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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
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.
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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 Scholarship
USC Gould School of Law
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- FACULTY IN THE NEWS
- SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS
- DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
- + CENTERS AND INITIATIVES
- CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- 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
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.
August 2022
Awards and Honors
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Mugambi Jouet
“Revolutionary Criminal Punishments: Treason, Mercy, and the American Revolution” won the Alfred L. Brophy prize from the American Journal of Legal History. The Brophy prize is awarded annually to the article or other contribution in the journal that most significantly breaks new ground and adds new insights to the study and understanding of United States legal history.
Publications
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Scott Altman
Scott Altman, "Selling Silence: The Morality of Sexual Harassment NDAs," 39 Journal of Applied Philosophy 698 (2022).
Acceptances
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Robin Craig
"Tribal Water Rights and Tribal Health: The Klamath Tribes and the Navajo Nation During the COVID-19 Pandemic," St. Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy (Forthcoming 2023).
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Felipe Jiménez
"Legal Positivism for Legal Officials," Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.
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Daniel Klerman
"Bias in Choice of Law: New Empirical and Experimental Evidence," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
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Daniel Klerman
Settlement Around the World: Settlement Rates in the Largest Economies," Journal of Legal Analysis (with Yun-chien Chang).
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Edward McCaffery
"The Paradox of Taxing the Rich," Florida Tax Review (Spring 2023).
Working Papers
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Robin Craig
"Remembering the Ocean in Water Law," chapter for A Research Agenda for Water Law.
Presentations/Lectures/Workshops
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Robin Craig
"The End of Sustainability, or, How to Live with the Trickster," Environment & Sustainability seminar series, USC Environmental Studies.
Other
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Jonathan Barnett
Podcast, "What Happens to the Economy When Patent Protections Are Weakened," Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (Aug. 15, 2022).
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Robin Craig
Appointed as Chair of the Special Committee on Annual Awards for the ABA Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources, with her term to run August 2022 to August 2023.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
India Education Diary
September 27, 2022
Re: Andrew T. Guzman
Dean Andrew Guzman was quoted about the USC Gould JD Class Of 2025. “This is an important time to be studying law, as there is no profession that is more essential to the success of democracy,” he said. “Even the smallest legal changes can affect the lives of so many.”
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP
Felipe Jiménez
August, 2022
"Legal Positivism for Legal Officials," Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.
Robin Craig
August, 2022
"Tribal Water Rights and Tribal Health: The Klamath Tribes and the Navajo Nation During the COVID-19 Pandemic," St. Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy (Forthcoming 2023).
Robin Craig
August, 2022
"Remembering the Ocean in Water Law," chapter for A Research Agenda for Water Law.
