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To help ensure that you receive a timely offer of financial aid, carefully follow the additional instructions provided with your admission letter. USC Law If you have questions about financial aid, please call the Financial Services Office at (213) 740-6314 or send an email message to [email protected]. Design: AdamsMorioka • Copy: Terry Lee Stone Photography: Blake Little, Teri Weber, others Printing: Lithog raphix The USC Campus Enlivened with the spirit of collaborative learning, USC sits in the heart of Los Angeles. Here you’ll find a true academic community where faculty and students share a passion for learning and a commitment to the rule of law. Spirit of Self-determination With a rigorous multi- disciplinary curriculum, USC Law prepares new generations of attorneys to define their own futures and change the world. It’s intense and tough, but worth it.

100 Year Heritage Today’s USC Law reflects a distinguished past built on the principles of equity and excellence. Courage to break new ground drove the past and fuels the future. Contents

A diverse community of intelligent and successful individuals ready Who We Are 8 to redefine the legal profession.

Three years of challenge and experience with a focus on an interdisciplinary approach to learning. Curriculum 14

An ongoing commitment to using legal skills to make the world a better Public Service 30 place for all of us.

A dedicated group of distinguished legal all-stars ready to light your way and guide your future. Faculty 34

USC Law focuses on high-caliber collaborative learning that will change Student Experience 40 your life forever.

100 years of leadership and excellence created by a forward-thinking group of diverse individuals. Legacy 46

6 law.usc.edu A successful USC alumni network of graduates opening doors to every Alumni Network 54 aspect of the law all over the world.

From a variety of neighborhoods to cultural venues to outdoor adventures, it’s all here waiting for you. Living 64

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You’ll find a straightforward application process and an admissions Admissions 78 committee interested in the real you.

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USC Gould School of Law 7 We are committed to creating a place where learning, community, public interest and multidisciplinary study combine to create the nation’s most exciting legal education program. USC Law is a small, selective national law school with a 100+ year history and a reputation for academic excellence.

Our admissions standards are high. Our classes are tough enough to challenge the brightest students. If this academic setting suits your goals and learning style, read on. And make an informed, confident decision. USC Law is a place where your success is our highest priority.

Robert K. Rasmussen Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair In Law

8 law.usc.edu USC Gould School of Law 9 12:1 Student to Faculty Ratio 27 Average class size in second and third year classes 9,582 Alumni network worldwide

10 law.usc.edu 6,587 Applications received for class enrolling in Fall 2010 220 Entering class size for Fall 2010 40% Self-identified students of color enrolling in Fall 2010

USC Gould School of Law 11 Graduates employed 9 months after graduation 96%(based on Class of 2009) $160,000 Average starting salary/private practice (based on Class of 2009)

12 law.usc.edu 91% vs. 79.3%

July 2009 California Bar July 2009 average passage rate for USC graduates California Bar passage rate 3,918

Number of hours of pro bono service by USC Law students (Academic Year 2009-10)

USC Gould School of Law 13 Curriculum

USC Law’s curriculum is comprehensive, interdisciplinary and designed to challenge. We ground students in the reality of the law: letter and spirit, theory and practice. Not only will you learn the functions and structures of legal rules and argument—you’ll learn how lawyers actually work by participating in clinics, internships and externships.

What makes USC Law’s Because we believe your legal education First Year curriculum among the best? should be deep as well as broad, our three-year Prepare to examine the foundations of the law The challenge—including curriculum lets you specialize in traditional law and develop the lawyering skills you’ll need for rigorous first-year courses or an emerging field. We stress the interconnec- any legal career you choose. Your course materials that provide a solid foundation in the law. tions among law and other academic areas, will include the basic sources of law—case reports, The choices—exciting from economics and history to public policy and constitutions, and statutes. Teaching methods vary options for your second health care. USC Law’s scholarly yet practical across courses, but expect to engage in Socratic and third years. And the approach ensures that you will gain the skills dialogue and participate in class discussions chance to learn by doing— and perspective every lawyer needs. analyzing legal issues, reasons, and arguments. and witness the results. First-year classes meet in sections ranging Whether you think you would like to enter in size from 17 to 80 students—small enough to private practice, public service, academia foster class participation, big enough to offer or the corporate arena, USC Law will help you diverse perspectives. design a course of study that meets your plans for the future. USC Law provides an innovative Constitutional Law: Learn how responsibility for take on traditional law, and we encourage creating and administering the law is shared by the pioneering viewpoints. Through mind-expanding executive, legislative, and judicial branches; the nation course work and hands-on experience with real and the states; and the government and the individual. clients, USC Law really prepares you for practice. Topics include federal powers, the role of the Supreme Court, due process, and equal protection.

Juris Doctor Degree USC offers its Juris Doctor degree through Contracts: Develop an understanding of the rules a three-year (six semester), full-time academic that regulate consensual agreements entered into program. Your first year will consist of 9 required for commercial purposes. Discover what promises the state should and does enforce, and what remedies courses. In your second and third years, you will are available when enforceable promises are broken. choose the courses you take. A total of 88 credits is required to graduate.

14 law.usc.edu Criminal Law: How does a legislature or court decide In the Legal Research component, explore the basic In classrooms, library carrels, that a particular behavior is a “crime?” Find out as sources of law for federal and state jurisdictions. computer labs, student you explore the moral, psychological, and philosophical Analyze research methods and techniques. And learn lounges or even outside on a grassy lawn, USC issues involved in ascribing criminal responsibility. to use a vast array of sources—from books to online Law is alive with students research systems. immersed in the study Law, Language, and Values: Get your first glimpse of the law. From morning of how legal rules and concepts function in the Procedure: What constitutes fair, adequate, and until evening, there organization of society. True to USC Law’s efficient procedure in resolving legal disputes? Learn are theories to master, interdisciplinary focus, this class draws on a broad how authority for these matters is allocated between clinical skills to hone, variety of fields—including economics, philosophy, federal and state courts and among Congress, the oral arguments to perfect and hot topics to debate. and psychology—to examine the underlying structure executive branch, and the courts. of legal argument and decision. Property: Analyze the development of rules dealing Legal Profession: Examine the ethical dilemmas with land, water, and other natural resources from attorneys confront in their various roles. Topics include historic and economic perspectives. Your study includes conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and problems the controls placed on use and exploitation of land inherent in adversarial advocacy. by local, state, and federal governments.

Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy: Develop Torts: Explore the individual’s obligation to refrain your analytic, research, and communication skills from harming others. Study the bases for compensating in this two semester course. Start fall semester with the injured either by holding responsible whoever is at short, written exercises, then progress to drafting fault for harm or by invoking other principles of liability, legal office memoranda. In the spring, concentrate including the efficiency of resource allocation and on developing your skills in written advocacy by the spreading of losses. drafting legal briefs. And in your first-year moot-court program, discover and develop your own eloquence in advocacy by practicing oral argument.

USC Gould School of Law 15 Legal Clinics Year Year 1 2+3 Employer Legal Advice Clinic Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic International Human Rights Clinic Immigration Clinic Mediation Clinic Judicial Clerkships Post-Conviction Justice Program Clinical Externships Small Business Clinic Entertainment Practicum International Programs Public Interest

Summer Internships 88 Credits Required to Graduate Required 88 Credits

Judicial Academic Law Review Moot Court Clerkship Support Personalized Academic Path and Journals Competition 9 Foundation Courses Preparation Program Upper Level Courses and Seminars Constitutional Law Clinical Training and Public Interest Law Contracts Corporate and Business Law Intensive Criminal Law Bar Study Abroad Career The Court System and Civil Rights Public Service Examination Law, Language and Values Programs Management Environmental Law and Land Use Preparation Legal Profession Program Family Law, Health, and Behavioral Sciences Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy Government Regulation Procedure Intellectual Property, Entertainment, and Patent Law Property International Law Torts Law and Society Law of Taxation Dual Degree Programs J.D./Master of Arts in Economics J.D./Master of Business Administration J.D./Master of Business Taxation Student Organizations J.D./Master of Arts in International Relations J.D./Master of Arts in Communications Management Continuing Legal Education Program J.D./Master of Arts in Political Science Institute on Entertainment Law and Business J.D./Master of Science in Gerontology Institute for Corporate Counsel J.D./Master of Real Estate Development Institute on Real Estate Law and Business J.D./Master of Social Work Tax Institute J.D./Master of Public Administration Probate and Trust Conference J.D./Master of Public Policy Interdisciplinary Education Intellectual Property Institute J.D./Master of Philosophy Center for Law, Economics, and Organization J.D./Doctor of Pharmacy Center for Law, History, and Culture J.D./Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science (CalTech) Center for the Study of Law and Politics J.D./Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics J.D./LL.M. (London School of Economics) Center on Law and Philosophy Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics

16 law.usc.edu Curriculum Overview Legal Clinics Year Year 1 2+3 Employer Legal Advice Clinic Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic Year 1 9 Foundation Courses: International Human Rights Clinic Constitutional Law Immigration Clinic Contracts Mediation Clinic Criminal Law Judicial Clerkships Law, Language and Values Post-Conviction Justice Program Clinical Externships Legal Profession Small Business Clinic Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy Entertainment Practicum Procedure International Programs Property Public Interest Torts Student Organizations Summer Internship

January: Public Interest Career Day Interview Program Summer Internships February: Spring On Campus Interview Program

88 Credits Required to Graduate Required 88 Credits Year 2 Foundation Courses completed. Judicial Academic Law Review Moot Court Pursue your personal interest in the law. Clerkship Support Recruitment Interviews Personalized Academic Path and Journals Competition 9 Foundation Courses Preparation Program Moot Court Competition Upper Level Courses and Seminars Public Service Opportunities Constitutional Law Clinical Training and Public Interest Law USC Law Journals and the Law Review Contracts Academic Honors Programs Corporate and Business Law Intensive Criminal Law Bar Student Organizations Study Abroad Career The Court System and Civil Rights Public Service Examination Part-time Employment Law, Language and Values Programs Management Environmental Law and Land Use Preparation Summer Internship Legal Profession Program Family Law, Health, and Behavioral Sciences Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy August: Early Interview Week Government Regulation August: Off Campus Interview Programs in Procedure Intellectual Property, Entertainment, and Patent Law New York and Washington, D.C. Property September: Fall On Campus Interview Program International Law Torts February: Spring On Campus Interview Program Law and Society Law of Taxation Dual Degree Programs Year 3 Continue pursuing your areas of interest. J.D./Master of Arts in Economics Prepare for Judicial Clerkships. J.D./Master of Business Administration USC Law Journals and the Law Review J.D./Master of Business Taxation Academic Honors Programs Student Organizations Student Organizations J.D./Master of Arts in International Relations Part-time Employment J.D./Master of Arts in Communications Management Bar Examination Preparation Continuing Legal Education Program J.D./Master of Arts in Political Science Institute on Entertainment Law and Business August: Early Interview Week J.D./Master of Science in Gerontology Institute for Corporate Counsel August: Off Campus Interview Programs in J.D./Master of Real Estate Development New York and Washington, D.C. Institute on Real Estate Law and Business J.D./Master of Social Work September: Fall On Campus Interview Program Tax Institute February: Spring On Campus Interview Program J.D./Master of Public Administration Probate and Trust Conference J.D./Master of Public Policy Interdisciplinary Education Intellectual Property Institute J.D./Master of Philosophy Center for Law, Economics, and Organization J.D./Doctor of Pharmacy Center for Law, History, and Culture J.D./Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science (CalTech) Center for the Study of Law and Politics J.D./Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics J.D./LL.M. (London School of Economics) Center on Law and Philosophy Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics

USC Gould School of Law 17 2nd and 3rd Years In your second and third years, you In addition, you may earn as many as With your first-year foundation firmly can earn academic credit by serving 12 credits for graduate-level courses that in place, you’re ready to develop and as an editor or staff member for one of are related to law and offered by other pursue your personal interest in the law. USC Law’s scholarly journals. Faculty academic departments at the University Your coursework is entirely up to you. members will review and evaluate your of Southern California—an excellent Choose from USC Law’s broad curricu- written work. You also can earn academic chance to complement your legal training lum of courses, seminars, clinical credit by writing a dissertation under with relevant courses. instruction, and supervised writing faculty supervision, or by assisting programs. Some upper-division on directed research projects. Center for Law, History, and Culture: courses explore basic subjects, such Encourages the study of law as a historical as taxation, evidence, and criminal Interdisciplinary Education and cultural institution with USC’s College procedure. Others provide advanced At USC Law, we believe that knowledge of Letters, Arts and Sciences. instruction that assumes knowledge of legal rules alone does not equip of basic subjects. Upper-level courses students to excel in the law. Many of our Center for Law, Economics, and seminars are small, and instruction professors hold advanced degrees in and Organization: is intensive. Seminars are offered on economics, history, philosophy, political Conducts research to improve our many topics and are designed to facilitate science, or psychology. In addition to understanding of how law, economics, in-depth, small-group discussion. imparting their legal expertise, they and organizations interact while drawing on reveal how diverse forces beyond the the resources of USC’s Marshall School of Business and its College of Letters, Arts law affect legal decision-making. and Sciences’ department of economics. Interdisciplinary teaching deepens students’ understanding of the law and opens doors to unique opportunities. Outside the classroom, students can get involved with six interdisciplinary centers that explore and shape the law in a larger context.

18 law.usc.edu Center for the Study of Law and Politics: Legal Clinics The clinical program offers two kinds Explores the intersection of law, institutions, By the time you’ve finished your first of training. Through classroom exercises and citizens as part of a broader political year of the USC Law curriculum, you’ve that simulate real-life law practice, system in partnership with the California learned that lawyers do not live by theory you’ll use hypothetical case materials Institute of Technology (Caltech). alone. To instill lawyering skills of the to study a case and take it to court, highest quality—and to steep students with actors serving as clients and Pacific Center for Health Policy in real experience of the law—USC Law witnesses. And in the clinics, under and Ethics: maintains seven client clinics (six of which the supervision of faculty members Works to improve the quality of the health- are live client clinics and not simulated) and practicing attorneys, you’ll work care system by focusing on traditional and that give you the opportunity to put with actual clients—sharpening your emerging ethical dimensions of health care, theory into practice. Los Angeles itself skills while experiencing the impact biomedical research, and medical education. allows USC Law to offer an incredible your legal education can have on real diversity of legal clinics with exposure people in the community. Center on Law and Philosophy: to both litigation and transactional work. Promotes interdisciplinary scholarship Small Business Clinic: The Children’s in legal, moral, and political philosophy, Legal Issues clinic provides Los Angeles-area and publishes the online Journal of Ethics businesses with a wide range of services and Social Philosophy (JESP). while teaching students the ABCs of business law, primarily relating to the formation of Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, small businesses. Clinical work will focus on Policy, and Ethics business transactions, such as contract nego- Allows law students to work collaboratively tiations, creating partnerships and limited with faculty members across seven USC liability companies, and taxation issues. departments: law, psychiatry, psychology, social work, gerontology, philosophy and engineering to affect important mental health policy issues.

USC Gould School of Law 19 Employer Legal Advice Clinic: This clinic Intellectual Property and Technology Immigration Clinic: In a city shaped by gives you the opportunity to contribute Law Clinic: Opportunities to learn immigrants, gain first-hand legal experience to the local community while you deepen about intellectual property law abound with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration your knowledge of employment law and in Los Angeles, one of the world’s leading Service (USCIS), the Immigration Court, develop skills in client counseling, advice, centers for media, entertainment, and and law enforcement agencies involved and legal drafting. Students assist businesses, technology. This clinic represents clients in in immigration matters. Cases range from nonprofit organizations, and community- cases that may involve technology, copyright, asylum claims by people who fear persecu- based entrepreneurial outreach programs trademark, privacy, and First Amendment tion if returned to their homes to claims seeking to promote economic development issues. Law students engage in patent for relief from deportation filed by people in low-income communities throughout evaluation and application; the review of held at regional USCIS detention centers. greater Los Angeles. Legal projects cover technology contracts; litigation involving You also have the opportunity to represent a broad range of employment-related intellectual property; and film clearance work. clients seeking relief under the Violence matters and involve advising clients Against Women Act, which enables male of their obligations under federal, state, Mediation Clinic: Created to give students and female immigrants to file their own and local law, and assisting clients in hands on experience with an essential task claims for permanent immigration status if revising or developing employment of lawyering—helping people solve problems they are being abused by a spouse or parent policies and practices in order to satisfy creatively, effectively, and efficiently—the who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. their legal obligations. Mediation Clinic teaches students the dispute resolution skills required to become profes- International Human Rights Clinic: sional mediators. Unlike traditional litigation The International Human Rights Law Clinic clinics where students advocate for one side gives students the opportunity to work in a dispute, USC students do not represent on projects and cases, both local and one side or the other. Instead, they are international, which confront the most third party neutrals who act as facilitators pressing human rights concerns of our day. to help craft a resolution to the lawsuit. In the clinic, students seek accountability By the end of the semester, students will for human rights violations and progressive have mediated six or more Los Angeles development of human rights law. Through County Superior Court cases. this experience, students acquire knowledge

20 law.usc.edu and skills for effective human rights advocacy Dual-Degree Programs Dual-Degree Programs and international lawyering more generally. USC Law sponsors several dual-degree J.D./Master of Arts in Economics programs, in partnership with other J.D./Master of Business Administration Post-Conviction Justice Project: Through professional schools at USC, Caltech, J.D./Master of Business Taxation this yearlong program, students, supervised and the London School of Economics. J.D./Master of Arts in International Relations by full-time faculty, represent actual clients Participate in one of these programs J.D./Master of Arts in Communications in traditional post-conviction situations, and leave USC Law with recognized Management such as parole hearings and habeas corpus competence that combines with your J.D./Master of Arts in Philosophy petitions, and also advise clients on civil legal education to prepare you for specific J.D./Master of Arts in Political Science issues, such as immigration, civil rights, career options. J.D./Master of Arts in Public Policy criminal detainer, and return-of-property J.D./Master of Science in Gerontology matters. As a participant, you attend Many dual-degree programs can be J.D./Master of Real Estate Development seminars covering substantive law relevant completed in three to four years. J.D./Master of Social Work to your case, discussing such subjects as To pursue a dual degree, you must apply J.D./Master of Public Administration the laws of sentencing and parole, prison- separately to the J.D. program and to J.D./Doctor of Pharmacy ers’ constitutional rights, the use of evidence the non-law discipline, at the time of J.D./Doctor of Philosophy in Politics of battering in criminal cases, and gender your application to USC Law or during and International Relations and racial bias in the criminal justice system. your first year of law school. J.D./Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science Students have argued their cases before the (Caltech) Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—an exciting preview of the work they can do as attorneys. All dual-degree candidates, with the J.D./LL.M. (London School of Economics) exception of those participating in the J.D./Doctor of Pharmacy program, must complete their first year of law school before taking non-law courses.

USC Gould School of Law 21 Master of Law (LL.M.) Study Abroad Programs with participating J.D. students. USC Law’s master’s degree program In addition to bringing global Students also serve as coordinators, for outstanding foreign graduate perspectives to campus, USC Law research assistants, and editors students trained in law brings a rich gives second- and third-year students of institute proceedings. array of educational backgrounds, the chance to study law abroad. You may cultures, and perspectives to our diverse apply to spend one semester studying Institute on Entertainment Law and challenging classrooms. This rigor- at the University of Hong Kong. Or for and Business: Explores new frontiers ous, two-semester, full-time program a European focus, spend two semesters in the law and economics of entertainment- prepares participants for leading roles of law school at the London School of industry dealmaking. in international government and business Economics to earn both a J.D. and an by introducing them to American law LL.M. in little more than three years. Institute for Corporate Counsel: and the U.S. legal system. The students If you’re interested in international busi- Keeps in-house and outside counsel enrolled in the program take classes ness transactions or in comparative law, abreast of the latest legal developments alongside J.D. students. Our LL.M. USC’s international programs provide affecting corporate clients. Also maintains program brings talented attorneys a valuable opportunity to take your an extensive corporate law research center. from Brazil, China, Germany, Great legal education on the road. Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Korea Institute on Real Estate Law and Business: to campus to study the American Continuing Legal Education Program Informs commercial real estate professionals legal system and share their global At USC Law, opportunities for learning about critical issues facing the industry, perspectives with J.D. students. continue beyond graduation. Major including financing, construction, institutes and conferences offered environmental, and land use challenges. by our Continuing Legal Education Program bring alumni, practicing Tax Institute: Offers new perspectives on critical issues of tax and tax policy, attorneys, and guest speakers together including developments in corporate, to explore the latest perspectives on partnership, real estate, and individual specialized and emerging fields while taxation, and estate planning. they network and share experiences

22 law.usc.edu Probate and Trust Conference: Explores Entertainment Practicum The benefits of hands-on evolving law related to probate, trust, Southern California is the ideal place experience are undisputed. and estate planning. to explore options in entertainment law. Taking advantage of the many opportunities for nonacademic This practicum blends classroom study learning, such as working Intellectual Property Institute: Brings of substantive entertainment-related legal on a law journal or in a clinic, together sophisticated legal and business issues with the chance to earn additional lets you explore your interests professionals to share creative ideas and academic credit through placements in and helps to focus your career up-to-the-minute information from the wide studios and other entertainment businesses. goals. It’s a chance for real- world lawyering and honing variety of arenas in which copyright, patent, Students also may participate in USC your leadership skills. trademark and other IP issues arise. Law’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business seminars. Judicial Externships

At USC Law, you have the career- Certificate Programs making opportunity to earn academic Certificate in Entertainment Law*:With credit while working as an extern for a focus on the understanding and expertise a state or federal judge. Judicial externs required to practice Entertainment Law, develop legal analysis and writing skills, this certificate program delves thoroughly into gain exposure to adversarial practice, intellectual property, as well as taxation, antitrust and witness the judicial decision-making and other specific business organization issues. process from a unique and valuable perspective. Working closely and Certificate in Business Law*:This certificate collegially with judges, externs often signals to employers that students have the develop important, lasting relationships. knowledge and skills—from organizational and financial aspects to deal making—required to be top-notch business lawyers.

*Both of these certificate programs are pending University approval in Fall 2010.

USC Gould School of Law 23 Clinical Externships Summer Fellowships Put classroom learning into practice through an Real experience, a guaranteed position, and a externship with a government agency, public-interest paycheck—what a great way to spend the summer organization, or legal services program in your area after your first year of law school! Each spring USC of interest. Supervised by practicing attorneys Law’s Admissions Office awards top admitted applicants and faculty members, you’ll earn academic credit our Summer Fellowships, which provide a guaranteed while representing real clients and learning important paid position during the summer following the first year government processes. This program, which offers of law school. The Fellowship is offered in partnership academic credit, provides a valuable opportunity with prestigious law firms, businesses, and public- to observe and affect government and legal processes interest organizations. Fellows spend half the summer from the inside. at a law firm and half at a business—learning about legal transactions from both sides—or spend the whole Choose from more than 70 pre-approved agencies, summer at a public-interest organization. When they some of which are listed below: return to their second year of law school, Fellows Alliance for Children’s Rights bring solid work experience to guide the next steps American Civil Liberties Union in their education. Asian Pacific American Legal Center Bet Tzedek There is no formal application process; all USC Law ap- California Attorney General: Civil Law and Public Rights plicants are considered for these prestigious fellowships. Division, Criminal Division, Environmental Division

Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking Fellowship Law Firms Community Benefits Law Center Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp Directors Guild of America Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker District Attorney Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Federal Trade Commission Businesses and Public Interest Organizations HIV and AIDS Service Center Disney Studios Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Majestic Realty Mental Health Advocacy Services Pinkberry Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Public Counsel National Immigration Law Center USC General Counsel Natural Resources Defense Council Warner Brothers Studios Neighborhood Legal Services Public Defender, Federal and County Screen Actors Guild United States Attorney: Civil Division, Criminal Division, Tax Division United States Securities and Exchange Commission Wage Justice Center

24 law.usc.edu USC Gould School of Law 25 Judicial Clerkships

Judicial Clerkships are a key credential for your future practice of law—no matter what the area of legal specialty. Many USC Law graduates win coveted berths as judicial law clerks to federal and state judges. By beginning their legal careers in a judge’s chambers, and taking on these prestigious clerkships, USC Law graduates find themselves in the enviable position of being later courted for a wealth of amazing career opportunities in both the public and private sectors. It’s commonly noted that a judicial clerkship can help accelerate a young attorney’s path to law firm partnerships and other prestigious positions.

The experience in and of itself is considered Clerkship positions are highly competitive. unmatched and prestigious amongst lawyers. However, USC Law mentors students who wish Offering a unique glimpse behind the scenes, to be judicial clerks through the process. Starting clerkships let young lawyers see how judges in the first year, students review the possibility, think and courtrooms work. Invaluable and find out more information about various insights, useful for all of an attorney’s future opportunities. Clerkship workshops are held dealings with any kind of judge, are gained. to further assist students. USC Law conducts a number of receptions and lunches throughout Judicial clerks serve judges in trial and appellate the academic year so that students can learn courts, typically engaging in legal research first-hand from the judges themselves the and writing to meet their judge’s obligations. importance and prestige of clerkship positions. Then in the beginning of their third year, students USC Law alumni have held judicial clerkships apply for clerkships. USC Law has created in the United States Supreme Court, the United a faculty clerkship committee to help students States Court of Appeals, the United States with the application process, and will even pay District Court, and State Courts throughout for application expenses involved. In addition, the United States. when possible, USC Law supports clerkship candidates by helping to pay for travel to interviews with judges outside the greater Los Angeles area.

26 law.usc.edu USC Gould School of Law 27 28 law.usc.edu Moot Court

Moot Court allows USC Law students to take part in simulated court proceedings before mock appellate-court panels made up of sea- soned practicing attorneys and sitting judges from the local community and across the country. Actually preparing cases that mimic real cases often pulled from current events provides you with lively hands-on experience. It’s an exciting opportunity to research, write and present in order to hone these important skills in a controlled environment.

Through USC Law’s Hale Moot Court honors program you will take mock cases before “the court”—a panel of visiting attorneys and jurists who assess your performance. Even if you don’t participate in this honors program, you’ll experience Moot Court through our first year Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy course, in which you prepare appellate briefs and deliver oral arguments.

Ackerman Courtroom, complete with jury deliberation room and a judge’s chambers, provides all the necessary resources for Moot Court and clinical training. The courtroom is one of USC’s special studio classrooms. It is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to enable instructors to integrate multiple media forms into their teaching activities, as well as capture and record proceedings, presentations, lectures, and discussions.

All studio classrooms feature a touch-screen control system, dual projectors and screens, a document camera, an electronic writing tablet, and multiple cameras and micro- phones for video teleconferencing, online streaming, and digital recording.

USC Gould School of Law 29 Commitment to Public Service

Can one law student make a difference? The USC Law community says, unequivocally, “Yes.” Whether you’re assisting a family in adopting a child, or a veteran with medical and housing benefits, you can make a difference through countless volunteer opportunities, internships, in-house legal clinics, and grant programs.

USC Law’s student-run Public Interest Law where students provided crucial legal services Foundation (PILF) offers myriad volunteer to residents rebuilding their lives. Students opportunities in partnership with Los Angeles’ stood up for migrant workers in Coachella Valley leading public interest organizations. PILF also during winter break 2010. LAAB worked with provides more than 25 summer grants that enable California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) to students to work for a variety of public-interest identify the effects closure of the Desert Mobile agencies each summer­—gaining practical legal Home Park might have on the thousands who experience while providing desperately needed would be left homeless. Other student-led service legal aid to the poor and underrepresented. projects include Latino Law Students Association’s Teen Court, a diversion program for first-time USC Law’s Office of Public Service (OPS) juvenile offenders in lieu of formal juvenile supports all student-driven service projects. court proceedings, and Street Law, a nationally The OPS also coordinates public-service extern- recognized educational outreach program that ships. Approximately 100 students annually earn teaches legal literacy to local high school students. academic credit and develop their advocacy skills while working for public interest organizations, USC encourages students to pursue careers in government agencies, and judges. public interest, pro bono opportunities, and other public service beyond law school by providing: USC Law’s Clinical Program offers students an opportunity to participate during the PILF’s Irmas Fellowship: academic year or work full time over the summer An annual fellowship for a one-year, post-graduate for one of several in-house clinics, including: position with the nonprofit agency of the fellow’s choice Employer Legal Advice Clinic, Immigration Clinic, Intellectual Property and Technology, Clinton-Orfalea Fellowship: International Human Rights Clinic, Post- A one-year, post-graduate opportunity to work on one Conviction Justice Project, Small Business Clinic, of the foundation’s domestic or international initiatives and Mediation Clinic. Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP): Funds which help repay student loans for graduates There are many ways to get involved in public working in public service interest projects at USC Law. Legal Aid Alternative Breaks (LAAB) sponsored spring PILF’s Outstanding Public Interest Graduate Award: break trips to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Honors alumni commitment to public-interest careers

30 law.usc.edu Interested in learning more? Visit: Office of Public Service: http://law.usc.edu/why/public/ops.cfm Public Interest Law Foundation: http://law.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/pilf.cfm Latino Law Students Association Teen Court Program: http://law.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/laRaza.cfm Street Law Outreach Program: http://law.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/streetLaw.cfm

USC Gould School of Law 31 Number of Students* GPA Range, 2010 Entering Class* 6587 1435 Applications Admitted (21% Selectivity) 3.46 3.64 3.73 220 45% 25th% Median 75th% First Year Students Female Students

40% 9% LSAT Range, 2010 Entering Class* Students of Color Advanced Degrees

Students from 32% Outside California 166 167 169

25th% Median 75th%

Colleges & Universities 81 Represented

Top 6 States Where USC Law Graduates Take the Bar Exam

Washington Colorado Illinois New York 24 Average Age of Students

Student Ethnicities, 2010 Entering Class*

African American: 10% Did Not Respond: 5% American Indian: <1%

Asian: 19% White: 54%

Hispanic: 10%

Foreign: <1% California Texas Florida

*Data reflects demographic information as of 8/19/2009

32 law.usc.edu Employment Information: Class of 2010 Employers Participating in USC Law Recruitment Events (Top 10 States Represented)

$ Washington Colorado Illinois Massachusetts 160,000 New York Median Starting Salary/Private Practice Pennsylvania

7Graduates Employed9% in Private Practice

Employer Type • Median Base Salary

Private Practice $160,000 Business $85,000 Judicial Clerkships $60,000 California Arizona Texas District of Columbia Government $55,000 Public Interest $45,000

Private Practice Salaries by Law Firm Size

Number of Attorneys/Median Base Salary • Private Practice

251+ • $160,000

101-250 • $160,000 9Percentage of Graduates6 Employed% (9 months after graduation) 26-100 • $110,000

2-25 • $85,000

Breakdown by Employer Type (USC Law Class of 2010) 66%

Private 22% Practice: 79% Business: 5% Public Interest: 3% Judicial Clerkship: 4% Government: 4% 6% Academic: 3% 6% Military: 2%

The tally of graduates who accepted jobs in private practice does not include those graduates who accepted judicial clerkships positions, but who also have offers in private law firms and will join the firms at the completion of their clerkships.

USC Gould School of Law 33 Faculty

This is who we are: USC Law boasts 52 full-time faculty and more than 75 adjunct professors with legal expertise in a variety of areas, including politics, intellectual property, business, international, entertainment, ethics and tort reform. USC Law’s interdisciplinary focus is strengthened by these faculty members, many of whom hold doctorates in other fields.

34 law.usc.edu USC Gould School of Law 35 Jody David Armour Kim Shayo Buchanan Alexander M. Capron David B. Cruz Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law Associate Professor of Law University Professor, Scott H. Bice Professor of Law Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, and Professor of Law and Medicine

Education: B.A., Harvard Education: B.A., Queen’s Education: B.A., Swarthmore Education: B.S., B.A., University University; J.D., University University; J.D., University of College; LL.B., Yale University of California, Irvine; M.S. Math- of California, Berkeley Toronto; LL.M., Columbia University; USC Law role: Co-director of ematics, Stanford University; J.D., Specialty: Race issues in legal J.S.D., Columbia University the Pacific Center for Health Policy New York University decision-making Specialty: Constitutional law; and Ethics; also teaches Specialty: Civil rights, equality Experience: Practiced in torts; prisoners’ rights; at USC School of Medicine. issues, constitutional law San Francisco and Pittsburgh reproductive rights; race, Specialty: Legal/medical issues, Experience: Clerked for The and taught at the University gender and sexual regulation biomedical ethics Honorable Edward R. Becker, of California, Berkeley; Indiana Experience: Litigation associate Experience: Served as director Judge of the United States Court University; and the University at McCarthy Tétrault and at Sack of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights of Appeals for the Third Circuit. of Pittsburgh. Goldblatt Mitchell, in Toronto; and Health Law at the World Served as a Bristow Fellow in the Published work: “Just Desserts: Senior Fellow, Center for Repro- Health Organization. Appointed Office of the Solicitor General Narrative, Perspective, Choice, ductive Rights, in New York City by President Clinton as a member in Washington, D.C. and Blame”; “Stereotypes and Published work: “Impunity: of the National Bioethics Advisory Published work: “Spinning Prejudice: Helping Legal Decision- Sexual Abuse in Women’s Prisons” Commission. Served as executive Lawrence, or Lawrence v. Texas and makers Break the Prejudice Habit”; and “Lawrence v. Geduldig: director of President’s Commission the Promotion of Heterosexuality”; Negrophobia and Reasonable Regulating Women’s Sexuality.” for the Study of Ethical Problems ”Making Up Women: Casinos, Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Classes: Constitutional in Medicine and Biomedical and Cosmetics, and Title VII”; Black in America Law; Prisoners’ Rights; Behavioral Research and chair ”Disestablishing Sex and Gender” Classes: Torts; Enterprise Reproductive Rights of the Biomedical Ethics Advisory Classes: Constitutional Law; Liability; Stereotypes, Prejudice, How you made it through Committee of the U.S. Congress. Federal Courts; Sexual Orientation and the Rule of Law law school: “When discussions Served on the board of the Joint and the Law; International/ Best advice anyone ever gave in my law school classes got too Commission on Accreditation Comparative Perspectives on Sex, you about law school: “You’re not far removed from reality, clinic of Healthcare Organizations. Gender, and Sexual Orientation; going to law school to memorize work always reminded me that Published work: Law, Science, Identity Categories; Law, Identity, a lot of rules; you’re here to learn law does matter in the lives of and Medicine, “Legalizing and Culture to think like a lawyer. Rules come ordinary people. There may have Physician-Assisted Death,” Next frontier in your field: and go rapidly, but mastering been a few parties, as well...” Treatise on Health Care Law “Two frontiers I see in my fields are the legal method—the way Next frontier in your field: Classes: Torts; Torts II; the legal treatment of gender lawyers approach, argue, and “In my area of research, we’re Law, Science, and Medicine identity and expression and resolve disputes—is an enduring trying to advance a human-rights transgender persons and the achievement.” analysis in American constitutional possibilities for progressive Next frontier in your field: law while simultaneously trying constitutionalism in the presence “Applying the insights of cognitive to prevent the erosion of of a conservative federal judiciary.” science to legal conceptions the hard-fought gains earned of human responsibility in torts by the generation before us.” and criminal law.”

36 law.usc.edu Mary L. Dudziak Susan R. Estrich Niels W. Frenzen Ariela J. Gross Judge Edward J. and Ruey Robert Kingsley Professor of Law Clinical Professor of Law John B. and Alice R. Sharp L. Guirado Professor of Law, and Political Science Professor of Law and History History and Political Science

Education: A.B., University Education: B.A., Wellesley Education: B.A., Beloit College; Education: B.A., Harvard of California, Berkeley; J.D., College; J.D., Harvard University J.D., Drake University University; J.D., Stanford Law M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. American Specialty: Law and politics, Specialty: Immigration law School; Ph.D. History, Studies, Yale University criminal law, gender discrimination Experience: Practiced with Stanford University Specialty: International influences Experience: Clerked for The non-profit legal organizations in Specialty: American legal on American legal history; history Honorable J. Skelly Wright, Los Angeles and Miami. Serves history, with an emphasis on of law and war Judge of the United States Court on board and is past president the antebellum South Published work: Exporting of Appeals for the District of of the Coalition for Humane Experience: Taught law and history American Dreams: Thurgood Columbia Circuit, and The Immigrants’ Rights of Los Angeles at Stanford University. Marshall’s African Journey; Legal Honorable John Paul Stevens, and El Rescate Legal Services Published work: What Blood Borderlands; Cold War Civil Rights: Associate Justice of the United in Los Angeles. Serves on Won’t Tell: Racial Identity on Trial Race and the Image of American States Supreme Court. Taught the Advisory Committee of the in America; Double Character: Democracy; September 11 in at Harvard Law School. Served Florida Immigrant Advocacy Slavery and Mastery in the History: A Watershed Moment?; as special assistant to Senator Center in Miami. Antebellum Southern Courtroom; “The Little Rock Crisis: Race, Edward M. Kennedy and staff Published work: “National “Beyond Black and White: Cultural Resistance, and the Image of counsel and special assistant to Security and Procedural Fairness: Approaches to Race and Slavery”; American Democracy”; “The the chief counsel for the U.S. Secret Evidence and the Immigra- “Litigating Whiteness: Trials of Racial Supreme Court and Racial Senate Judiciary Committee. tion Laws”; “Selected Evidentiary Determination in the Nineteenth Equality During World War II” Served as national campaign Issues Related to Deportation Century South” Classes: Constitutional Law, manager for the Dukakis-Bentsen Proceedings” Classes: Contracts; American The Constitution in the 20th campaign in 1988. She is a weekly Classes: Immigration Clinic; Legal History; Race, Gender, Century, Law and War in the syndicated columnist, a regular Immigration Law; Terrorism and the Law 20th Century contributor to Fox News, a radio Seminar Best advice anyone ever gave Next frontier in your field: talk show host, and a frequent Smartest thing you did in law you about law school: “Go to your “First, historians took an national commentator on law school: “Began volunteer work professor’s office hours even if international turn, showing that and politics. with the American Civil Liberties you don’t have a specific question. the narrative of American legal Published work: The Case for Union. It helped me decide what Choose upper-level courses based history isn’t contained within Hillary Clinton; Sex and Power; I wanted to do after law school on the professors you want to American borders. Now historians Getting Away with Murder: How and helped open the door to learn from—not on whether it’s are thinking transnationally, so Politics is Destroying the Criminal summer employment and work on the bar exam.” that legal historians will explore Justice System; Real Rape; after graduation.” the ways law travels around the Dangerous Offenders: The Elusive world and the role of law in Target of Justice (with Moore, global events and movements.” McGillis, and Spelman) Classes: Criminal Law; Gender Discrimination; Election Law

USC Gould School of Law 37 Gillian K. Hadfield Thomas D. Lyon Daria Roithmayr Camille Rich Richard L. and Antoinette Judge Edward J. and George T. and Harriet Associate Professor of Law S. Kirtland Professor of Law Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law E. Pfleger Professor of Law and Professor of Economics and Psychology

Education: B.A.H., Queen’s Education: B.A., Dartmouth Education: B.S., UCLA; Education: B.A., Brown University; University; J.D., M.A., Ph.D. College; J.D., Harvard J.D., Georgetown University J.D., Yale University Economics, Stanford University University; Ph.D. Psychology, Specialty: Critical Race Theory Specialty: Constitutional law, Specialty: The design of legal Stanford University Experience: Clerked for The feminist legal theory, legal ethics, and dispute resolution systems, Specialty: Law and psychology, Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, employment discrimination, and contract law and theory, economic family law, evidence Judge of the U.S. District Court children and the law. analysis of law, and gender in Experience: Served as research in Baltimore, Maryland. Served as Published work: “Performing economics and law associate at Harbor-UCLA special counsel to Senator Edward Racial and Ethnic Identity: Experience: Clerked for The Medical Center. Was attorney M. Kennedy, practiced law in Discrimination by Proxy and Honorable Patricia Wald, Chief with Children’s Services Division Washington, D.C., and is a the Future of Title VII” Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, of Los Angeles County Counsel. consultant for the Education Experience: Postgraduate research District of Columbia Circuit. Served Taught at Stanford University. Rights Project in South Africa. fellowship at Yale Law School. as a National Fellow at Stanford Published work: “Complex Taught at the University of Illinois Clerked in the Southern District of University’s Hoover Institution and Questions Asked by Defense College of Law. New York for District Judge Robert as an Olin Fellow at Columbia Lawyers But Not Prosecutors Published work: “Locked in L. Carter., and on the Eleventh Cir- and Cornell Law Schools. Served Predicts Convictions in Child Abuse Segregation” and “Access, cuit Court of Appeals for Circuit as president of the Canadian Law Trials”; “Maltreated Children’s Adequacy, and Equality: The Judge Rosemary Barkett. Joined and Economics Association and Understanding of and Emotional Constitutionality of School Fee Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, for director of the American Law Reactions to Dependency Court Financing in Public Education.” general commercial litigation and Economics Association. Involvement”; “Coaching, Truth Classes: Civil Procedure; and internal investigations. Also, Published work: “Legal Barriers Induction, and Young Maltreated Critical Race Theory worked on various pro bono to Innovation: The Growing Children’s False Allegations and How you made it through law matters involving Title VII retalia- Economic Cost of Professional False Denials”; “Truth Induction school: “Because I was a single tion claims and disability rights. Control Over Corporate Legal in Young Maltreated Children: The mom, I had limited time to Classes: Children, Sexuality Markets”; “Levers of Legal Effects of Oath-Taking and Reassur- spend in the library around really and the Law; First Amendment Design: Institutional Determinants ance on True and False Disclosures.” stressed out people. Hanging (also called Constitutional Law II); of the Quality of Law”; “Framing Classes: Evidence; Law and out with a 3-year-old (or other Legal Profession the Choice Between Cash and the Psychology; Child Interviewing “normal people”) helped keep Next frontier in your field: Courthouse: Experiences with Best advice anyone ever gave things in perspective! An exercise “Negotiating the law’s need for the 9/11 Victims Compensation you about law school: “Don’t quit routine and regular recreation stability in defining racial and Fund”; “Don’t Forget the Lawyers: after your first year. The worst part was equally essential.” ethnic identity as well as Legal Human Capital and the is over.” Best advice to someone who individual plaintiffs’ desire Role of Lawyers in Supporting Next frontier in your field: chooses USC Law: “Remember, for anti-discrimination laws the Rule of Law” “I’d like to learn more about legal practice is a team sport!” that are dynamic enough Classes: Contracts; Legal linguistics and language to fully reflect the complexity Profession; Theories of Conflict development, in order to of their lived experiences.” and Dispute Resolution; Empirical improve the way we question Studies of the Legal System children in court.”

38 law.usc.edu Christopher D. Stone J .Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law

Education: A.B., Harvard University; J.D., Yale University 2010 Faculty Specialty: Environmental issues, the regulation of corporations, law and philosophy Thomas D. Griffith Linda Bassett Puertas Experience: Served as a Scott A. Altman Ariela J. Gross Noel M. Ragsdale principal investigator for the U.S. Pauline M. Aranas Gillian K. Hadfield Brian M. Raphael Department of Energy in legal, Jody David Armour Cynthia B. Herrup Robert K. Rasmussen institutional, and financial aspects Jonathan M. Barnett Leeanna Izuel Chloe T. Reid of geothermal resource develop- Anthony M. Bertelli Diana C. Jaque Camille Gear Rich ment. Counseled the U.S. Scott H. Bice Ehud Kamar Stephen M. Rich Sentencing Commission on Albert O. Brecht Gregory C. Keating Daria Roithmayr corporate crime. Taught at Yale Michael J. Brennan Edward D. Kleinbard Jean Rosenbluth University and the University Rebecca L. Brown Daniel M. Klerman Heidi L. Rummel of Michigan. Served as consultant Kim Shayo Buchanan Bart Kosko Julie A. Ryan to the Commission for Environ- Deborah A. Call Rosanne Krikorian Elyn R. Saks mental Cooperation of the North Alexander M. Capron George Lefcoe Robert M. Saltzman American Free Trade Agreement. Michael A. Chasalow Jack Lerner Hilary M. Schor Published work: “Common but Marshall Cohen Shmuel Leshem Michael H. Shapiro Differentiated Responsibilities in Catherine Coleman Martin L. Levine Dan Simon International Law”; “The Environ- Geoffrey Cowan Sharon A. Lloyd Karen Skinner ment in Wartime: An Overview”; David B. Cruz Rebecca S. Lonergan Edwin M. Smith Law, Language, and Ethics; Should Judy K. Davis Thomas D. Lyon Priya Sridharan Trees Have Standing—Toward Matthew DeGrushe Andrei Marmor Nomi M. Stolzenberg Legal Rights for Natural Objects; Mary L. Dudziak Sam Martinuzzi Christopher D. Stone Where the Law Ends; Earth and Susan R. Estrich John G. Matsusaka Nina Walton Other Ethics; The Gnat is Older Edward J. Finegan Edward J. McCaffery Gary Watson than Man: Global Environment and Raymond Flores Mathew D. McCubbins Mark I. Weinstein Human Agenda; Should Trees Have Niels W. Frenzen Paul J. Moorman Simon J. Wilkie Standing? And Other Essays on Alice R. Galstian Kevin J. Murphy Diana I. Williams Law, Morals, and the Environment Ronald R. Garet Wendy Y. Nobunaga Leonette M. Williams Classes: Property; Globalization; Elizabeth Garrett Clare Pastore Gideon D. Yaffe Rights of Groups; International Hannah R. Garry Cynthia Prado-Guyer Environmental Law Howard A. Gillman

USC Gould School of Law 39 Student Experience

USC Law offers support in many areas of student life. From the moment you begin law school, you’ll have access to programs, workshops, organizations, and activities that provide personal, academic, and professional enrichment. Through USC Law’s Student Services, we offer the Academic Support Program as well as the Office of Student Affairs. We’re here to help you have the best possible law school experience.

A great benefit for Academic Support Mentorship: We offer a Peer Mentor Program that USC Law students is that It is common for first-year law students to helps incoming students transition into law school we are a small, tight-knit seek guidance in learning the new language and by providing trusting interactions with a second-year community, amidst a large analytic skills that confront them in law school. student mentor. Mentors guide new students to social and vibrant campus with and developmental resources that help them become resources that serve The Academic Support Program assists students thousands of students. as they learn how to study law. It also works an integral part of the law school and alumni community. USC Law’s School Office to support students seeking to improve their of Student Services academic performance throughout their studies. Health and Wellness: Law school involves a great recognizes and addresses With the guidance of peer tutors and faculty, new investment of time and effort that can often lead to the unique needs of students learn to hone their writing skills through anxiety and stress. We help students maintain a healthy law students. periodic co-curricular workshops as well as balance between school and life. Through on-campus counseling and medical services, students receive specialized courses, myriad online resources, the assistance required to face mental and physical and individual counseling. All of these resources challenges. For students with disabilities, we work and approaches are designed to help students with other university services to coordinate necessary achieve success in their classes, on the Bar accommodations and support. examination, and in law practice.

Awards: Each spring, USC Law presents the Edward Office of Student Affairs and Eleanor Shattuck Awards, the Miller Johnson USC Law’s Office of Student Affairs provides Equal Justice Award and the Mason C. Brown Award personalized support for students. There are to selected graduating law students. many programs and services that help students with the personal issues associated with transitioning to law school, and then thriving once here. Some things you can access through Student Affairs:

40 law.usc.edu Student Organizations: The diversity of USC Health Law and Bioethics Society Law’s student population is reflected in over Intellectual Property and Technology Law Society thirty political, religious, social, cultural and ethnic Interdisciplinary Law Journal (Honors Program) organizations. Students play an active and valued International Law and Relations Organization role in the day-to-day operation of the law school J. Reuben Clark Law Society and are encouraged to pursue their interests through Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) the creation of new student organizations and events. Latino Law Students Association The Office of Student Affairs oversees the following Law Students Campaign Against Sexual Assault student organizations you may wish to participate in: Legal Aid Alternative Breaks (LAAB) Law Students for Reproductive Justice American Indian Law Student Association Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal (LAPILJ) Ampersand (”&“) Literary Magazine Middle Eastern South Asian Law Association (MESALA) Armenian Law Students Association Muslim Law Students Association Asian Pacific American Law Students OUTLaw Association (APALSA) Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Black Law Students Association (BLSA) Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) Consumer Attorney’s Association Real Estate Law of Los Angeles (CAALA) Review of Law & Social Justice (RLSJ) Christian Legal Society Southern California Law Review (Honors Program) Community Service Affairs Street Law Corporate Law Society Student Bar Association (SBA) Critical Legal Studies Association Slumbusters: Club for Housing and Diversity Affairs Committee Unlawful Detainer Law (CHUD) Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Committee Surf Law Society Entertainment Law Society USC Law Democrats Environmental Law Society USC Sports Law Society Federalist Society USC Trial Practice Association Gould/Marshall Alliance Women’s Law Association (WLA) Hale Moot Court Board (Honors Program)

USC Gould School of Law 41 Jacqueline Shaprow • Chicago, Illinois Jessica Walker • Austin, Texas

What’s your favorite place on The Journal of Health Psychology, What’s your favorite place on What’s been your favorite class the USC campus and why? Yo! Raps Magazine, and Down the USC campus and why? so far and why? The fountain in front of the law South. I also have a short story Overall, I really love walking around Law, Language, and Ethics, a class school. It’s nice to sit there and of mine sitting in the law library campus... the paths by architecturally that is unique to USC. We explored read on a sunny day. in a book called “Reaching the Bar,” awesome buildings are very peaceful. the intersection between our Where do you study on campus? which is about the lives of women Where do you study on campus? identities as people and as lawyers, The Lincoln Room in the working within the legal profession. The big blue couches in the and how to be loyal to both of Law Library. What’s been your favorite class law school; they are incredibly those personalities. It was a really Do you get involved in any sports, so far and why? comfortable! great way to start the law school cultural events, students groups, Gender Discrimination with Where do you hang out experience, and a way to connect and/or extracurricular activities Susan Estrich because she is very on campus? with classmates. at USC? entertaining, has a lot of energy, There is a fountain outside of the What’s your best advice to people I like to inspire students to come and always gets the students law school that is the perfect place considering law school? to USC because it’s a great school. involved in her lectures. for a lunch in the sun, or a moment Make sure you think about what I have informally mentored several What’s your best advice to people of quiet thinking. attracts you to law school, and what USC students who were in their considering law school? Where do you eat on campus? you want to be able to do with your first year of law school when Figure out which law school you can The big secret they don’t tell you degree. Find a school that will help I was a second year law student. see yourself spending time at each about law school is that there is such you reach those goals, and find a Outside of school, I am a Yale and every day. a thing as a free lunch! So usually I place you’re comfortable… because Alumni Interviewer and I have Why did you choose USC Law? eat at whatever meeting I’m going to finals everywhere are stressful, but coordinated several Master’s Teas I fell in love with my husband on a particular day. Another favorite having a supportive community at Yale with prominent figures in the summer prior to law school of mine is the Greek place near the makes a huge difference. the entertainment industry since and he proposed to me a day university bookstore. Why did you choose USC Law? graduation. I have arranged for before school started, and he was Do you get involved in any sports, Out of all the law schools I looked inspirational speakers to visit attending USC Law at the time— cultural events, students groups, at, the community at USC was the low-income schools in Los Angeles so of course I had to go there. and/or extracurricular activities most welcoming. I wanted a school to motivate students of color. I also love LA! at USC? that was challenging without being I’ve published articles in the I am involved in Street Law, which cutthroat, that had professors California Family Law Monthly, is an organization that goes to local who were brilliant yet focused on The Los Angeles Daily Journal, schools to teach kids about legal teaching, and USC was the best fit. topics, the Women’s Law Association, and the Corporate Law Society.

42 law.usc.edu Natalie Hardwick • Nichols, South Carolina Matthew Cave • Farmington, Michigan

What’s your favorite place on What’s your best advice to people What’s your favorite place on What’s your best advice to people the USC campus and why? considering law school? the USC campus and why? considering law school? The Law School (that’s where all I would suggest that anyone The Lyon Center (one of USC’s I really enjoyed taking a year off the cool kids are). considering law school really think recreation centers) because it’s after undergrad to gain some work Where do you study on campus? about the things he/she hopes to where I go to unwind. experience and relax. I recommend Mostly the top floor of the library, gain from the experience and what Where do you study on campus? at least considering some time off but occasionally, outside by the matters most to him/her, and then I usually study in the Law Library, before starting law school. Also, fountain and at Coffee Bean & pick the school that best provides but sometimes I go to the Doheny remember to enjoy yourself during Tea Leaf across the street. those things. Library for a change of scenery. the first year of law school. There Where do you hang out Why did you choose USC Law? Do you get involved in any sports, will always be more work that you on campus? I was seeking something very differ- cultural events, students groups, could be doing, but overworking The blue couches on the first floor ent from what I had already experi- and/or extracurricular activities yourself can be counterproductive. of the law school. enced. I spent my entire life before at USC? If you feel overwhelmed, talk to Where do you eat on campus? law school on the East Coast (first I play pick-up basketball with a your classmates about it—every- Chipotle! (although, technically, in South Carolina, then in North group of law students as often as one’s going through the same thing I suppose that is off-campus), Carolina for college, then Northern I can. We put together a few teams together and you can and should The Lot, and at the Law School Café. Virginia /Washington D.C. for work) for the intramural league last year support each other. Do you get involved in any sports, and wanted to see what the West and we plan to do the same in Why did you choose USC Law? cultural events, students groups, Coast was like. Law school seemed the future. I also teach for the The location, reputation, and the and/or extracurricular activities like the perfect way to transition Legal Research, Writing, and school’s incredible connections. at USC? to a completely new place, while Advocacy Program. What’s the best thing about I’m the Secretary of the Sports Law still having a support system and What’s been your favorite class Los Angeles? Society and a Legal Writing Fellow. established social network through so far and why? There’s something fun to do around I also participated in Street Law school. I’m not getting any younger, My favorite class so far has been every corner; you’ll never get bored last year. so it was time to start living a Constitutional Law with Prof. Cruz. here. Also, the career opportunities What’s been your favorite class little and try something new! Plus, The content of the class was very are fantastic. so far and why? when I visited, I fell in love with interesting and we had some great I enjoyed almost all of my classes the campus and the people—it is group discussions. Also, I think Con my first year and I think that is hard not to! Law is an incredibly important class because I found both the material because of its relevance to our daily interesting, and the faculty to lives, not only in our roles as law be great. students and lawyers.

USC Gould School of Law 43 Ephraim Walker • Antioch, California Becky Raizman • Wyncote, Pennsylvania

What’s your favorite place on What’s your best advice to people What’s your favorite place on What’s been your favorite class the USC campus and why? considering law school? the USC campus and why? so far and why? The Lyon Center, because I am Know what you’re getting yourself I’d have to say the quad (though Constitutional Law—Professor a gym rat. I spend all of my away into. This is a HUGE decision in my friends make fun of me for Garet’s passion for the material time from the books there. your life. Do not take it lightly, calling it that—must­­­­ be an East and his dedication to his students Where do you study on campus? and be ready to sacrifice three Coast thing)—the big green space is unparalleled. It’s also a class The law library and McCarthy years of your life to the library. outside Leavey Library where I can where we examined current issues Quad soaking up some rays. Good luck! lay out and tan... I mean, study. so you don’t ever feel like you’re Where do you hang out Why did you choose USC Law? Where do you study on campus? studying law in a vacuum. on campus? Reputation and diversity. Oh I occasionally can be found in the What’s your best advice to people The law school on the blue yeah, the Tier 1 ranking and the law library or at Doheny Library, considering law school? couches or the Lyon Center in national championship football but I actually prefer to study at I’d advise people considering law the gym. Or sometimes the law team didn’t hurt! random coffee-shops off-campus school to definitely take some time, school café. to remind me that there is life whether during an internship or Where do you eat on campus? outside the law school bubble. preferably, taking some time off The law school café or Chipotle. Do you get involved in any sports, between undergrad and law school, What’s been your favorite class cultural events, students groups, to work in a legal setting. After so far and why? and/or extracurricular activities working as a government paralegal Stereotypes, Race and the Rule at USC? for two years and volunteering at of Law with Professor Armour. I’ve been involved in PILF, the some legal clinics, I was able to That class really opened up my Women’s Law Association (the find out what kinds of things I’d be eyes to the issues that affect black 1Ls were Powderpuff Football doing as a lawyer on a day-to-day people, and society as a whole. champs!), and the Jewish Law basis, and this confirmed my desire I thought the class discussions were Students Association. I also got to ultimately attend. At least I knew insightful and revealing. I would to see The Color Purple the what I was getting into! recommend the class to anyone musical with a group of USC Why did you choose USC Law? who wants to get a deeper insight student through the Arts and I chose USC Law because of into race relations in the law school Humanities initiative. I like to its small size and supportive and in society as a whole. take part in the law school’s social environment, the public interest activities, whether they are bar opportunities, the opportunity to reviews or sports tournaments live in Southern California, and the or tailgating for football games. scholarship/financial aid package.

44 law.usc.edu Cherise LaTortue • New York, New York J. Alejandro Borbon • Glendale, Arizona

Where do you study on campus? What’s your best advice to people What’s your favorite place on Student Groups: I am involved I study best at home. The library is considering law school? the USC campus and why? in La Raza and participate in most too quiet, and I prefer “background Hmmm… think twice! If law school One of my favorite places on of the events that the organization noise” when I study—television, is just your default choice, I would campus is the intramural field. coordinates. Our biggest event is radio, or talkative roomie. say reconsider your choices. Law It’s where I play soccer with other Judges and Lawyers Night which Where do you hang out school takes determination, com- law students from time to time. takes place in the spring. The event on campus? mitment, and passion. If you enter Playing soccer at the intramural allows USC Law students to meet Other than the classroom, the law school only because you had field helps me relax and forget prominent judges and lawyers from infamous blue couches. no better alternative, your life about law school for at least the Los Angeles legal community. Do you get involved in any sports, would be hell. But if you think you a couple of hours. Activities: I do my part to support cultural events, students groups, really want to be a lawyer, then law Where do you study on campus? every law school organization/club and/or extracurricular activities school is only a hurdle (albeit a high It varies depending on the intensity by attending any organization’s at USC? one) that you must jump in order of the studying that I plan to do. event that provides free food Student Groups: BLSA, WLA, to achieve your dream. Don’t get Serious studying = Law library, and/or drinks. Corporate Law Society, Street Law, me wrong, life will still be hell, but second floor, big tables What's your best advice to people and PILF. at least you will have a light at Casual studying = Law school café considering law school? What’s been your favorite class the end of the tunnel. Stressed out, hating my life, and If you can, take a year off after so far and why? Why did you choose USC Law? don’t want to see any other law stu- undergrad before attending law Civ Pro. I like structured courses, Climate! Climate! Climate! dents studying = Any USC library school. The first year will be a lot rather than theoretical (e.g. Torts) I attended undergrad in NYC except the law school library of work so you should come in Plus Professor Roithmayr is great. and lived there for 7 years. I hated Do you get involved in any sports, rested. Also, once you get to law I also loved Crim Law. Professor the cold. However, it did not hurt cultural events, students groups, school, don’t study every moment Simon made the class innovative that the school was in the Top 20 and/or extracurricular activities of every day! Give yourself at least and interactive. in the nation, and the best school at USC? one day to just rest and do some- for minority students. I remained Sports: I like to play soccer when- thing fun in L.A. Go to the beach, at USC because the alumni network ever I get the chance. I usually play hang out with family/friends, or in strong, and the people at the with other USC Law students be- do something else not related to school are helpful and I appreciate cause most of them play at my skill law school. Trust me, a little down its open-door policy. level (my skill level being slightly time once a week will do wonders above terrible). for your stress level.

USC Gould School of Law 45 Legacy

This is our legacy: With more than 100 years of renowned legal education, USC Law is an institution that continues to make history, through its philosophy of innovation, and through its people. By the students, for the students, that’s the founding premise and guiding principle behind USC Law.

46 law.usc.edu At the end of the 19th century, when there was no Women in the Law Like Los Angeles itself, formal law school in Southern California, aspiring The five women on the committee that founded USC Law has become a national player. In academic lawyers prepared by “reading law” at local firms. USC Law began a tradition of women in circles, it enjoys a reputa- Then, in 1896, a band of ambitious apprentices leadership perpetuated throughout the school’s tion for intellectual vitality. brought organized legal education to Los Angeles. history. In 1911, USC formed the nation’s first Nearly half the faculty hold Their goal: Create “a school of permanent charac- female law-student sorority, Phi Delta Delta. doctoral or master’s ter,” and educate lawyers of exceptional quality. By 1930, USC was a national leader in preparing degrees in addition to their Today’s USC Law reflects a distinguished past women for careers in law, and, in 1968, became JDs. Uniquely multidisci- plinary in character, the built on the principles of equity and excellence, the first leading law school with a female dean. school has strong programs Today, women constitute approximately half and the courage to break new ground. in law and economics, of each class, making way for a new generation law and humanities and Diversity Pioneers of trailblazers. clinical legal education. From its informal beginnings, the fledgling Also driving the school’s institution made diversity its earliest hallmark Law Without Boundaries reputation are its gradu- and embraced this innovation every step of the Recognizing the complexity of law practice in ates. Today as in years past, way. USC Law’s early yearbooks showcase an increasingly interconnected world, USC Law the accomplishments of the school’s deep commitment to diversifying the professors began to integrate the social sciences, USC Law alumni in private profession. The faces of students reflect such as anthropology and economics, into practice, public service, the communities that USC alumni have gone their law classes as early as the 1960s. Today, government, teaching, the judiciary and business on to lead. USC Law continues to transcend traditional add luster to USC’s name. boundaries through the many professors who

Alumni on the Bench hold advanced degrees in economics, history, Philanthropy—much of In the school’s first 100 years, more than 450 political science, and psychology, in addition it from alumni—has lifted graduates have held state and federal judgeships, to law credentials. the school to new heights. Our endowment ranks making USC Law a key contributor to leadership among the nation’s 10 in the legal profession. In 1906, Frederick W. Public Interest largest private law school Houser ’00, became the first alumnus to serve Believing that practical experience is essential, endowments. Another on the bench when he was elected to the Los in 1928, USC became one of the country’s first key indicator of academic Angeles Superior Court. Georgia Bullock ’14 law schools to establish a public-interest clinic. competitiveness is the became the first woman appointed to the Los In time, the clinic evolved into the Legal Aid number of chairs and professorships, which Angeles Superior Court. In recent years, Foundation of Los Angeles, one of the state’s now total 37. USC Law graduates formed the majority on largest providers of free legal services the California Supreme Court—unprecedented and a place where USC students continue to among law schools. contribute. Today, USC’s programs put students to work in diverse communities through seven clinics: post-conviction matters, children’s legal issues, employment law, business law, intellectual property, immigration, and mediation.

USC Gould School of Law 47 48 49 1900 1911 Program becomes affiliated USC Law moves to the with USC; the university Tajo Building (below). After awards degrees for study 15 years of changing head- completed at the Los Angeles quarters, USC Law found Law School. As early as 1885, stability in this downtown USC officials had contem- building, at the corner of plated forming a law school. First Street and Broadway. This affiliation realized the The school remained at this dream of early advocates site until 1925. Robert Widney and George I. Cochran, both Los Angeles attorneys and USC trustees.

1896 1901 1907 1912 Year established. Judge USC begins awarding law USC Law gains membership Stare Decisis—the school’s David C. Morrison “threw degrees. Gavin W. Craig into the Association of yearbook—reflects an open the doors of his receives the first diploma. American Law Schools. increasingly diverse and courtroom” for 36 law international student body. apprentices—five of them Japanese, Filipino, Armenian women—to hear prominent and Russian Jewish students local attorneys praise the are represented in photo- concept of a formal law graphs, along with women school. James Brown Scott and the school’s second (above), who was to head black student. The yearbook the nascent institution, includes a section (above) exhorted the students devoted exclusively to to create a “law school “co-education.” A year earlier, of permanent character.” students had founded Phi Delta Delta, the nation’s first women’s law student sorority.

50 law.usc.edu 1924 1927 1930 1949 You Chung Hong ’24, Southern California Law Manuel Ruiz Jr., USC Law’s First William Green Hale LLM ’25 (below) graduates. Review is first published. first known Latino alumnus, Moot Court competition. Hong was the first Chinese Edited and managed by graduates. Ruiz was American admitted to practice law students, this flagship considered the “California in California and became the USC Law journal is known dean of Mexican American nation’s foremost Chinese civil for publishing high quality, lawyers.” He was appointed rights attorney. cutting-edge scholarship by President Nixon to the by nationally known academ- U.S. Commission of Civil ics. Today, the Review’s Rights, and he authored circulation is among the numerous works, including largest in the nation, and the seminal Mexican its articles among the most American Legal Heritage frequently cited. in the Southwest.

1925 1928 1931 1948 USC Law moves to the Among the first public African American, Edwin The first USC Institute on University Park campus. interest law clinics in America. Jefferson graduates (above). Federal Taxation is held. Students pioneered the He rose to leadership posi- The flagship of USC Law’s practice of providing pro tions in Los Angeles, and was continuing legal education bono legal advice to the poor appointed to the bench in programs, the Institute through the USC Legal Clinic. 1940. Other early outstanding on Federal Taxation is one African-American alumni of only three such law school- include David Williams ’37, sponsored institutes in the who became a federal judge; country today. Bert McDonald ’23, the first black lawyer in the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office; and Crispus Attucks Wright ’38, who together with McDonald, Williams and others founded the John M. Langston Bar Association in 1943 (other bar associations had racial restrictions).

USC Gould School of Law 51 1961 1965 1970 1973 1981 Southern California Law “Law, Language, and Chicano Law Students Exchange program with Post-Conviction Justice Project Review, first published in Ethics” first offered. This Association is founded. Caltech begins, enabling is founded. The program gives 1927 is edited and managed signature course, required professors at both students real-world training by law students, like these of all first-year law students, USC Law moves into its institutions to co-teach as advocates for prison inmates. from 1961 (below). This transformed the way law current headquarters, and co-author works flagship USC Law journal is taught at USC. Drawing the Elvon and Mabel Musick in law, economics and is known for publishing on fields such as philosophy, Building (below). The five- political science. The high quality, cutting-edge psychology and economics, level, 88,000-square-foot partnership evolved into scholarship by nationally the course encourages stu- facility provides state-of- the Program in Law and known academics. dents to examine legal issues the-art resources, including Rational Choice in 1992, 1989 in a comprehensive context. a computerized library. allowing for enhanced Children’s Legal interaction between the Issues Clinic schools, joint faculty founded. workshops, and a joint degree program.

1955 1968 1971 1987 Legion Lex is founded. Judicial administration Asian Law Students The Public Interest Law This active and successful expert Dorothy W. Nelson Association is founded. Foundation is founded. The volunteer fund-raising LLM ’56 (above) becomes foundation subsidizes hun- support group for USC Law the first woman dean of a dreds of student-advocates has generated millions of leading American law school. serving the elderly, abused dollars in annual contribu- and neglected children, tions—erecting buildings, homeless families and other supporting faculty research vulnerable populations. and teaching, and providing student scholarships.

1969 1990 The Black Law Students The Musick Building’s new wing Association is founded. opens. Adding 62,000 square feet to the 1970 facility, this expansion yielded the Ackerman Moot Courtroom, new seminar classrooms, offices for student organizations and clinical pro- grams, lounges and a cafeteria, computer and video labs and a greatly enlarged law library.

52 law.usc.edu 1991 1998 2001 2005 2007 Pacific Center for Health Employer Legal Advice Two new interdisciplinary The Center on Law and Robert K. Rasmussen Policy and Ethics is founded. Clinic is founded. institutes formed: The Center Philosophy and the becomes Dean of in Law, Economics and Intellectual Property USC Law. The USC Center for Organization as well as and Technology Law Clinic Communications Law and The Center in Law, History are founded, promoting Small Business Policy opens. and Culture. additional interdisciplinary and Mediation scholarship. Clinics are founded.

A new café and refurbished law library (below) opens. The library features a new multimedia room and computer lab.

1992 2000 2004 2006 2010 Southern California The Center for the Study The Initiative and Referendum Office of Public Service The International Interdisciplinary Law Journal of Law and Politics is created: Institute—the nation’s most is formed to expand Human Rights Clinic is founded. This student- A unique network of inter- prominent educational and opportunities for pro bono is launched. Students will managed publication focuses connected scholars, drawn research organization focused legal work, internships and represent victims of on the scholarly work of legal from diverse disciplines on direct democracy—moves service-learning programs. human rights violations academics, economists, such as law, political science, to USC Law and joins the USC Law students provided before international physicians, anthropologists economics, public admin- Center for the Study of Law assistance to Gulf Coast tribunals, and in and experts in other fields istration, psychology, and and Politics. hurricane victims. US courts under the who analyze law from their communications. Alien Tort Statute. particular perspectives. The Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice (below), inaugurated in 1991, explores legal issues relating 2002 Graduate and International to gender and society. Programs are launched with an inaugural class of 12 students. Now the Master of Laws and Master of Comparative Law programs include 100+ international students from dozens of countries on five continents.

USC Gould School of Law 53 Alumni Network

This is who we become: Leaders in the practice of law. Career advantages begin before you even search for a job, and continue long after you receive your degree. From our Alumni Mentor Lunch in your first year which introduces you to the USC Law Alumni Network, to our Career Services support throughout your career, USC Law networking epitomizes a collegial approach to career-building.

54 law.usc.edu USC Gould School of Law 55 Jen Flory ’05 Ben Wang ‘03 Staff Attorney Associate Western Center on Law Irell & Manella LLP & Poverty (WCLP) Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California

Jen Flory joined WCLP as a law clerk in 2003 and was a Skadden “USC, of course, taught me the fundamentals of the U.S. legal Fellow from 2005-2007. As a clerk, Flory coordinated a project to system, including subjects that impact my life on a daily basis, such increase access to health care for immigrants. Her fellowship project as constitutional law, civil procedure, contracts, and professional focused on health care for low-income Californians by monitoring responsibility,” states Ben Wang. “USC also exposed me to the the implementation of new reforms, identifying best and worst multitude of policy considerations that guide our legal system practices of providers, and advocating on affordability issues. and shed light on what we expect from our government and peers. It also prepared me for the demanding and challenging nature of Flory continues her work in WCLP’s health unit. “My primary the legal profession. Successfully juggling classes, extra-curricular substantive areas are access to health care services for low-income activities, and jobs prepared me well for the long hours that come persons and dealing with medical debt,” explains Flory. “I work with being a lawyer.” on impact litigation, administrative advocacy with state and county agencies, provide technical assistance on legislation, and train legal While at USC, Wang was the Executive Notes Editor of the services advocates around the state.” While a student at USC, Southern California Law Review. Additionally, Wang was a teaching Flory also worked at Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, the assistant for Professor George Lefcoe’s Real Estate Transactions American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and in the USC and Real Estate Finance classes, and a legal writing instructor. After Immigration Clinic. She was president of USC’s Public Interest Law graduation, Wang joined Irell & Manella LLP as an associate working Foundation and recipient of the Miller-Johnson Equal Justice Prize in the firm’s litigation workgroup. Within a few months of arriving, for her commitment to social justice. Prior to attending law school, Wang participated in a four week trial in Federal district court Flory earned an M.A. in Comparative Literature from Penn State during which he conducted the direct examination of a witness, and taught at Cerritos and Fullerton colleges. assisted in the opening and closing statements, prepared direct and cross examination questions, and was specifically mentioned during When asked about her transition from teacher to attorney, Flory says, the Judge’s bench ruling as a positive example of allowing young “I saw public interest law as an opportunity to combine my interest lawyers to participate in trials. Further, the Judge ruled in Wang’s in social causes, research and advocacy.” USC made it possible for client’s favor on all issues. Flory to get experience while still a student. She received funding through the Public Interest Law Foundation (PILF) and a private grant Prior to Irell & Manella, Wang served as a law clerk to the Honorable to work summers at public interest agencies. Flory notes, “I don’t Ferdinand F. Fernandez, United States Court of Appeals for the know that other law schools make it as easy to get so much Ninth Circuit, and to the Honorable George H. King, United States hands-on experience.” District Court for the Central District of California. Both judges are also USC Law alumni.

2-5years alumni

56 law.usc.edu Norma García Dana S. Treister Guillén ‘02 ’94 Associate Partner Sheppard Mullin Richter Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP & Hampton LLC Los Angeles, California Costa Mesa, California

Norma García Guillén specializes in business law and has been As a real estate partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Dana at the center of intellectual property cases, as well as unfair Treister’s practice focuses on all forms of real estate transactions, competition, securities, business torts and breach of contract claims. with an emphasis on the acquisition and sale of commercial She has successfully prosecuted and defended cases in both state properties, loan transactions, land use and entitlement work, and federal courts. García Guillén is also a founding member of real estate finance, and leasing transactions. He also has extensive Sheppard Mullin’s Latino Business Practice Group, a unit charged experience representing developers and in forming joint ventures. with providing representation to the emerging Latino business sector. To further support these goals, García Guillén serves as Treister received his B.A. degree from Stanford University and J.D. President of the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County. degree from the USC Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. At USC, he was managing editor of the Law Review Born and raised in Santa Ana, California, to immigrant parents from and a legal writing instructor. Following law school, Treister served Guerrero, Mexico, García Guillén graduated Smith College with as a law clerk to the Honorable John G. Davies in the Central a B.A. in Government and Latin American Studies. While at Smith District of California. College, she co-founded the national award-winning mock trial team and headed the on-campus Latina organization, Nosotras. Currently, Treister teaches Real Estate Transactions as a Lecturer in Law at USC Law. He is a founder of the Adam Freeman Scott ’93 At USC, García Guillén was a member of the Jessup International Memorial Endowment, which awards a summer grant to students Moot Court program, the Immigration Clinic, and president of La Raza Law Students Association. She was awarded USC’s Shattuck working in public interest. Treister is also very active in the Award for her leadership, dedication and service. community, serving on the board of trustees for the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the Los Angeles Chapter of Facing History Numerous publications have recognized García Guillén’s and Ourselves, and the Pacific Oaks College and Children’s accomplishments and humble beginnings: the Orange County School. Treister has also served on the steering committee of Register; Latina magazine; Selecciones; and La Opinion. OCMetro the Construction and Development Committee of the State Bar named her one of 20 Women to Watch. of California and is an active member of the Real Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. In her current role as President of the Hispanic Bar Association (HBA), García Guillén works tirelessly to diversify the legal profession, “Enjoy law school,” advises Treister. “Students who focus too build bridges with the Hispanic legal communities in both the much on their career while still in school will miss a lot of the enjoy- U.S. and other countries, and help increase opportunities for ment that comes from being in an environment where learning HBA members and Latino law students. Activities include: Annual and education are the goal without the everyday pressures of MCLE Travel Seminar to Mexico, roundtables with Mexican and a busy practice.” U.S. legislators, Immigration Law Clinic, and monthly bar reviews.

5-10 years alumni

USC Gould School of Law 57 Suzanne L. Bell ‘90 Karen B. Wong Deputy Director for Legal ’86 Recruitment and Outreach Partner Office of Attorney Recruitment Global Project Finance and Management Milbank, Tweed, Hadley U.S. Department of Justice & McCloy LLP Washington, D.C. Los Angeles, California

Before becoming a lawyer, Suzanne Bell was an assistant treasurer Karen Wong has been a Milbank partner since 1996. Her practice for Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Since graduating focuses on the representation of sponsors and financing parties from USC, she has worked in just about every legal environment, in connection with the development, acquisition, financing and/or except a corporation. Bell served as a Research Attorney for the restructuring of power, petrochemical and other infrastructure Los Angeles Superior Court, and was an associate at the law firm, facilities in North America, Asia, and Latin America. In her over Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Since 1995, Bell has worked for the U.S. twenty-one years of practice, she has led numerous development, Department of Justice, first as an Assistant United States Attorney, financing and acquisition transactions involving electric generation then as Deputy General Counsel. assets (including large scale coal, gas and LNG fired cogeneration plants, as well as solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, biomass, Currently Deputy Director, she provides general oversight of the waste energy and other renewable energy facilities), transmission DOJ’s legal recruitment programs and retention and diversity lines, and oil and gas pipelines. initiatives and works with DOJ components in developing a strategic plan for enhancing the DOJ’s outreach and recruitment efforts Wong’s current transactions include several developments of coal to ensure continued success in attracting and retaining highly- and petroleum coke gasification poly-generation and substitute qualified legal talent from diverse backgrounds. natural gas projects, and financing transactions in the renewables (wind and solar), ethanol and biofuels sector throughout the United Bell has a challenging job—the U.S. Department of Justice is the States. “Find a career path that will make you happy,” Wong advises largest legal employer in the world with more than 9,500 attorneys young attorneys, “because your best work doesn't come out when nationwide. Annually, the DOJ hires approximately 120-150 you don’t like what you’re doing. After practicing for over 21 years, entry-level attorneys through the Attorney General’s Honors I am happy to say that I am still find the legal work I’m doing to Program, 100 second-year law students through the Summer Law be interesting, challenging and fulfilling.” Intern Program, 650 lateral or experienced attorneys, and 1800 law student volunteers. In addition to conducting the Honors Hailing from a Trojan family, Wong received her B.S. in Business Program interviewer training for the attorneys in the DOJ, Bell’s Administration from USC magna cum laude, then received a J.D. team has also expanded management training initiatives, including from USC Law. She served on the editorial boards of Major Tax workshops lateral or experienced attorneys. Planning and the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal (formerly known as the Computer/Law Journal). She is listed as “My career has evolved,” says Bell. “I had no idea that I would be a leading lawyer in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA for Projects involved in recruitment for the Department of Justice. It’s important in California and was recommended in PLC Which Lawyer? for to develop a reputation for excellence. Excellence helps create banking and finance. opportunity. I recognized and landed this great opportunity because I was flexible and open to new ideas.” On the international arena, she is representing the sponsors of a mine mouth power project in Lao PDR that will sell electricity to the Thai and Lao state-owned utilities.

10-25 years alumni

58 law.usc.edu Mark L. Karasik Joyce L. Kennard ‘81 ‘74 Principal Associate Justice Baker & McKenzie LLP Supreme Court of California Chicago, Illinois San Francisco, California

Mark Karasik has defended and prosecuted scores of commercial Court Watch calls Judge Joyce Kennard, “possibly the most civil litigation matters. He is a trial lawyer who has defended products individualistic justice on the Supreme Court.” Kennard has a legacy manufacturers in product liability cases, employers in wrongful of dissent and championship of liberal-leaning causes. She has a termination and employee discharge cases, and professionals in record of significant rulings, including Sands v. Morongo Unified breach of fiduciary duty litigation. Karasik has been involved in jury School District regarding religious observance in public schools, trials, bench trials, national and international arbitrations. He also Kasky v. Nike regarding labor practices and commercial speech, has significant trial experience in the areas of negligence, product and Stevenson v. Superior Court, regarding age discrimination and liability, contracts, and professional and fiduciary litigation. public policy. Kennard works hard to look through the formalities to discover the real people at the heart of important issues. Karasik specializes in complex litigation that helps insure success for his clients. He has worked for U.S. health care conglomerates Born of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Indonesian mother, Kennard and insurers and handled litigation matters for national and has braved internment in World War II Japanese and New Guinea international product manufacturers as well. Karasik’s litigation prison camps, the early death of her father, the amputation of clients include AH Robins, Addison-McKee, Inc., Ford Motor Co., her leg due to infection as a teenager, and on-going discrimination Intercraft, McDonald’s Corp., 6 N. Michigan Avenue Trust, Hubbell, due to being mixed-race. She eventually moved to California, and The Beitler Company. attending USC and receiving a B.A. magna cum laude in German, then simultaneously attaining her J.D. from USC Law and an In addition to his litigation work, Karasik is also a frequent speaker M.P.A. from USC’s School of Public Administration. Prior to her and author on topics relating to areas in his particular practice position on the Supreme Court of California, her previous judicial expertise. He has been elected to membership in the American experience includes serving as Associate Justice on the state Court Board of Trial Advocates. Karasik is also a current appointee of Appeal in Los Angeles; judge of the Los Angeles County Superior to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Court; Associate Justice pro tempore on state Court of Appeal in Hearing Board, and acts as a Hearing Board Chairman, appointed Los Angeles; judge on Los Angeles County Municipal Court; senior by the Illinois Supreme Court. attorney on state Court of Appeal in Los Angeles; and Deputy Attorney General in Los Angeles. Karasik received his B.A. at USC in 1978, before continuing his studies at USC to receive his J.D. in 1981. “My education at USC Kennard has received numerous awards and accolades for her many Law was intense and far-reaching,” says Karasik. “It exposed me accomplishments over the years, including the Alumni Merit Award to most areas of the law. My education at USC Law showed me that, from USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development; the Public as a trial lawyer, one can be successful in many different areas of Service Award from the Asian Pacific American Bar Association; the law, following my philosophy that variety is the spice of life.” and inclusion in the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame. She was included in The Counselors, conversations with 18 courageous women who have changed the world, by Elizabeth Vrato, and the law review article entitled Joyce L. Kennard: An Independent Streak on California’s Highest Court (65 Albany Law Rev., p. 1181, July 2002).

25+ years alumni

USC Gould School of Law 59 Alumni Network

Whether you stay in California, or your dreams take you elsewhere, USC Law’s Career Services understand the legal job market and USC Law offers plenty of support. The Career Services Office is how to best launch you into it. They work closely with students ready to help you launch a cross-country job search by providing through leading career management workshops and providing information about firms, scheduling special interviews, participating individualized counseling. Career Services also works closely with in recruiting programs, and tapping into reciprocal career assistance alumni, bringing them back to campus to speak about their careers, provided by other law schools. Each fall and spring, hundreds of participate in workshops and mock interview programs that allow private law firms, government and public interest agencies, and students to practice their job interview skills. corporations from around the country visit USC Law to interview students for permanent and summer jobs.

USC Alumni work in firms and governmental agencies all over the globe, including:

West McDermott, Will & Emery LLP Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP McGuireWoods LLP Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Arnold & Porter LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Southwest Baker & Hostetler LLP Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP Bingham McCutchen LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Dechert LLP Bryan Cave LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Fennemore Craig PC California Department of Justice Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP Fish & Richardson PC Dewey LeBoeuf LLP Office of Chief Counsel Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP DLA Piper US LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP Greenberg Traurig LLP Fenwick & West LLP Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Hunton & Williams LLP Foley & Lardner LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Jones Day Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Littler Mendelson PC Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, PA Goodwin Procter LLP Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Office of Chief Counsel, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Reed Smith LLP Internal Revenue Service & Machtinger LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Osborn Maledon, PA Greenberg Traurig, LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Hogan Lovells LLP Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP Holland & Knight LLP Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Howrey LLP Sidley Austin LLP Snell & Wilmer Internal Revenue Service Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Texas RioGrande Legal Irell & Manella LLP Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP U.S. Air Force Jag Corps Jones Day Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP State of California, U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps Kaye Scholer LLP Office of the Attorney General United States Postal Service Kirkland & Ellis Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Latham & Watkins LLP U.S. Attorney’s Office Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP U.S. Department of Homeland Security Loeb & Loeb LLP U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Los Angeles County District Attorney Venable LLP Los Angeles County Public Defender White & Case LLP Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Winston & Strawn LLP

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Midwest Southeast Northeast Faegre & Benson LLP Dechert LLP Arnold & Porter LLP Foley & Lardner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Cravath, Swaine & Moore Greenberg Traurig, LLP Garrett and Dunner LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Holland & Knight LLP Foley & Lardner LLP Dechert LLP Jones Day Greenberg Traurig LLP Federal Bureau of Investigations Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Holland & Knight LLP Federal Communications Commission Kirkland & Ellis LLP Hunton & Williams LLP Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Latham & Watkins LLP Jones Day Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Littler Mendelson PC Littler Mendelson PC Garrett and Dunner LLP Office of Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Fish & Richardson PC Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Service Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Foley & Lardner LLP Pepper Hamilton LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP U.S. Air Force Jag Corps Greenberg Traurig LLP Sidley Austin LLP U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hogan Lovells U.S. Air Force Jag Corps U.S. Navy Judge Advocate Holland & Knight LLP U.S. Army Corps of Engineers General’s Corps Hunton & Williams LLP U.S. Navy Judge Advocate Internal Revenue Service General’s Corps Jones Day Winston & Strawn LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Littler Mendelson PC Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Office of Chief Counsel Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Pepper Hamilton LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Ropes & Gray LLP Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP U.S. Air Force Jag Corps U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Treasury U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

62 law.usc.edu Europe Asia Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP U.S. Air Force Jag Corps Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Air Force Jag Corps U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps U.S. Army Corps of Engineers White & Case LLP U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps

USC Gould School of Law 63 Living

If you’re going to spend three years as a law student immersed in the law, shouldn’t you choose a setting that’s dynamic, diverse, and rich in opportunity? That’s Los Angeles—the perfect place to study hard (maybe even at the beach), lose yourself in the local culture, and plot your first big career move.

From outdoor adventures to USC is at the center of one of the most exciting If it’s drama you long for, choose from the late-night hot spots, cultural urban environments of the 21st century. Los renowned Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper venues to career options, it’s all here waiting for you. Angeles is ethnically diverse, culturally vibrant, Forum, or a plethora of smaller stages that boast Los Angeles is a global center and has a fantastic and varied climate that big names and world-premiere shows. for business, technology, culture, media, and world permits unparalleled year-round recreational trade— the perfect backdrop activities. It’s one of few places in the world where If you’re a sports fan, you don’t need us to tell for your legal education. USC Law takes full advantage you could ski on snow-capped mountains in the you that Los Angeles is a sports haven. Starting of L.A. as a living laboratory morning and hit the beach with your surfboard with our own national champion USC Trojans, by allowing students to put their legal skills to use within by afternoon. you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see the best the community through in everything from football to basketball, baseball various public service and All aspects of high and popular culture are repre- to hockey, and golf to soccer. Enjoying sports is other opportunities. sented in Los Angeles; L.A. is an incredible center a year-round activity here. Local opportunities of outstanding and innovative film, music, theatre include skiing in the San Gabriel mountains, and dance. L.A. is also one of the most affordable hiking and camping in the California desert or and diverse cities in which to eat. From the fresh the Santa Monica Mountains, and swimming produce in numerous farmers’ markets to side- or surfing in the Pacific Ocean. Weekend trips walk stands that are L.A. institutions, you will from Los Angeles include some of the most find not just the best hamburgers and hot dogs, awe-inspiring places on earth, including the but also amazing sushi, burritos, dim sum, pho, Sierra Nevada mountains, Joshua Tree and Death kalbi and pupusas. Valley National Parks, the Mojave Desert, and the Baja coast. If it’s culture you’re looking for, look no farther. Los Angeles boasts world-class art museums Living in Los Angeles means choices. Just pick such as the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum a neighborhood from Downtown L.A. to Beverly of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Hills to Silver Lake or Pasadena to Venice Beach, Museum, and the Norton Simon Museum of Art. Los Angeles’ eclectic and varied neighborhoods Depending on your musical tastes, you could enjoy offer a wide range of lifestyles. Each one has the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney housing options, shops, restaurants, and parks Concert Hall, a world-music festival at the with its own unique flavor and vibe. Hollywood Bowl, a show at LA Live downtown, or a small rock gig at the Roxy on just about any given night of the year.

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This is where we are 9,107 law firms in Los Angeles County, of which, 3,259 are located in the city, Fortune 500 businesses and thousands of start-ups, 52 courthouses, 841 museums and galleries, theaters, hiking trails, and dance clubs. There is no better living laboratory in which to study law than Los Angeles, one of the world’s most innovative and influential legal markets. L.A.’s major court system and extensive legal community provide countless opportunities for career training and exploration. Victoria Linn, Culver City Where do you live and why? I live in Culver City, which is about 9 miles west of campus. When I moved to LA, I wanted to live closer to the water and in a neighborhood where a lot of other young professionals lived. Culver City fit both of those requirements, and the rental rates there are still affordable for a law student on a tighter budget. How do you get to USC? I drive to school, and the commute is only about 20 minutes door-to-door. What do you like best about your neighborhood? I love the fact that my neighborhood doesn’t feel too congested or too suburban. It’s a quiet neighborhood, but there’s still a lot to do.

Jameil Johnson, Cardinal Gardens Where do you live and why? I live in Cardinal Gardens, which is the USC undergraduate housing. I am a Resident Advisor (RA) for USC undergraduate students. Being an RA and living in the dorms with undergrads is perfect for me. I enjoy mentoring younger students. How do you get to USC? I ride my bike. What do you like best about your neighborhood? I like being close to campus.

Emily Schroeder, Downtown Where do you live and why? I lived in Beverly Hills my first year, but recently moved downtown. I would recommend living close to school for first year students. You have to be at school a lot, and reducing the commute helps with managing your time. Wished I had lived closer because it would have given me more flexibility and free time. What do you like about where you live? I really like my new building. It is brand new and has great amenities. My old apartment smelled bad, and made all my clothes smell, so anything was an improvement from there!

68 law.usc.edu Lee Linderman, Downtown Where do you live? I live in Parkside Apartments on campus. I will be trying to live as close to campus next year as I can. I have lived in a graduate apartment on campus because I didn’t want to waste any time commuting, particularly when I saw how much time I would be wanting to spend on campus anyway. How do you get to USC? Car? Transit? I bike, there is no point adding car-troubles to my potential list of concerns. What do you like best about your neighborhood? I like the student population in the neighborhood. There is a strong sense of community.

Amanda Rubenstein, The Villas at Park La Brea Where do you live and why? I live at The Villas at Park La Brea and love living there. We have a year round heated pool (one of the bonuses of So Cal is year round tanning) and a jacuzzi open late. There’s also a gym with big screen TVs and iPod hook ups that I use everyday... and here’s the best part: buffet brunch on Saturdays! How do you get to USC? I drive to school and it usually takes me about 20 minutes (15 without traffic). What do you like best about your neighborhood? The best part about the neighborhood is the relative wealth of plays, musicals, concerts and sporting events that occur within walking distance.

Scott Tillett, Mid-Wilshire Where do you live? I live mid-city, near La Brea. I’m south of the Grove Shopping Center and halfway between the beach and USC off of the 10 freeway. How do you get to USC? Car? Transit? I drive my car to school because nobody walks in L.A. They are putting in a light rail that will take you from Venice Beach to Downtown (as I understand it) and I would take that if it was up and working. What do you like best about your neighborhood? I have interesting neighbors and friends. They are involved in the music industry. I live in the top story of an old 2-story building with character. I don’t feel as if I live in a box like dorm rooms and apartments.

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71 2nd Largest city in the U.S.A.: City of Los Angeles 3,900,000 Approximate population: City of Los Angeles 470 Square miles in size: City of Los Angeles 224 Different languages spoken: City of Los Angeles

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72 law.usc.edu Los Angeles Los Angeles is a vital center of business, the arts, and international trade, where lawyers-in-training can find established and emerging industries: entertain- ment, manufacturing, communications, biotechnology, and multimedia. Beyond learning and career, Southern California offers every diversion a hard-working law student could want: cafés, restaurants, beaches, galleries, and every sporting event under the sun.

Hollywood & Highland “There is no one best thing about “Los Angeles is the only major “What do I do for fun in Los Angeles? In the heart of Hollywood, the L.A. Everyone finds different things American city bisected by a mountain Go out to dinner with friends, Hollywood and Highland Center is to love—hiking in the hills, lounging range. You don’t necessarily think especially little cafés in West a great place to shop, dine, or stay. at the beach, clubbing on Sunset, of hiking or mountain biking in L.A., Hollywood, and explore parks and Its crown jewel is the Kodak Theatre, people watching in Beverly Hills, but if you can when you’re in hiking trails with my dog.” home of the annual Academy theater, music or opera downtown, L.A., you should go up a trail in the – Marcia Mowbray, student Awards® Oscar Ceremonies. Los the weather, ethnic neighborhoods, Santa Monica Mountains—beautiful Angeles means celebrity—movie, the excitement of the entertainment greenery and spectacular ocean views television, music and Internet stars industry...” minutes away!” abound. The entertainment industry – Dan Klerman, faculty – Ariela Gross, faculty in Los Angeles is also big business, employing some 250,000 people. Griffith Park Its products impact culture around At 4,210 acres, Griffith Park is one “The best thing about L.A. the world. of the largest urban parks in North America. Los Angeles’ “Central Park” “The Hollywood Bowl is the ultimate has something to offer everyone, are the local neighborhoods.” L.A. experience… thousands of including miles of hiking and eques- – Martin Levine, faculty people enjoying picnic dinners, most trian trails, the Greek Theatre with Dodger Stadium with flowers and wine, then hearing its open-air concerts, one 9-hole and Metro Los Angeles is home to two some of the world’s finest musicians two 18-hole golf courses, a 113-acre Everyone always hears about its Major League Baseball teams, two in a lovely outdoor setting. And it Zoo, and the newly renovated iconic car-crazy culture, but Los Angeles National Hockey League teams, isn’t expensive!” observatory atop Mount Hollywood. County’s Metropolitan Transit Author- two Major League Soccer Teams, two – Bill Givens, staff member ity has a combined daily ridership of National Basketball Association teams, “I love the Huntington Library & 1.7 million. Besides operating over one Women’s National Basketball Watts Towers Botanical Gardens. You can spend 2,000 peak-hour buses on an average Association team, one Major League Simon Rodia created this collection the entire day just walking all of the weekday, Metro also designed, built Lacrosse team, and an Arena Football of lacy spires between 1921 and 1954 gardens. The Art Gallery houses one and operates 73.1 miles of Metro League team. USC has the third most using broken bottles, tile, pebbles, of the largest collections of British Rail service. In addition to being com- NCAA national championships, all steel rods and seashells. It’s a tribute art work in the country. Nice tearoom mitted to providing environmentally sports combined, in the United States. to one man’s quirky artistic vision and and café for lunch.” conscious transportation, Metro has You do the math. Los Angeles is expresses the iconoclastic nature – Amy Stevens, staff member commissioned over 250 artists for a a sports town. of the people who live Los Angeles. wide variety of projects, including rail A population of 3.9 million makes L.A. Mountain Hiking Trails stations and streetscapes. “My Three Favorite Places in L.A.: equivalent to the eighth largest state L.A.’s weather is renowned. With • The Coliseum on game day— in the nation. only 15 inches of rainfall and “The best thing about L.A. is with little I have never seen a greater sight! moderate temperatures all year, money there is something to do •  Malibu—great views (check out “The best thing about Los Angeles it’s a perfect place for adventuring for any interest a person might have.” Duke’s) is its openness. Everyone in Los outdoors. Hike, jog or walk through – Beverly Moore, staff member • The Grove—food/movies/shopping” Angeles tends to be very open and rugged hills and leafy canyons – Michael Max Page, student tends to accept you as you are, throughout the city. Santa Monica Ethnic Diversity and treat you like an equal. There Mountains National Recreation Area, The City of Angels has always been LACMA is such a breadth of diversity here, for instance, is a contiguous diverse. Twenty-six of the original Los Angeles has over 80 stage you just can’t get anywhere being conglomeration of 350 public parks forty-four settlers (pabladores) were theaters and 300 museums, more close-minded and you get to see and 65,000 acres that is home to deer, black or mixed ancestry. Most of than any other U.S. city. There are this amazing display of culture and coyotes, foxes, hawks, and quail. these people came from Sinaloa, historic buildings, libraries with special diversity. You can walk down the Mexico, where two-thirds of the collections, botanical gardens, and street and grab a pupusa, a Thai “My three favorite places in Los residents were mulattos. Los Angeles various art and science institutions, tea, and some Korean BBQ on your Angeles are The Coliseum, Staples has welcomed immigrant populations all of which make L.A. an interna- way to the Spanish market, all in the Center and USC. I love sports from all over the globe. Today, Los tional cultural center. The Los Angeles same block!” and I love the University of Angeles boasts a rich tapestry of County Museum of Art (LACMA) – Will Coucheron-Aamot, Southern California.” ethnic groups, including the nation’s is one of the largest art museums staff member – Jameil Johnson, student largest Arab and Asian communities. in the country, housing a collection of over 100,000 artworks.

USC Gould School of Law 73 Walt Disney Concert Hall “What’s the best thing about “My first big excursion in Los Angeles Thriving Economy The Los Angeles Philharmonic, one Los Angeles? The beach, the beach, was to Little Tokyo, and I completely Agriculture was once the primary of the world’s outstanding orchestras, and the beach.” fell in love with the area. It’s fun, source of wealth in the 19th century resides in the acoustically superb, – Julia Kim, student hip, and there are tons of little things and early 20th in Los Angeles. Then stunning Frank Gehry-designed Walt to see and do. The combination came the Cold War and the rise of Disney Concert Hall in Downtown. Third Street Promenade of Pinkberry, Japanese food, bubble the aircraft and aerospace industries. Los Angeles is simply one of the most Total retail sales in Los Angeles are tea, museums and lots of funky Entertainment and hospitality have important sites in the world for the upwards of $223 billion. From mega knick-knacks makes Little Tokyo an always been a significant part of recorded music industry. Composers, indoor malls to quaint neighborhood easy choice. Plus it’s a great place the economy here. Now, L.A. is musicians, producers, recording shops, L.A. has options for every to study on a weekend (in a tea shop) one of the top ranked counties in engineers, and performers of every taste and budget. Some well-known and it has dozens of opportunities for manufacturing in the nation, of such style and genre of music—jazz, heavy shopping areas are the Beverly study breaks built in.” diverse items as dental equipment, metal, rock, rap, opera, symphony, Center, Melrose Avenue, The Grove, – Elena Taryor, student games and toys, gas transmission punk, and pop are all drawn here. Robertson Boulevard, the infamous and distribution equipment, guided Rodeo Drive, and most recently, “Best thing about L.A.: its diverse missiles, and women’s apparel. “I’d say that my favorite must-see Historic Downtown Los Angeles. population, of course—over 92 location in this city is the Disney In Santa Monica, the Third Street languages are spoken by students “What’s the best thing about Los Concert Hall. Whether you’re going Promenade attracts throngs of in the Los Angeles Unified Angeles? The light. It’s what attracted for a concert or just to see the people with its three-block stretch School District!” the movie industry, and there isn’t architecture, the building is truly of pedestrian-friendly shopping, cin- – Daria Roithmayr, faculty light like it anywhere else.” one of the biggest draws for visitors ema multiplexes, and outdoor cafés. – Greg Keating, faculty in the downtown area. You’ll never see another building quite like it, and you’ll certainly never hear a live “The best thing about Los Angeles is that you concert more clearly.” – Kareem Crayton, faculty can be snowboarding in the morning, watching “I’d recommend seeing the Hollywood night life—any of the clubs on a movie in Hollywood in the afternoon, and then Sunset—at least once even if it’s not your scene or even if you’re really broke.” enjoying a nice dinner and walk along a beach – Parfait Mwez, student in the evening… all in the same day!” The Beach – Cindy Guyer, staff member Sun and fun awaits everyone at Los Angeles’ 75 miles of coastline. There are 20-plus beaches, each with LAPL & LAUSD Business in Los Angeles its own unique experience, including “LACMA­. On the weekends there Los Angeles Public Library System Walt Disney Co., the 7th largest swimming and bonfires at Dockweiler, are concerts and old movies.” (LAPL) and the Los Angeles Unified California company, is headquartered volleyball at Manhattan, romantic – Michelle Buckley, staff member School District (LAUSD) are among in Los Angeles along with a variety of sunsets at El Matador, the new the largest such institutions in the other major corporations, such as Hil- $1.5 million solar-powered Ferris La Brea Tar Pits country. LAUSD is the second largest ton Hotels, Belkin (electronics), Prin- wheel at Santa Monica, surfing at La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world’s school district in the United States, cess Cruises, Cunard Line, CB Richard Zuma, and people-watching at Venice. most famous fossil sites, is recognized serving grades K-12, with over Ellis (real estate), and every major for having the largest and most 2,500 schools, 700,000 students, motion picture studio. The economy diverse assemblage of extinct Ice and 83,967 regular employees. is dominated by the entertainment Age plants and animals in the world. LAPL system operates 72 public industry, the tourism service sector, It’s a step back into ancient Los libraries throughout the city to serve retail and manufacturing. Manufactur- Angeles, when animals such as saber- the diverse population of Los Angeles ing of textiles and toys employs huge toothed cats, giant sloths, and huge with extensive collections, electronic numbers, while the high-tech industry mammoths roamed here. This is only resources, and innovative programs is gaining a firm foothold in L.A. one of the many attractions favored for all ages. by tourists. About twenty-four million people come to Los Angeles every year for their vacation.

74 law.usc.edu Central Civil West Courthouse Los Angeles Public Defender “The best thing about L.A. is The Central Civil West Courthouse The concept of Public Defender in Downtown houses The Los Angeles was pioneered by the County of stepping outside in the morning Superior Court. Court Divisions Los Angeles, which responded to include Appellate, Civil, Criminal, the need for legal representation Family, Juvenile, Mental Health, for all citizens as early as 1914. and smiling because it’s 75 Probate, Small Claims and Traffic. Since then the idea has spread This court is notable for its many to many other cities and states, degrees, sunny, not humid, high-profile cases, including Los and the Public Defender is now Angeles’ infamous celebrity murder a well-established concept servicing cases. With its nearly 50 courthouses, courts throughout the U.S. The L.A. and just perfect weather, and 600 judicial officers, and a staff of Public Defender’s Office handles 5,400 the Superior Court system misdemeanors, felonies, juvenile you feel incredibly fortunate serves the 9.5 million people of Los cases, mental health cases, and Angeles County with courtrooms some civil cases. It employs over spread throughout the 4000 square 700 attorneys, 78 investigators, to live in such a place.” mile County—from Pomona to 55 paralegals, 17 psychiatric social – Becky Raizman, student Santa Monica and from Lancaster workers, and a clerical/secretarial to Long Beach. staff of approximately 150.

“The best feature of the Los Angeles Los Angeles City Hall “I encourage visitors to sample L.A. “What do I do for fun in Los Angeles? metro region is its diversity, with The Los Angeles Civic Center, where architecture. Most people don’t I don’t know where to begin to ‘critical mass’ of at least a dozen City Hall is located, is the largest associate us with wonderful buildings. answer that question. The beach, the cultures and countries represented grouping of government buildings And we do have some awful struc- Hollywood club scene, watching the in their own ‘mini cities’ and a choice in the U.S. outside of Washington, tures. But we also have the Gamble Lakers at the Staples Center, the list of living styles as broad as can be D.C. City Hall itself was built in House by Greene and Greene, Frank goes on and on.” imagined (live at the beach, in a 1928 and has a distinct monumental Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House, and – Emeka Orjiakor, graduate canyon, in the hills, in a high rise, pyramid-capped tower. It is home to of course Frank Gehry’s Disney Hall.” in a loft, in a suburban setting, etc.” the City Attorney, the elected chief – Scott Altman, faculty Law in Los Angeles – Scott Bice, faculty prosecutor for the City of Los Angeles. Founded in Los Angeles in 1937, The Office of the City Attorney is the “There is some of everything here. Latham & Watkins is the largest and The New Downtown third largest municipal law office in L.A. is huge and you can pretty much highest-grossing law firm on the West Downtown Los Angeles is in the the nation, with over 500 attorneys bet that if there is something you Coast. It fields 2,100 lawyers in 26 midst of a major revitalization. practicing both criminal and civil law. want, L.A. has it!” offices around the world, with over With new construction, of such – Sunita Bali, student $2 billion in revenue. Other top L.A. magnificent buildings as the Staples “What do I do for fun in Los Angeles? firms include O’Melveny & Myers, Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, I’ve gone to a couple TV show tapings, West Los Angeles Neilson Elggren Durkin & Co., and the Cathedral of Our Lady of which is an incredible experience. Municipal Courthouse Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, and Paul the Angels, along with thousands When I have time, I head to Disney- The West Los Angeles Municipal Hastings Janofsky & Walker. California of new residential units, typically land. Most weeks, my fun is limited Courthouse is a $40 million court has approximately 150,000 resident sleek modern lofts, the city center to trying new restaurants or going facility for the County of Los Angeles. and active attorneys, according is itself increasingly vibrant. The to a movie.” It contains eight courts and the offices to the American Bar Association. establishment of business improve- – Jessica Walker, student of the Marshal, the Sheriff, the District ment districts and the construction Attorney, and the Court Clerk. The “I can do anything and everything I feel of subway, light-rail and commuter Law in Los Angeles District Attorney, elected by Los like in L.A., that is why I love it. I can train systems, has brought major Founded in Los Angeles in 1937, Angeles county voters, prosecutes hike, ski, surf, run, go to a world-class office space users along with shops Latham & Watkins is the largest and felonies throughout the county, and museum, listen to any type of music and restaurants causing a true highest-grossing law firm on the West misdemeanors in unincorporated or eat any type of food I can imagine.” renaissance downtown. Coast. It fields 2,100 lawyers in 26 areas, as well as 78 of the 88 cities – Wende Nichols-Julien, graduate offices around the world, with over in the county. The largest local $2 billion in revenue. Other top L.A. prosecutorial agency in the nation, firms include O’Melveny & Myers, the Los Angeles’ D.A. has a staff Neilson Elggren Durkin & Co., of approximately 2,105 that includes Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, and Paul 1,017 deputy district attorneys, Hastings Janofsky & Walker. California 277 investigators, and 811 has approximately 150,000 resident support personnel. and active attorneys, according to the American Bar Association.

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USC Gould School of Law 77 A straightforward application. What sets USC Law students apart from their Our Admissions Committee: All admission decisions An admissions committee peers at other institutions? Extraordinary at USC Law are made by the Faculty Committee interested in the real you. Terrific opportunities—and academic credentials, and a rich diversity of on Admissions and Financial Aid. The committee is all the support you need background and experience. composed of members of the faculty, the associate to pursue them. The next move is yours. dean, the director of admissions, and an elected Eligibility: To be eligible to apply, you must plan to student representative. The committee reads all files receive a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college thoroughly and considers each application on an or university before enrolling at USC Law. We base our individual basis. All committee decisions are final. admission decisions on academic record, LSAT score, personal statement, letters of recommendation, and Your Personal Statement: The admissions committee other information in your application file. gives careful attention to your personal statement. We are particularly interested in your motivation for

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USC Gould School of Law 81 Your first day at USC Law, Tuition and fees for the 2010-2011 academic year in your second and third years. USC Law does not you’ll notice something are $24,225 per semester, including mandatory offer any strictly need-based grants. In addition, all different. When you walk into the admissions office, don’t health, student government, and activity fees. scholarship awards are made in the incoming first year be surprised if people know Resident and non-resident students pay the same and funds are not available for reconsideration in the your name—an experience many students never forget. tuition. Rates for tuition and fees are set annually second or third years. and are subject to change. Frank Rothman Scholarship Program

Financial Aid: USC Law provides several options USC Law recruits and supports exceptionally to students seeking to finance their legal education. qualified law students through the Frank Applying for financial aid is simple and straightforward, Rothman Scholars Program. One student is but requires close attention to detail and deadlines. selected from each incoming class to receive Begin the process by submitting the Free Application a full-tuition scholarship for three years at USC for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible Law. Recipients also receive a Summer Fellowship after January 1, 2011. Carefully read the information that provides a guaranteed job in the law firm provided here, and follow the instructions in the of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Financial Aid Application Checklist on page 85. following the first year of law school.

Scholarships: If you are admitted to USC Law, The admissions office invites top admitted you will receive access to our online Scholarship applicants to apply for the Rothman scholarship; Application. Be sure to submit the application to be considered for an invitation, you should immediately. All admitted applicants who submit submit your admissions application early. the application in a timely manner will be considered for scholarship assistance. Frank Rothman Scholars are selected entirely on the basis of merit. Criteria include strong All scholarships awarded to incoming first-year students undergraduate record, LSAT score, and additional are guaranteed for three years. Scholarships are accomplishments, such as publishing books and awarded in amounts ranging up to full tuition. Most articles, running a business, inventing useful scholarships are based on a combination of need and devices, and other similar, highly significant merit, although the Admissions and Financial Aid Com- achievements. Finalists are provided with airfare mittee may also award scholarships based solely on and lodging in order to participate in interviews the applicant’s potential, as indicated by the strength of the admissions file. If you receive a scholarship your and meetings at USC Law. Final selections are first year, you can expect the same level of assistance made in the spring.

82 law.usc.edu Applicants invited to apply for the Frank jobs for the summer may be able to receive a grant for Attending USC Law means joining a close-knit commu- Rothman Scholarship are encouraged to also their volunteer experience through the USC Law Public nity of legal scholars who submit the USC Law Scholarship Application. Interest Law Foundation. share a commitment to By doing so they will not miss other scholarship excellence, collaboration, and maintaining the USC opportunities while awaiting the outcome USC Law’s Financial Services Office publicizes family tradition of colleagues of the Rothman Scholarship decision. scholarship opportunities offered through outside helping each other succeed. philanthropic and legal organizations. These opportunities are available primarily to students Loan Programs: To be eligible for loan programs, in their second and third years of law school. file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) soon after January 1, 2011. Do not wait for The Veterans Affairs office on campus can assist an admissions decision before submitting the FAFSA. veterans in receiving educational allowances. List USC (Federal Code 001328) as a school designated to receive the FAFSA report. Loan Repayment Assistance Program: The USC

Admitted applicants who apply for financial aid will Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) first be packaged with any scholarships awarded. provides assistance in repaying loans to graduates The next $20,500 of financial need is met by the who accept employment with low-paying public- Federal Stafford Loan. While you are enrolled at USC interest organizations. If you work for a qualifying Law, a portion of this loan may be interest-free. The organization after graduating, you may apply a Federal Graduate PLUS Loan or private alternative specified percentage of your earnings to your annual educational loans are available to meet any additional loan repayment obligations; USC Law will advance needs up to the cost of attendance set by the school. LRAP funds to cover the remainder. All LRAP These loan programs are available to all creditworthy assistance will be forgiven if you remain in qualifying students without regard to need, and provide enough employment for five years. funds at competitive rates to meet the budgeted expenses of most students. If you are admitted Attending USC Law means joining a close-knit to USC Law, our financial aid office will send you community of legal scholars who share a commitment information on applying for student loans. to excellence, collaboration, and maintaining the USC family tradition of colleagues helping each other succeed. Other Resources: Many USC Law students also help finance their education through part time work during the summers or during the second and third years of law school. Students working in public service legal

USC Gould School of Law 83 83%Percentage of students receiving some form of financial aid (scholarships or loans) (based on Fall 2010 entering class) $20,000 Median scholarship award (based on Fall 2010 entering class)

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Use this checklist to ensure that you follow all steps necessary to apply for Financial Aid, including scholarships and loans.

All Applicants Complete the 2011-2012 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.

When completing the FAFSA, list University of Southern California (code #001328) in the schools release section of the form, so that USC Law will receive your data. If your tax information is not yet available, you may use estimates. Parental information is not required.

Submit the FAFSA to the processor as soon as possible after January 1, 2011. To be considered for all available financial aid, be sure the processor receives your FAFSA no later than March 1, 2011.

Admitted Applicants USC Law’s Scholarship Application will be provided upon admission. For optimum consideration, submit this application immediately after you are admitted. Once we receive the application, we will review your file for scholarship assistance.

To help ensure that you receive a timely offer of financial aid, carefully follow the additional instructions provided with your admission letter. USC Law If you have questions about financial aid, please call the Financial Services Office at (213) 740-6314 or send an email message to [email protected]. Design: AdamsMorioka • Copy: Terry Lee Stone Photography: Blake Little, Teri Weber, others Printing: Lithog raphix USC GOULD SCHOOL OF SCHOOL LAWUSC GOULD

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