University of Southern California Law School

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USC Law School

The University of Southern California Law School (Gould School of Law), located in Los Angeles, CA, is part of the University of Southern California. The oldest law school in the Southwestern United States, USC Law was founded in 1896 and has about 630 J.D. students (210 per year). The law school also has a growing and well recognized LLM program of about 60 students. Law School 100, a ranking scheme that purports to use qualitative criteria instead of quantitative, ranks the law school fourteenth overall, tied with Duke, UCLA, and University of Texas. The 2007 U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best Graduate Schools" ranks USC Law School at number seventeen. The LL.M program is considered to be one of the best in the country for foreign lawyers.

The curriculum emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, and thus many Professors have PhDs in addition to JDs.

USC Law publishes three academic journals: Southern California Law Review, Interdisciplinary Law Journal, and Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice (formerly the Review of Law and Women's Studies).

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[edit] Notable faculty

  • Susan Estrich - Professor of Law and Political Science. 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 Hilary Clinton," 2005, and "Souless: The Right Wing Church of Hate," 2006. Ms. Estich 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 only woman to ever run a Presidential campaign (Dukakis, 1988).
  • Elizabeth Garrett - appointed to President Bush's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform; USC Vice Provost, and Provost of Academic Affairs, Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, Political Science, and Policy, Planning and Development

[edit] Additional current faculty

  • Jody Armour - specializes in race issues; author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism
  • Alexander Capron - specializes in law and medicine
  • George Lefcoe - Real Estate expert. Author of the widely used, "Real Estate Transactions" textbook.
  • Edward McCaffery - Dean of USC Law School, 2006 to present
  • Charles Whitebread - lecturer for BarBri; author of The Eight Secrets of Top Exam Performance in Law School

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[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Business

[edit] Law

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University of Southern California

Academics

Annenberg School for Communication • Center for Visual Anthropology • Division of Animation and Digital Arts • Gould School of Law • Interactive Media Division • Keck School of Medicine • Leonard Davis School of Gerontology • Marshall School of Business • Master of Professional Writing Program • School of Cinematic Arts • School of International Relations • Thornton School of Music • Viterbi School of Engineering

Athletics

USC Trojans
USC Trojans baseball • USC Trojans basketball • USC Trojans football • USC Trojans volleyball • USC Fencing Club
Dedeaux Field • Galen Center • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Howard Jones Field • Johnson Family Golf Practice Facility
Fight On • Spirit of Troy

People

Faculty • Presidents • SCions • Trojan Family • Trojan Knights • USC Helenes

Research

Alfred Mann Institute • Andrus Gerontology Center • Annenberg Center for Communication • Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems • Center on Public Diplomacy • Information Sciences Institute • Institute for Creative Technologies • Integrated Media Systems Center • Jane Goodall Research Center • Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute

Student Life

Daily Trojan • KSCR • Trojan Shrine • Trojan Vision
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