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'Best year of legal career'

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2008 Roth Lecture

Judge Terry J. Hatter to speak on juvenile justice system /more

In Memoriam: Charles H. Whitebread

Beloved USC Law professor and BAR/BRI lecturer died Sept. 16 /more

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Matthew Spitzer

Matthew Spitzer

Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Professor of Political Science, and Professor of Law and Social Science at California Institute of Technology

Specialization: Media law specialist


Areas of Expertise:

  • law and economics, federal broadcasting law, torts, telecommunications policy, cable television rates, broadcast media law, content control in broadcasting, Internet and new media law, administrative law

Charles Whitebread

Charles Whitebread

George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Chair in Law

Specialization: Criminal law expert specializing in the U.S. Supreme Court, hate crimes, police misconduct and juvenile justice


Areas of Expertise:

  • legal protection against hate crimes, legal ramifications of violence against lesbians and gays, unconstitutionality of hate crime statutes, criminal law, U.S. Supreme Court, privacy rights, rights of children, entrapment defense, police misconduct, juvenile justice, judicial education, criminal procedure, wills and trust, judicial politics

Scott Bice

Scott Bice

Robert C. Packard Professor of Law

Specialization: Legal expert specializing in torts, medical malpractice and judicial elections, independence and accountability


Areas of Expertise:

  • judicial independence and accountability, legal education issues, torts, theories of recovery for personal injury, apportionment of liability, managed care and medial malpractice, judicial elections,