MAGAZINE USCFOR FRIENDS AND ALUMNI OF THE USC GOULD SCHOOLLaw OF LAW ISSUE 17 | FALL/WINTER 2020 RISING TO THE OCCASION In unprecedented moment, Gould community takes action dean’s message This past year has been filled with unprecedented challenges and changes. But in the face of difficulty, the members of the USC Gould School of Law – from alumni and students, to faculty and staff – have risen to the occasion. They have answered the call to help their clients, the community and, of course, one another, under extraordinary circumstances. I hope this magazine serves as a proud reminder of the strength and perseverance of our Gould Trojan Family. Among the stories in this special issue, we highlight the inspiring work — accomplished remotely — of our clinics and their students to help small businesses navigate new pandemic-related policies; help a brain cancer patient at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles reunite with his parents from Mexico; and help provide legal guidance to a nonprofit startup that distributes donated personal protective equipment to hospitals nationwide. In addition, we spotlight the role of Gould alumni in contributing to Keck Medicine of USC’s Care for the Caregiver program, which supports health care workers on the front lines. We are also excited to share news of two transformative student scholarship gifts, each topping $1 million. David Howard ( JD 1970) and his wife, Susan, established a new scholarship complementing the support provided through the C. David Molina First-Generation Professionals Program. The new Rosalie and Harold Rae Brown Scholarship includes funding toward merit scholarships for law student applicants, with positive consideration given to students who self-identify as African American. This magazine also covers the leadership and milestones of Gould alumni including: Ruth Lavine (LLB 1943), respected attorney and champion of women in law, who celebrates 100 years; Shannon Raj Singh ( JD 2011), who was named human rights counsel at Twitter; Dario Avila (LLM 2017), who is leading an effort to deliver 3D-printed face shields to health care workers in Ecuador’s capital; Karen Wong ( JD 1986), a pioneer in the renewable energy field, who was named chair of Gould’s Board of Councilors; and John Iino ( JD 1987), chief diversity officer at Reed Smith, who now serves as president of the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors. Also on display in this issue is the impact of our renowned faculty. We feature an article on Professor Franita Tolson’s legal analysis of a proposed constitutional amendment on voting rights, and a profile on Professor Jody Armour, whose expertise was highly sought by the news media to give context to national protests for criminal justice reform and racial equity. Further, this magazine covers Professor Lisa Klerman’s work to address domestic violence during the pandemic, and includes a special tribute honoring the life and legacy of Professor Ed Kleinbard, a foremost tax scholar, who passed away in June at age 68 following a brave battle with cancer. I invite you to take a look at other notable stories including: a spotlight on Gould’s talented JD Class of 2023, our most diverse and selective cohort to date; a glimpse into the creativity and collaborative efforts across the law school enabling us to transition to an online environment; and a newly launched project by a Gould student and a recent alum to send free art kits to Los Angeles-area schoolchildren in vulnerable communities amid COVID-19 restrictions. As we begin a new year, I want to wish everyone good health, safety and many bright days ahead. Thank you for being part of our law school. Andrew T. Guzman Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, Professor of Law and Political Science FALL | WINTER 2021 FEATURE STORY CONTRIBUTING EDITORS CHANGE AGENTS Ben Dimapindan 6 Larissa Puro Admissions and Financial Aid, Leslie Ridgeway Career Services and Graduate & International Programs WRITERS Ben Dimapindan respond to challenges posed Alicia Di Rado by the COVID-19 pandemic. Greg Hardesty Sarah Hazan Matthew Kredell 6 Diane Krieger Eric Lindberg Yulia Nakagome Leslie Ridgeway DEPARTMENTS Julie Riggott Christina Schweighofer BRIEFS ART DIRECTION & DESIGN 2 ETCH Creative FEATURE STORY 6 FACULTY FOCUS COVER DESIGN 22 CYAN Design Studio USC LAW FAMILY 29 PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY 39 IN MEMORIAM Ricardo Carrasco III/Keck Medicine of USC HONOR ROLL Will Chang 40 Larissa Puro 43 DONOR REPORT Gus Ruelas OTHER PHOTOS COURTESY OF Dario Avila 2 Andrés Cantero Family of Alfredo Cortes Emma Cunningham Justice Richard T. Fields Judge Charles F. Forbes Mark Haddad FACULTY FOCUS David and Susan Howard Hailey Hoyt Lisa Klerman JODY ARMOUR Ricca Prasad 22 Shannon Raj Singh LISA KLERMAN 24 Charles Rivkin CLARE PASTORE Simone Rudolf-Dib 25 Ann Sarnoff EDWARD D. KLEINBARD Carson Scott 26 Sophie Sylla 28 MARK HADDAD Sarah Taranto Kyle White USC Law Magazine is published by the 26 USC Gould School of Law Communications USC LAW FAMILY Office at the University of Southern California. Please send all correspondence to: DARIO AVILA (LLM 2017) Office of Communications 29 USC Gould School of Law SHANNON RAJ SINGH (JD 2011) Los Angeles, California 90089-0071 30 [email protected] JUSTICE RICHARD T. FIELDS (LLM 2020) 31 213.740.9690 32 RUTH LAVINE (LLB 1943) © 2020 University of Southern California Gould School of Law 34 JUDGE CHARLES F. FORBES (JD 1956) 36 JOHN IINO (JD 1987) 37 KAREN WONG (JD 1986) 30 38 ARTS JUSTICE briefs G&IP WELCOMES DIVERSE INCOMING CLASS ONLINE Orientation featured vibrant schedule of events supporting new students This fall, with COVID-19 ruling out engaged in that area in their home the usual on-campus events, USC countries, maybe for government “ In a way, online Gould’s Graduate and International agencies, and are looking to understand Programs’ (G&IP) annual orientation how to protect data and increase orientation gave us went online, and administrators got cybersecurity. We are excited to have a fresh perspective creative about bringing students that group start with us.” together to prepare them for law school. To accommodate several time zones, on how to improve “Because we’re remote, we’ve had students were divided into two tracks, and enhance on- to think differently,” says Ashley Sim, one for Asia and another for Europe, assistant director of admissions. “I the Middle East and Latin America, campus orientation looked at our past orientation events to with U.S. students choosing the track see what we should continue to do and most convenient to them. Events in in the future.” — Ashley Sim, assistant director where we needed to make adjustments. each track were duplicated as much of admissions, G&IP Studies show people experience Zoom as possible. fatigue. We didn’t want students sitting “In a way, online orientation gave us in front of their computers all day long, a fresh perspective on how to improve requirements and offering IT drop-in so we spread out events over a week.” and enhance on-campus orientation in hours and faculty workshops. As with This year’s class includes students the future,” Sim says. every incoming class, G&IP takes from more than 20 countries with varied Sessions included an alumni panel into account the diversity and varying backgrounds in patent law, data privacy, and registration drop-in hour, where experience levels of the students and intellectual property, real estate, business students could speak with advisers. prepared a special workshop — Law and commercial law, employment law, Students viewed pre-recorded videos School 101 — to teach students new to law enforcement, health care, insurance, on professionalism and plagiarism and law how to read case law and give tips accounting, education, entertainment, Title IX on their own time. G&IP on taking notes and exams. labor relations and dispute resolution. also scheduled a session on student Associate Dean Misa Shimotsu-Kim This year, G&IP offered a new degree: organizations, clubs and leadership roles. says G&IP is looking forward to giving the Master of Laws (LLM) in Privacy Another important aspect of students the best education possible. Law and Cybersecurity. orientation was teaching students to “We’re working closely with a faculty “It’s a hot area of law,” Sim says. be successful online learners, getting committee to support and ensure the “Students in the program may be them up to speed with technology academic quality of our classes and will offer myriad social engagement opportunities so that students can engage with our Gould community,” she says. —Yulia Nakagome 2 USCLaw magazine EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OFFERS ATHLETIC COMPLIANCE SCHOLARS INTERNSHIP GOULD QUOTABLES USC Gould’s Experiential Learning and USC’s Office of Athletic Compliance this summer revived its partnership, an People talked about internship program known as Athletic Compliance Scholars. the problem before This year’s scholars were Hailey Hoyt, a former competitive figure skater, and Kyle White, a former collegiate hammer where you might thrower. The summer internship program, an addition to an have a constitutional existing semester-long externship offered by Experiential right to get married, Learning, gives two students an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the athletic compliance process, culminating in a but then private two-week research project on a compliance-related topic. It is employers might be able to available to students between their 1L and 2L years, and for fire you when they learn that many law students, may be their first position in law. “This is an opportunity for them to gain exposure to, and hands-on you’re gay. Here, the Supreme experience in, work that’s not covered in first year curriculum,” Court says, the statute that’s says Assistant Professor Laura Riley, former director of experiential learning.