Profile

Andrew T. Guzman joined the USC Gould School of Law as dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, and Professor of Law and Political Science on July 1, 2015.

An authority on international law and economics, Dean Guzman has written extensively on international trade, international regulatory matters, foreign direct investment and public international law. Dean Guzman's recent work has addressed international tribunals, soft law, the safety of imported products, and climate change. His interdisciplinary research addresses problems across the range of public and private international law, including international regulatory cooperation, foreign investment, international trade, theories of international law and rational choice approaches.

Prior to joining USC Gould, he was the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of Law and associate dean of International and Advanced Programs at UC Berkeley, where he also served as director of the International and Executive Legal Education Program. In addition, he has taught as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, the University of Virginia Law School, Vanderbilt Law School, the University of Hamburg, and the National University Law School in Bangalore, India.

Dean Guzman earned his J.D. and Ph.D. (economics) from Harvard University, where he was Books & Commentaries Editor for the Harvard Law Review.