Claim: James Brown Scott, who practiced law at Los Angeles, California, founded the law school at the University of Southern California and has worked as a dean at the University of Illinois.
Evidence: Following his return to the United States, Scott practiced law at Los Angeles, California from 1894 to 1899. He founded the law school at the University of Southern California, and was its dean, though his participation in the Spanish–American War interrupted that role. He was dean of the college of law at the University of Illinois (1899–1903), professor of law at Columbia, and professor of law at George Washington University (1905–06).