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USC Gould School of Law

The faculty at USC Gould is nationally recognized for scholarship in many fields, including administrative law, constitutional law, bankruptcy and corporate law, intellectual property, international law, taxation, and law and race. Our interdisciplinary focus is a longstanding strength of the school, with faculty working at the intersections of law and economics, law and history, law and philosophy, law and politics, law and psychology, and numerous other areas. Our faculty members are renowned for their significant contributions to the profession and the public. They are equally dedicated to their role as teachers and mentors for new generations of lawyers, public servants and leaders.

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Virginia S. and Fred H. Bice Professor of Law

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Associate Dean of Career Services

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John Stauffer Charitable Trust Chief Information Officer Emerita and Law Librarian Emerita

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Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law

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Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor of Law

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Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law

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Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, and John B. Milliken Professor of Law and Taxation

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Professor of Lawyering Skills and Director of the Academic Success Program

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Dean Emeritus of Law and Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor Emeritus of Law

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Clinical Professor Emeritus of Law

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The Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law

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Associate Director of Graduate Curriculum & Instruction and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Associate Dean and Chief Programs Officer

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Clinical Professor Emerita of Law

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University Professor Emeritus, Scott H. Bice Chair Emeritus in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, Professor Emeritus of Law and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, and Founding Co-Director, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics

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Vice Dean for Curriculum, Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy Program

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Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Small Business Clinic

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Robert C. and Nanette T. Packard Professor of Law

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University Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Law, and Dean Emeritus, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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University Professor of Communication and Law

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Newton Professor of Constitutional Law

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Senior Law Librarian, Head of Access Services and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Associate Dean of Human Resources and Administration

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Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

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Associate Dean of Communications Strategy and Digital Media

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Law Librarian, Research Services, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Distinguished Visiting Professor

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Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Law

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Associate Dean and Chief Information Officer

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Sidney M. and Audrey M. Irmas Endowed Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Immigration Clinic

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Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair Emeritus in Law and Religion

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John B. Milliken Professor Emeritus of Law and Taxation

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Harold Medill Heimbaugh Professor of Law

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Director of Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Distinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Law
Professor of Law and Preventive Medicine

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Director of Graduate and International Programs and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Provost’s Chair, and Professor of Law and Political Science

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Associate Dean, John Stauffer Law Library Director and Adjunct Professor of Law

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Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Law

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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy

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Associate Professor of Law

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Assistant Dean of Development

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William T. Dalessi Professor of Law and Philosophy

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Visiting Assistant Professor

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David Kirschner

Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

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Edward G. Lewis Chair in Law and History, and Director, Center of Law & Social Science (CLASS)

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Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Mediation Clinic

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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Law

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Ervin and Florine Yoder Chair Emeritus in Real Estate Law

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USC Vice Provost and Senior Advisor to the Provost; Of Counsel, USC Office of the General Counsel; UPS Foundation Chair in Law and Gerontology, and Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences

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Professor of Philosophy, Law and Political Science

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Rebecca Lonergan

Professor of Lawyering Skills, and Associate Director of Legal Writing and Advocacy Program

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Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology

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Law Librarian, Research Services, Indigenous Law and Policy, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Associate Dean of Development, Alumni Relations and Continuing Legal Education and Chief Development Officer

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Associate Professor of Religion and Law

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Professor of Business, Law and Political Science

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Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Economics and Political Science

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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy

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Adjunct Professor of Classics and Law

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Senior Law Librarian, Research Services/Foreign and International Law and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Associate Dean of Academic Services

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Professor of Business, Economics and Law

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Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy

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Senior Law Librarian, Head of Cataloging

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Post-Conviction Justice Project

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Professor of the Practice of Law

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Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic

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Executive Director of the Center for Transnational Law and Business and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Associate Professor of History, Spatial Sciences, and Law

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Director of the USC Gould School of Law Center for Dispute Resolution and Adjunct Professor of Law

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Associate Professor of Law

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Professor of Philosophy and Law

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Clinical Professor Emerita of Law

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J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science

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Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor of Law

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Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy, and Law

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Dorothy W. Nelson Professor of Law and Sociology

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Vice Dean for Academic Research and Intellectual Life, and Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law

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Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Post-Conviction Justice Project

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Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, and Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences

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Professor Emeritus of Lawyering Skills

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Professor of International Relations and Law

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Professor of English, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies and Law

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Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills and Associate Director of the Academic Success Program

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Vice Dean for Administration, and Professor of the Practice of Law

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Dorothy W. Nelson Professor Emeritus of Law

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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, and Director, Housing Law and Policy Clinic

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Associate Dean and Dean of Students for Graduate and International Programs

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Leon Benwell Professor of Law, and Professor of Law and Accounting

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Richard L. and Maria B. Crutcher Professor of Law and Psychology

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Herbert W. Armstrong Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law

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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law

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Carolyn Craig Franklin Chair in Law; Professor of Law and Business; Affiliate Professor of Business, Marshall School of Business

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Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law

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Henry W. Bruce Visiting Professor of Law

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Dean Franita Tolson

Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law

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Provost Professor Emeritus of Law and Philosophy

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Law Librarian Emerita

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Professor of Law, Political Science and Public Policy

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Nickey Woods

Associate Dean for Student Life, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, and Dean of Students for the JD Program

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Professor Emerita of Lawyering Skills

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Professor Adam Zimmerman

Robert Kingsley Professor of Law

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