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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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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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Neil Desai
USC Gould School of Law
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Lecturer in Law
699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074 USA
Last Updated: October 6, 2022
Neil Desai is an associate at Wilson Sonsini focusing on intellectual property litigation. He is experienced in legal matters relating to a wide range of technologies, including software, electronics, biotechnology, and medical devices and diagnostics.
Prior to his legal career, he was an electrical engineer at Northrop Grumman Space Technology, where he worked on digital circuit design for communication systems. He also worked in Northrop Grumman’s Intellectual Asset Management group helping to identify technologies for patenting.
Desai received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from UCLA and USC, respectively, and his JD from UCLA.
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.
