Star Power: USC hires four top professors

USC Law has long recruited and cultivated promising academics seeking to explore emerging fields of law with real-world applications. The four newest additions to its esteemed faculty are no exception. They stand out for their interdisciplinary strengths (two hold advanced degrees in a subject other than law). They come with unique work experience in government and the private sector (one has worked as a U.S. senator's legislative director and another as an economist advising the World Bank and foreign governments). They're also known for their dynamic teaching and professional commitment (one has been a strong advocate for pro bono work among law students).

In hiring "these four outstanding additions to the USC law faculty, we continue our tradition of selecting legal scholars whose work, opinions and teaching influence legislators, courts, policy makers, government agencies and other scholars," says Dean Matthew L. Spitzer. Their presence, he adds, makes USC's stellar faculty even better.