
USC Gould to offer unique course focused on race in the legal system
“Race, Racism and the Law” is a first-of-its-kind required course among top law schools.
“Race, Racism and the Law” is a first-of-its-kind required course among top law schools.
While Nick Ciletti mans a news anchor desk 350 miles away from USC, he still feels “very much a part of the Trojan family” as a student in the online Master of Studies in Law program.
Twenty-two years into a life sentence for a crime committed as a teen, a former gang member found hope with the help of USC legal advocates.
ARTS Justice, co-founded by USC Gould student Sophie Sylla and recent grad Erika Ingram, looks to support local Black and Latinx students by distributing free art kits.
A lot remains unclear about the brewing battle — from the timing and how it might help or hurt the presidential candidates, to whether it will galvanize voters motivated by issues like abortion, religious freedom and health care. USC experts weigh in.
Olu Orange, civil rights lawyer and director of the USC mock trial program, won the reinstatement of an $8 million damages verdict to the family of a Black man killed by sheriff’s deputies.
Students gain important career experience working on a high-profile case involving suspended driver licenses.
The USC Gould project offers law students the opportunity to help small businesses that are unclear about evolving health and safety guidelines.
The groups aim to help incoming students build a sense of community within themselves as well as with faculty.
Allen, Celia and Charles all received life sentences for crimes they committed as teens and spent 84 years combined in prison. Through their dedication and the project’s advocacy, they are now free.
The law professor makes a forceful case for change with regard to mass incarceration and systemic racism.
Lindsay Harrison’s work helped to overturn the Trump administration’s dissolution of DACA and aided the legal battle against the order prohibiting international students from remaining in the country.
The committed educator and influential author passed away June 28.
A USC military law professor notes that regulations give members little ability to disobey lawful orders on the grounds of conscience.
While many advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court’s opinion on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, USC experts warn that additional legal challenges are likely.
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are so ingrained in the American consciousness, writes USC Annenberg’s Joe Saltzman, we may have been lulled into thinking acts of intimidation against reporters couldn’t happen on American soil.
USC Gould’s Winter Break Pro Bono Project gives students the opportunity to tackle hands-on legal work while getting involved in community efforts.
Through the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Trojans fight for justice for people who are marginalized, the gravely ill and those with nowhere else to turn. The association was launched at the USC Gould School of Law in 1929.
From opposing human trafficking to upholding refugee rights, the International Human Rights Clinic has spent nearly a decade pushing to preserve the rule of law.
A lecturer at USC Gould and founder of the Center for Law and Military Policy explains why the military often pursues justice for bad behavior while cops do not.
A decade after the USC Saks Institute’s Student Scholars program began, students and alumni reminisce on how it has advanced an understanding of mental health.
Drawing on 30 years of experience, Richard Erhard teaches law students at USC Gould how to mediate complaints with teachers, administrators and parents.
The Jurist-in-Residence program offers students unique insight into the perspectives of judges from outside Southern California.
Thanks to USC Gould’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, game designers can learn how to factor copyright and fair use laws into their creative choices.