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Jody David ArmourRoy P. Crocker Professor of LawKim Shayo BuchananAssociate Professor of Law andGender StudiesAlexander M. CapronUniversity Professor, Scott H. BiceChair in Healthcare Law Policy andEthics, Professor of Law and MedicineDavid B. CruzProfessor of LawSusan R. EstrichRobert Kingsley Professor of Law andPolitical ScienceNiels W. FrenzenClinical Professor of LawAriela J. GrossJohn B. and Alice R. Sharp Professorof Law and HistoryGillian K. HadfieldRichard L. and Antoinette S. KirtlandProfessor of Law and Professorof EconomicsEducation: B.A., Harvard University;J.D., University of California, BerkeleySpecialty: Race issues in legaldecision-making; tortsExperience: Practiced law in SanFrancisco and Pittsburgh. Taught atthe University of California, Berkeley;Indiana University; and the Universityof Pittsburgh.Published work: “Just Desserts:Narrative, Perspective, Choice, andBlame”; “Stereotypes and Prejudice:Helping Legal Decisionmakers Breakthe Prejudice Habit”; Negrophobiaand Reasonable Racism: The HiddenCosts of Being Black in AmericaClasses: Torts; Enterprise Liability;Stereotypes, Prejudice, and the Ruleof LawBest advice anyone ever gave youabout law school: “You’re not goingto law school to memorize a lot ofrules; you’re here to learn to think likea lawyer. Rules come and go rapidly,but mastering the legal method—the way lawyers approach, argue,and resolve disputes—is anenduring achievement.”Next frontier in your field:“Applying the insights of cognitivescience to legal conceptions ofhuman responsibility in torts andcriminal law.”Education: B.A., Queen’s University;J.D., University of Toronto; LL.M.,Columbia University; J.S.D., ColumbiaUniversity Specialty: Constitutionallaw; torts; prisoners’ rights;reproductive rights; race, genderand sexual regulationExperience: Litigation associate atMcCarthy Tétrault and at SackGoldblatt Mitchell, in Toronto; SeniorFellow, Center for ReproductiveRights, in New York CityPublished work: “Impunity:Sexual Abuse in Women’s Prisons,”“Lawrence v. Geduldig: RegulatingWomen’s Sexuality”Classes: Constitutional Law;International and ComparativeHuman Rights Law; Prisoners’ Rights;Reproductive RightsHow you made it through lawschool: “When discussions in my lawschool classes got too far removedfrom reality, clinic work alwaysreminded me that law does matterin the lives of ordinary people.”Next frontier in your field: “In myarea of research, we’re trying toadvance a human-rights analysis inAmerican constitutional law whilesimultaneously trying to prevent theerosion of the hard-fought gainsearned by the generation before us.”Education: B.A., SwarthmoreCollege; LL.B., Yale UniversitySpecialty: Legal/medical issues;biomedical ethics; health policyExperience: Served as director ofEthics, Trade, Human Rights andHealth Law at the World HealthOrganization in Geneva, Switzerland;appointed by President Clinton asa member of the National BioethicsAdvisory Commission; served asexecutive director of the President’sCommission for the Study of EthicalProblems in Medicine and Biomedicaland Behavioral Research; chairof the Biomedical Ethics AdvisoryCommittee of the U.S. Congress;served on The Joint Commission,which accredits hospitals andother healthcare organizations.Published work: Law, Science,and Medicine; Treatise on HealthCare Law; Ethical Issues in GoverningBiobanks: Global PerspectivesClasses: Public Health Law; TortsEducation: B.S., B.A., University ofCalifornia, Irvine; M.S., StanfordUniversity; J.D., New York UniversitySpecialty: Constitutional law; sex,gender, and sexual orientation law;civil rights; equality issuesExperience: Clerked for theHonorable Edward R. Becker, Judgeof the United States Court of Appealsfor the Third Circuit. Served as aBristow Fellow in the Office of theSolicitor General in Washington, D.C.Published work: “Sexual Judgments:Full Faith and Credit and theRelational Character of Legal Sex”;“The Defense of Marriage Act andUncategorical Federalism”; “MakingUp Women: Casinos, Cosmetics,and Title VII”; “Disestablishing Sexand Gender”Classes: Constitutional Law; FederalCourts; First Amendment; SexualOrientation and the Law; Sex, Gender,and Law; International/ComparativePerspectives on Sex, Gender,and Sexual Orientation; IdentityCategories; Sex, Gender, and the LawNext frontier in your field:“Two frontiers I see are the equalprotection and due process rightsof lesbian, gay, bisexual, andtransgender persons.”Education: B.A., Wellesley College;J.D., Harvard UniversitySpecialty: Law and politics; criminallaw; gender discriminationExperience: Clerked for theHonorable J. Skelly Wright, Judge ofthe United States Court of Appeals forthe District of Columbia Circuit, andthe Honorable John Paul Stevens,Associate Justice of the United StatesSupreme Court. Taught at HarvardLaw School. Served as specialassistant to Senator Edward M.Kennedy and staff counsel andspecial assistant to the chief counselfor the U.S. Senate JudiciaryCommittee. Served as nationalcampaign manager for theDukakis-Bentsen campaign in 1988.A weekly syndicated columnist,a regular contributor to Fox News,and a frequent national commentatoron law and politics. Partner, QuinnEmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.Published work: The Case for HillaryClinton; Sex and Power; Getting Awaywith Murder: How Politics isDestroying the Criminal JusticeSystem; Real Rape; DangerousOffenders: The Elusive Target ofJustice (with Moore, McGillis,and Spelman)Classes: Criminal Law; GenderDiscrimination; Election LawEducation: B.A., Beloit College; J.D.,Drake UniversitySpecialty: Immigration law;refugee lawExperience: Practiced with non-profitlegal organizations in Los Angeles andMiami; serves on board and ispresident of Program for TortureVictims; past president of theCoalition for Humane Immigrants’Rights of Los Angeles; El RescateLegal Services in Los AngelesPublished work:“U.S. Migrant Interdiction Practices inInternational and Territorial Waters”;“National Security and ProceduralFairness: Secret Evidence and theImmigration Laws”Classes: Immigration Clinic;Immigration Law; Forced Migrationand Refugee Law SeminarSmartest thing you did in lawschool: “Began volunteer work withthe American Civil Liberties Union.It helped me decide what I wanted todo after law school and helped openthe door to summer employment andwork after graduation.”Education: B.A., Harvard University;J.D., Stanford Law School; Ph.D.History, Stanford UniversitySpecialty: American legal history;comparative race and slaveryPublished work: What Blood Won’tTell: A History of Race on Trial inAmerica; Double Character: Slaveryand Mastery in the AntebellumSouthern Courtroom; “Law, Raceand Comparative History”; “When IsThe Time of Slavery? The History ofSlavery in Contemporary Legal andPolitical Argument”Classes: Contracts; History ofAmerican Law; Race, Gender,and the LawBest advice anyone ever gave youabout law school: “Go to yourprofessor’s office hours even if youdon’t have a specific question.Choose upper-level courses basedon the professors you want to learnfrom—not on whether it’s onthe bar exam.”Education: B.A.H., Queen’sUniversity; J.D., M.A., Ph.D.Economics, Stanford UniversitySpecialty: The design of legal anddispute resolution systems; contractlaw and theory; economic analysis oflaw; regulation of legal markets andlegal professionExperience: Clerked for theHonorable Patricia Wald, Chief Judgeof the U.S. Court of Appeals, Districtof Columbia Circuit. Director of theAmerican Law and EconomicsAssociation. Former Presidentof the Canadian Law and EconomicsAssociation. Fellow of the Center forAdvanced Study in the BehavioralSciences.Published work: “What is Law?A Coordination Model of theCharacteristics of Legal Order”“Higher Demand, Lower Supply? AComparative Assessment of the LegalResource Landscape for OrdinaryAmericans”; “Legal Infrastructure andthe New Economy”; “The DynamicQuality of Law”; “Legal Barriers toInnovation: The Growing EconomicCost of Professional Control overCorporate Legal Markets”; “Framingthe Choice between Cash and theCourthouse: Experiences with the 9/11Victim Compensation Fund.”Classes: Contracts; AdvancedContracts: Strategy and Counseling;Legal Innovation28 law.usc.eduUSC Gould School of Law29