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- About
About USC Gould
USC Gould is a top-ranked law school with a 115-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.
- Academics
Academics
Learn about our rigorous and interdisciplinary curriculum, our invaluable experiential learning opportunities, and the breadth and depth of our specialized areas of concentration and certificate offerings.
- Admissions
Admissions
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.
- Students
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.
- Careers
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.
- Faculty
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.
- Alumni and Giving
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.
Faculty Scholarship
- FACULTY DIRECTORY
- LECTURERS IN LAW DIRECTORY
- EXPERTS DIRECTORY
- FACULTY IN THE NEWS
- SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS
- DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
- + CENTERS AND INITIATIVES
- CENTER FOR LAW AND PHILOSOPHY (CLP)
- CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (CLASS)
- CENTER FOR LAW, HISTORY AND CULTURE (CLHC)
- CENTER FOR TRANSNATIONAL LAW AND BUSINESS (CTLB)
- IMMIGRANTS AND GLOBAL MIGRATION INITIATIVE (IGMI)
- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM INSTITUTE (IRI)
- PACIFIC CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS
- SAKS INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW, POLICY, AND ETHICS
- WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
USC Gould faculty is committed to scholarship, publishing articles in a variety of journals and reviews. Faculty contributions to scholarship and research are listed on their individual directory pages, on bepress, HeinOnline and Google Scholar.
Faculty members also present their work at conferences and symposiums and serve on panel discussions and at workshops. Below is a list of their endeavors.
December 2019
Awards and Honors
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Lisa Klerman
Lisa Klerman has been inducted as a Distinguished Fellow to the International Academy of Mediators.
Publications
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Jonathan Barnett
"The Certification Paradox." In The Cambridge Handbook of Technical Standardization Law, Vol. 2, edited by J. L. Contreras. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Nomi Stolzenberg
"From Eternity to Here: Divine Accommodation and the Lost Language of Law," in The Oxford Handbook of Law and the Humanities, edited by S. Stern, M. Del Mar, and B. Meyler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Working Papers
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Jonathan Barnett
"The 'License as Tax' Fallacy," posted to SSRN and/or BePress.
Presentations/Lectures/Workshops
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Gregory Keating
"Form and Substance in the 'Private Law' of Torts,” Faculty Seminar at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
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Dorothy S. Lund
“Making Corporate Social Responsibility Pay,” Columbia Blue Sky Meeting, Columbia University School of Law.
Other
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Hannah Garry
Hannah Garry gave amicus curiae submissions on behalf of the victims of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Dorothy S. Lund
Dorothy Lund participated in a panel discussion on “Index Investing,” Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable and Twelfth Annual Investment Fund Roundtable, Yale Law School, Cambridge, MA.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Legal Theory Blog
February 14, 2020
Re: USC Gould School of Law
Dorothy Lund wrote a paper on the effect of the Department of Justice's corporate crime enforcement policies, exploring whether corporate criminals are let off too easily.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Hannah Garry
December, 2019
Hannah Garry gave amicus curiae submissions on behalf of the victims of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands.
Nomi Stolzenberg
December, 2019
"From Eternity to Here: Divine Accommodation and the Lost Language of Law," in The Oxford Handbook of Law and the Humanities, edited by S. Stern, M. Del Mar, and B. Meyler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Dorothy S. Lund
December, 2019
Dorothy Lund participated in a panel discussion on “Index Investing,” Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable and Twelfth Annual Investment Fund Roundtable, Yale Law School, Cambridge, MA.
