Gould School of Law

Gould School of Law
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Name	Gould School of Law
Parent	University of Southern California
Established	1976 (as Gould School of Law name)
Type	Private
City	Los Angeles
State	California
Country	United States
Campus	Urban

Gould School of Law Gould School of Law is the law faculty of the University of Southern California, located in Los Angeles. It is associated with the broader activities of the University of Southern California and participates in regional networks centered on the Pacific Rim, the American legal profession, and international institutions. The school engages with a wide array of institutions and persons across the United States and worldwide.

History

Gould School of Law traces development through ties to the University of Southern California and interactions with institutions such as University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law, University of Chicago Law School, Duke University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Cornell Law School, University of Michigan Law School, University of Virginia School of Law, UC Los Angeles School of Law, Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Santa Clara University School of Law, USC Gould alumni, California State Bar, American Bar Association, Association of American Law Schools, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Federalist Society, American Constitution Society, American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States District Court for the Central District of California, California Supreme Court, Los Angeles Superior Court, International Criminal Court, United Nations, World Trade Organization, International Court of Justice, Nuremberg Trials, Tokyo Trials, Marshall Plan.

Early phases included engagement with local judicial figures and national legal trends involving entities such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, Thurgood Marshall, Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, William Rehnquist, John Roberts, Harold Washington, Tom Bradley, Richard Riordan, Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Campus and Facilities

The Gould School of Law campus sits within the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, near landmarks such as Exposition Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Griffith Park, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, California Science Center, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Staples Center, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Getty Center, Union Station, Hollywood Bowl, Dodger Stadium, LAX.

Facilities include classrooms, moot courtrooms, law libraries, and centers that interface with organizations such as Library of Congress, Los Angeles Public Library, California State Library, Biddle Law Library, Huntington Library, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Teach For America, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Campus improvements have been influenced by donors and entities including Annenberg Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, W.M. Keck Foundation, Getty Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Walt Disney Company.

Academics and Programs

Gould provides Juris Doctor instruction and graduate legal studies interacting with programs and scholarship referencing Constitution of the United States, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Americans with Disabilities Act, Patriot Act, Affordable Care Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Uniform Commercial Code, Restatement (Second) of Torts, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, Tax Reform Act of 1986, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Lanham Act, Copyright Act, Patent Act.

Course offerings and clinics connect students to externships with institutions such as United States Department of State, California Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Kaiser Permanente, Google, Apple Inc., Meta Platforms, Walt Disney Company, Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Southern California Edison.

Academic affiliations include partnerships with USC Gould centers and cooperative arrangements with international universities like Peking University School of Transnational Law, Tsinghua University School of Law, University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, University of Oxford Faculty of Law, Sciences Po Law School.

Admissions and Student Body

Admissions practices align with standardized measures referencing Law School Admission Test, LSAT, Graduate Record Examination, American Bar Association accreditation, Association of American Law Schools membership, California Bar Examination, New York State Bar Exam, Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, Multistate Bar Examination, Character and Fitness Committees.

The student body includes domestic and international students from regions represented by networks such as Greater Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, Orange County, California, San Diego County, Sacramento, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada, New York City, Chicago, Houston, Washington, D.C., Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Santiago, Chile, Toronto, Vancouver.

Student organizations and activities involve chapters of Federalist Society, American Constitution Society, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, National Lawyers Guild, Delta Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, Black Law Students Association, Latinx Law Students Association, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, OutLaw (LGBT)", Veterans Legal Services.

Faculty and Administration

Faculty and administrators have held prior appointments or collaborations with institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, New York University, Duke University, Georgetown University, University of Virginia, Oxford University, Cambridge University, INSEAD, London School of Economics, Max Planck Society, Brookings Institution, Hoover Institution, RAND Corporation, American Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Brennan Center for Justice, Aspen Institute.

Administrators coordinate with accrediting and oversight bodies such as the American Bar Association, Association of American Law Schools, California State Bar, U.S. Department of Education.

Clinical Programs and Centers

Clinical programs and centers engage with partner organizations and serve communities via collaborations with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Public Counsel, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Inner City Law Center, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, ACLU of Southern California, Human Rights Watch, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, Immigrants' Rights Project, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Protection Agency, California Coastal Commission.

Center areas intersect with initiatives and projects tied to intellectual property cases involving United States Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright Office, Federal Communications Commission, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; transactional clinics connect with corporate entities including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Latham & Watkins, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mayer Brown, O’Melveny & Myers.

Notable Alumni and Influence

Alumni have served in roles across branches and sectors, interfacing with institutions like the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, California State Legislature, Los Angeles City Council, California Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States District Court for the Central District of California, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU, Walt Disney Company, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Amazon (company), Google, Apple Inc., Facebook (now Meta Platforms).

The school’s influence extends into legal scholarship, litigation, policy, and industry through connections with landmark matters and frameworks such as Brown v. Board of Education, Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.

Category:Law schools in California