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Vault Law School Diversity Profile • 2007 Edition University of Southern California - Gould School of Law Recruitment and Scholarships/Fellowships How does your school recruit minority and/or women students? Each spring, USC holds a diversity reception for admitted students who are minorities. The reception is attended by current stu- dents, alumni and faculty who are minorities, as well as other students, alumni and faculty. In addition, current students partici- pate in the entire recruiting process, so many minority applicants receive personal communication from a minority student. We work with a wide range of undergraduate student organizations across the country, including many minority student organizations. Please describe any scholarship and fellowship programs for minority and/or women students organized through your school. Name of scholarship program: La Raza Law Student Association Scholarship Deadline for application for the scholarship program: May 31 Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): varies Web site or other contact information for scholarship: http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/MAAA-Web/images/2006_scholarship_application.pdf This scholarship is offered through USC's Mexican American Alumni Association and provides special consideration for Hispanic and Latino students and students committed to serving the Hispanic and Latino communities. Name of scholarship program: Crispus Wright Endowed Scholarship Deadline for application for the scholarship program: Feb. 15 Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): varies Web site or other contact information for scholarship: http://law.usc.edu/students/financial.cfm This scholarship provides special consideration for - but is not restricted to - students who are committed to working in diverse communities upon graduation. Name of scholarship program: Mabel Wilson Richards Scholarship Deadline for application for the scholarship program: Feb. 15 Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): varies Web site or other contact information for scholarship: http://law.usc.edu/students/financial.cfm This scholarship provides special consideration for women applicants. Name of scholarship program: Summer Fellowship Deadline for application for the scholarship program: Feb. 15 Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): varies Web site or other contact information for scholarship: http://law.usc.edu/students/financial.cfm A number of these fellowships provide special consideration for diverse students, but Summer Fellowships are not restricted to minority students. *Note: Diversity is considered as a factor in the awarding of almost all of USC law school's scholarships. In fact, a significant number of the law school's scholarships - more than 100 this year - are awarded to minority students. Read all of Vault’s Law School Surveys at www.vault.com/lawschool — get complete surveys on top law schools, C A R E E R 157 expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. L I B R A R Y Vault Law School Diversity Profile • 2007 Edition University of Southern California (Gould) Prominent Alumni/Faculty Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school. Jody David Armour Professor Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at USC and an expert in criminal defense and prosecution, racial pro- filing, personal injury claims and sexual predator cases. He teaches Torts, Enterprise Liability, Stereotypes and Law, and a semi- nar on Prejudice and the Rule of Law. Professor Armour's scholarly writings include "Just Desserts: Narrative, Perspective, Choice, and Blame" (University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1996), "Toward a Tort-Based Theory of Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and Racial Justice" (Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, spring 2005), and Negrophobia & Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America (New York University Press, 1997). Before joining USC Law in 1997, Professor Armour practiced law in San Francisco and Pittsburgh. He also taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Indiana University and the University of Pittsburgh. He is a graduate of Harvard University and earned his law degree at Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley, where he was editor of the Black Law Journal. Professor Armour is a regular legal analyst on KABC News and a sought-after legal expert on a variety of criminal law issues. He also has commented extensively on such high-profile trials as Michael Jackson and Robert Blake. David Cruz David Cruz is a professor of law at USC and a constitutional law expert focusing on civil rights and equality issues, including equal marriage rights for same-sex couples. He specializes in discrimination law and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans- gender persons. He teaches Constitutional Law I; Constitutional Law II; Federal Courts; Sexual Orientation and the Law; International/Comparative Perspectives on Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation; Identity Categories; and Law, Identity, and Culture. Before joining the USC Law faculty in 1996, Professor Cruz was a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General in Washington, D.C. He also clerked for The Honorable Edward R. Becker, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is past chair of the AALS Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues and president of the International Lesbian and Gay Law Association. Professor Cruz graduated from the University of California, Irvine and earned his master's degree from Stanford University. He is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was managing editor of New York University Law Review. Professor Cruz's academic publications include "Spinning Lawrence, or Lawrence v. Texas and the Promotion of Heterosexuality" (Widener Law Review, 2005); "Mystification, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Couples in Marriage," in Mary Lyndon Shanley's Just Marriage (Oxford University Press 2004); "Making Up Women: Casinos, Cosmetics, and Title VII" (Nevada Law Journal, 2004); and "Disestablishing Sex and Gender" (California Law Review, 2002). Edwin Smith Edwin Smith is the Leon Benwell Professor of Law, International Relations, and Political Science at USC. He is a singular expert on international law, international relations theory and foreign relations law. He holds joint appointments as a professor of law and of international relations. Professor Smith teaches Public International Law, International Organizations, Contracts, and seminars on Foreign Relations Law, the Law of War and the United Nations. Professor Smith's publications include "Ralph Bunche: Peacemaking in Transition" in Ralph Johnson Bunche: A Nobel Peace Laureate Influencing public intellectualism and Diplomacy (University of Illinois Press, forthcoming), "Collective Security, Peacekeeping, and Ad Hoc Multilateralism" in Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and The United Nations in a New World Order (with Schechter, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College, 1994). A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, Professor Smith received his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the USC Law faculty in 1980, Professor Smith was an associate with Rosenfeld, Meyer & Sussman, a staff attorney for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and a research associate with the Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies. He also served as special counsel for foreign policy to United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He was appointed by President Clinton as a science and policy advisor to the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and has lectured interna- tionally on United Nations-NATO cooperation in peacekeeping. Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school. Justice Candace Cooper Candace D. Cooper serves as Presiding Justice of Division Eight of the Second Appellate District. She was nominated for that position by Governor Gray Davis and confirmed on November 21, 2001. Prior to joining the Court of Appeal, she served on the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1987 to 1999. Justice Cooper served on the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1980 to 1987 where she served as Supervising Judge of the Traffic Court and of the Criminal Court and on the Court's executive committee. In 1988 to 1989 she served as President of the California Judges Association; the second Black and second female to head a nearly 2000 member voluntary professional association representing all judicial officers throughout the state from the California C A R E E R 158 L I B R A R Y © 2007 Vault, Inc. Vault Law School Diversity Profile • 2007 Edition University of Southern California (Gould) Supreme Court to the remaining Justice Courts. Active in judicial education, Justice Cooper has served as a faculty member for the Continuing Judicial Studies Program, the Judicial College and the New Judges Orientation. She has taught courses in evidence, jury selection, fairness and elimination of bias, and special problems in the justice system for women of color. She has also served on spe- cial boards and committees including: