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University of Southern California Gould School of Law
MottoPalmam qui meruit ferat (Latin)
Parent schoolUniversity of Southern California
Established1896
School typePrivate
DeanAndrew T. Guzman
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Enrollment604[1]
Faculty103[1]
USNWR ranking19[1]
Bar pass rate87% (ABA profile)
Websitewww.gould.usc.edu

The University of Southern California Gould School of Law (USC Gould), located in Los Angeles, California, is a law school within the University of Southern California. The oldest law school in the Southwestern United States, USC Law had its beginnings in 1896, and was officially established as a school of the university in 1904.[2]

History

USC Law School had its beginnings in 1896 when Judge David C. Morrison opened his courtroom for 36 law apprentices, among whom were future California Supreme Court Justice Frederick W. Houser and his wife, Sara Isabella Wilde; the couple would soon form the Los Angeles Law Students Association to discuss the concept of a formal law school.[3] Their efforts resulted in the incorporation of the Los Angeles Law School in 1898.[4] The first law degree was awarded in 1901 to Gavin W. Craig.[3] Over the next several decades, USC Law rose to become one of the most prominent national law schools, priding itself on an interdisciplinary form of study. 2002 saw the beginning of the USC Law Graduate and International Programs. It is an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school since 1924.[5] It joined the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1907.[6]

Academics

USC Gould awards the J.D., LL.M., and M.C.L. law degrees. It currently has about 600 J.D. students (200 per year) and a growing graduate program of about 200 LL.M. and M.C.L. students. It offers three certificate programs: business law, entertainment law and alternative dispute resolution.[7]

Rankings

See also: Law school rankings in the United States

USC Gould has consistently been ranked between 15th and 18th by the U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best Graduate Schools" since the magazine has published an annual version of its rankings,[8][9] ranking 18th in 2011.[1] "The Law School 100", a ranking scheme that uses qualitative criteria instead of quantitative, ranks the law school 14th overall, tied with Duke, UCLA, and Vanderbilt University.[10] It was listed with an "A-" in the March 2011 "Diversity Honor Roll" by The National Jurist: The Magazine for Law Students.[11]

USC Gould also ranked 12th in the 2011 National Law Journal job placement study, with over 32% of its graduating class hired by the NLJ 250 largest law firms in the United States.[12]

USC Gould has been noted as one of the top law schools for bar exam preparation.[13][14]

Academic journals and honors programs

USC Gould hosts three academic journals and offers one additional honors program: Southern California Law Review, Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice (formerly the Review of Law and Women's Studies), Interdisciplinary Law Journal, and the Hale Moot Court Honors Program.[15]

Selected law students can participate in one honors program in an academic year.[16]

USC Gould has a chapter of the Order of the Coif, a national law school honorary society founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancing the ethical standards of the legal profession.[17]

Clinical programs

USC Gould maintains six client clinics to provide students real experience with lawyering skills.[18]

  • International Human Rights Clinic – assisting with research and drafting in cases trying perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and terrorism; representing survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence
  • Immigration Clinic – providing pro bono representation to clients in a variety of immigration cases from over 25 different countries
  • Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic – assisting artists, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, and policymakers with intellectual property issues
  • Mediation Clinic – providing mediation for small claims and civil harassment cases for the Los Angeles County Superior Court
  • Post-Conviction Justice Project – representing clients on civil issues related to incarceration, parole hearings, and constitutional rights
  • Small Business Clinic – providing corporate legal assistance to entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, and small businesses

Study abroad program

USC Gould offers international study abroad programs, providing credit to J.D. students. Students may spend a semester abroad at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Bocconi University, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, Bond University and Fundação Getúlio Vargas.[19] Previously, students could pursue a J.D./LL.M dual degree with the London School of Economics.[20]

Dual Degree programs

USC Gould maintains dual degree programs with the Marshall School of Business, the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Price School of Public Policy, the School of Social Work, the Davis School of Gerontology, and the Annenberg School of Communications.

Dual degree programs are accelerated. If a master's degree normally requires one year of study, a student in a dual degree program earns both degrees in only three years. If the master's degree normally requires two years of post-baccalaureate courses, a total of four years is required.

USC Gould also maintains two other dual degree programs. A program administered in conjunction with the California Institute of Technology enables a student to receive a J.D. from USC and a Ph.D. in social science from Caltech. A dual degree program initiated with the USC School of Pharmacy enables a qualified student to earn a J.D. and a Pharm.D. degree. Students admitted to the J.D./Pharm.D. program must begin their studies in the School of Pharmacy. At the request of individual students, other dual degree programs may be initiated with the concurrence of USC Gould and the other departments involved.[21]

Employment

According to the USC Gould School of Law's official 2014 ABA-required disclosures, 79.3% of the Class of 2014 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[22] USC Gould's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 8.8%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2014 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[23]

Costs

The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at USC Gould for the 2014-2015 academic year is $81,679.[24]

Noted people

Deans

  1. 1904–1927, Frank M. Porter
  2. 1927–1930, Justin Miller
  3. 1930–1948, William G. Hale
  4. 1948–1952, Shelden Elliott
  5. 1952–1963, Robert Kingsley
  6. 1963–1968, Orrin B. Evans
  7. 1968–1980, Dorothy W. Nelson
  8. 1980–2000, Scott H. Bice
  9. 2000–2006, Matthew L. Spitzer
  10. 2006–2007, Edward J. McCaffery[25] (interim)
  11. 2007–2015, Robert K. Rasmussen
  12. 2015–present, Andrew T. Guzman

Faculty

  • Jody Armour[26] – specializes in race issues; author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism
  • Susan Estrich[27] – Professor of Law and Political Science. A Fox News commentator, Professor Estrich is frequently asked to comment on political interest stories. As an author, most recently, she has published The Case for Hillary Clinton, 2005, and Soulless: The Right Wing Church of Hate, 2006. Estrich is a woman of firsts; she was the first woman to become Editor in Chief of the Harvard Law Review, the youngest woman to receive tenure from Harvard Law School (before leaving to teach at USC), and the first woman to ever run a Presidential campaign (Dukakis, 1988).
  • Elyn Saks[28] – expert on mental health law; founder and director of Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics; recipient of MacArthur Foundation "genius grant"; author of The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

Former faculty

Alumni

Law

U.S. federal Court of Appeals judges
U.S. federal District Court for the Central District of California judges
  • William Matthew Byrne, Jr. (1956) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1971–1998)
  • Thurmond Clarke (1927) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1966–1970); Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (1955–1966)
  • Elisha Avery Crary (1929) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1966–1975); Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (1962–1966)
  • Richard Arthur Gadbois, Jr. (1960) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1982–1996)
  • Peirson Mitchell Hall – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1966–1968); Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (1942–1966)
  • James M. Ideman (1963) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1984–1998)
  • David Vreeland Kenyon (1957) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1980–1995)
  • George H. King (1974) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1995–present)
  • Stephen G. Larson (1989) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2006–2009)
  • Nora Margaret Manella (1975) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1998–2006)
  • Edward Rafeedie (1959) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1982–1996)
  • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. (1938) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1966–1979); Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (1961–1966)
  • Alicemarie Huber Stotler (1967) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1984–2009)
  • Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi (1959) – first Japanese American federal judge; Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1976–1996)
  • Dickran Tevrizian (1965) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1985–2005)
  • Laughlin Edward Waters, Sr. (1947) – Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1976–1986)
  • David W. Williams (1937) – first African American federal judge west of the Mississippi River; Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1969–1981)
Other U.S. federal court judges
California Supreme Court justices

Business

Other

Politics

Sports and media

References

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