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Professor Laurence Claus teaches Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, and Animal Law, and writes on public law legal theory. He has a distinguished career, having clerked for Honorable Frank H. Easterbrook of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and served for years at the U.S. Embassy in London in the Office of Foreign Litigation within the U.S. Department of Justice. He has been recognized for his contributions to the field, being named the 2024-2025 Class of 1975 Endowed Professor at the University of San Diego and awarded the University Professorship for the 2013-14 year. He has also received the Herzog Endowed Scholar Award in 2007 and won the USD’s Thorsnes Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in 2008 and 2013. In 2022, he was elected to membership in the American Law Institute. His scholarly work includes articles in notable law journals addressing themes in constitutional law and public law theory.
The Juris Doctor (JD) is the primary professional degree in law. The school also accepts the LSAT or JD Next exam in addition to the GRE.