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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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Academics
Learn about our interdisciplinary curriculum, experiential learning opportunities and specialized areas.
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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.
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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.
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- 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.
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Faculty Distinctions and Awards
USC Gould School of Law
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- 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)
- INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM INSTITUTE (IRI)
- PACIFIC CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND ETHICS
- SAKS INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW, POLICY, AND ETHICS
- + WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Faculty of the USC Gould School of Law have been widely recognized for their achievements in scholarship and teaching and for their contributions to the profession and the public. They are frequently invited to testify before Congress and other bodies and to deliver distinguished lectures at universities, learned societies and national and international meetings. They have also received numerous prizes and been elected to membership in important academies and institutes, including:
American Law Institute (Elected Members)
Phi Kappa Phi (Faculty Inductees)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Elyn R. Saks [MacArthur Fellow, "Genius Grant", 2009]
American Council of Learned Societies
- Ariela J. Gross [Collaborative Research Fellowship, 2017-18]
- Ariela J. Gross [Frederick J. Burkhardt Fellowship, 2003-04]
- Hilary Schor [Summer Research Fellowship, 1989]
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
- Hannah Garry [Fulbright Research Scholar, University of Oslo Law, Norway, 2021-22]
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- Ariela J. Gross [Guggenheim Fellow, 2003]
- Hilary Schor [Guggenheim Fellow, 2001]
- Marshall Cohen [Guggenheim Fellow, 1976]
Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences
- Dan Simon [Fellow, 2018-19]
- Ariela Gross [Fellow, 2017-18]
The Justice Collaborative Institute
- Emily Ryo [Inaugural Fellow, 2020]
Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust
- Elyn Saks [Beckman Award, 2018, for a teacher who has inspired former students to create an organization which has demonstrably conferred a benefit on the community at large]
- Clare Pastore [Beckman Award, 2013, for a teacher who has inspired former students to make a significant contribution to society]
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
- Elyn Saks [Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health, 2021, for her pioneering work as a lawyer, therapist, and advocate for the mentally ill]
Mahoney Neuroscience Institute, Harvard Medical School
- Elyn Saks [David Mahoney Prize, 2021, for significantly increasing public awareness about brain science and disorders of the nervous system]
Society of American Historians
- Ariela Gross [Fellow]
Association of American Law Schools
- Elyn Saks [Law and Mental Disability Distinguished Service Award, 2020]
California State Assembly
- David Cruz [Outstanding Contributions to the LGBT Community, 2010, Resolution No.1420]
- Clare Pastore [Outstanding Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor in California, 2004, Resolution No. 2638]
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award
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USC Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2022: Scott Bice
- 2020: Ronald Garet
- 2014: Christopher D. Stone
- 2009: Marshall Cohen
- 2007: W. David Slawson
- 1995: Louis M. Brown
- 1988: Leonard G. Ratner
- 1987: Orrin B. Evans
USC Associates Awards for Creativity in Research and Scholarship
- 2009: Edward J. McCaffery
- 2004: Elyn R. Saks
- 1980: Christopher D. Stone
USC Associates Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- 2014: Thomas Griffith
- 1984: Stephen J. Morse
- 1977: Robert C. Ellickson
- 1974: Scott H. Bice
- 1970: Gary Bellow
- 1967: Leonard G. Ratner
- 1962: Victor S. Netterville
- 1961: G. Richard Wicks
Mellon Mentoring Award
- 2015: Hannah Garry (Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students)
- 2013: Martin L. Levine (Special Mentoring Award)
- 2012: Scott Altman (Faculty Mentoring Faculty)
- 2011: Ariela Gross (Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students)
- 2005: Thomas Lyon (Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students)
William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2021: Emily Ryo
- 2020: Clare Pastore
- 2019: Scott Altman
- 2018: Robert K. Rasmussen
- 2017: Ariela Gross
- 2016: Michael Chasalow
- 2015: Donald Scotten
- 2014: Thomas Lyon
- 2013: Rebecca Brown
- 2012: Stephen M. Rich
- 2011: Christopher D. Stone
- 2010: Ronald Garet
- 2009: Thomas Griffith
- 2008: Charles Whitebread
- 2007: Scott Bice
Walter Wolf Award for Defense of Academic Freedom (USC Academic Senate)
- 2021: Jody Armour
- 2018: Ronald Garet
- 2016: Alexander M. Capron
Distinguished Faculty Service Award (USC Academic Senate)
- 2017: Jody Armour
- 2017: Rebecca Lonergan
- 2014: Martin Levine
- 2012: Alexander M. Capron
- 2008: Ronald Garet
Book and Article Awards
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Sam Erman, for ALMOST CITIZENS: PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, AND EMPIRE
- William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Book Prize (best book in American legal history by an early career scholar) 2019, American Society for Legal History
- Inaugural Constitution Day Lecture, September 2021, Supreme Court Historical Society
- William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Book Prize (best book in American legal history by an early career scholar) 2019, American Society for Legal History
Ariela J. Gross, for BECOMING FREE, BECOMING BLACK: RACE, FREEDOM, AND LAW IN CUBA, VIRGINIA, AND LOUISIANA (with Alejandro de la Fuente)
- John Philip Reid Book Award, 2021, American Society for Legal History
- Annual Book Award (for a book published in 2020), Order of the Coif
Ariela J. Gross, for WHAT BLOOD WON'T TELL: A HISTORY OF RACE ON TRIAL IN AMERICA
- James Willard Hurst, Jr. Prize (best book in sociolegal history), 2009, Law and Society Association
- Prize for Best Book on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2009, American Political Science Association
- Lillian Smith Book Award, 2009, Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries and the DeKalb County Public Library/Georgia Center for the Book
- CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2009
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Elyn R. Saks, for THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: MY JOURNEY THROUGH MADNESS
- Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of the Year, 2007, Time Magazine
- National Best Books 2008 Awards, Winner in the Health: Psychology/Mental Health Category, USA Book News Award
- Advocacy Award, 2007, Mental Health Advocacy Services
- Best Memoir in Inspirational Category, 2007, Books for a Better Life
- National Alliance on Mental Illness, Outstanding Media Awards: Literary Award
- National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC Metro's Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library, 2008 Ken Book Award
- Jacques Brien Prize, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
- Mardi Arquette Spirit Award, 2008, Southern California Counseling Center
- Distinguished Citizen Award, 2008, American College of Psychoanalysts
- Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of the Year, 2007, Time Magazine
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Dan Simon, for IN DOUBT: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS
- Book Award for Authored Book, 2015, American Psychology-Law Society
- Book Award for Authored Book, 2015, American Psychology-Law Society
- Christopher D. Stone, for WHERE THE LAW ENDS
- Best Book Award (Social Issues in Management Division), 1992, Academy of Management
- Daniel Klerman, for Was the Jury Ever Self-Informing?
- Sutherland Prize (best article in English legal history), 2004, American Society for Legal History
- Daniel Klerman, for Settlement and the Decline of Private Prosecution in Thirteenth Century England
- David Yale Prize (distinguished contribution to the history of the laws and legal institutions of England and Wales), 2001, Selden Society
- Michael Simkovic, for Competition and Crisis in Mortgage Securitization
- Best Professional Article, 2012, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
Professional Recognition
(Leadership in Scholarly Organizations, etc.)
- American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
- Alexander M. Capron [President, 1988-89]
- International Association of Bioethics
- Alexander M. Capron [President, 2005-07]
- Society for Empirical Legal Studies
- Daniel Klerman [Co-President, 2008-09]
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Law 360
May 20, 2022
Re: Thomas Lenz
Thomas Lenz was quoted in a story about Apple Store union organizers hoping to be as successful in unionizing as Starbucks workers. He said employers need to be aware of how fast news travels between different store locations. "It is completely foreseeable that employees in vastly different locations will be in touch and tracking what's going on and perhaps trying to coordinate their efforts in the best way to get a win if they're seeking representation," Lenz said. Story is behind paywall.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Ariela Gross
March, 2022
“Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana,” Centre International de Recherches sur les Esclavages at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France.
Camille Gear Rich
March, 2022
“No More Boxes to Check: Imagining The Anti-Racist Law Firm,” NALP Annual Education Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Thomas D. Lyon
March, 2022
“Disclosure Among Child Abuse Victims” (with K. London and M. Eisen), Fourth Zoom Psychology and Law Symposium: Children in Legal Settings, Maastrict University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
