’s definitions should make it clear beyond doubt that it will not be the source of protections based upon the age of people to whom one is attracted or with whom one has sex," Cruz said.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Robin Craig
April, 2023
"Fish, Whales, and a Blue Ethics for the Anthropocene: How Do We Think About the Last Wild Food in the Twenty-First Century?," 95:6 Southern California Law Review 1307-1343 (April 2023).
Robin Craig
April, 2023
"California Exceptionalism in the Colorado River: A Brief History and Implications for the Future."
Robin Craig
April, 2023
"Toward a Global Sustainable Development Agenda Built on Resilience" (with Murray W. Scown, Craig R. Allen, Lance Gunderson, David G. Angeler, Jorge H. Garcia, & Ahjond Garmestani), Global Sustainability (online publication April 2023).