Payment of Tution & Fees

Important Information for J.D. students at USC Law

Each student at USC has a student account established by the University’s Financial Services Office that reflects all University assessed charges. These charges might include, but are not limited to, tuition, mandatory fees, special fees, university housing, meal plans, parking, health center and health insurance charges, and USCard charges. The USC student account also reflects any credits the student receives, which may include payments by personal check, payments by credit card, scholarships, student loans, and admission deposits.

Tuition and mandatory fees are due prior to the first day of classes of each semester. The following tuition payment deadlines will be strictly enforced for the upcoming academic year.

Tuition & Fee Settlement Deadlines for 2009-2010

• Fall 2009 August 21, 2009
• Spring 2010 January 8, 2010

After registering for classes, tuition and fees for that semester will be reflected on the student’s online account information. All law students will register for fall semester classes during the first week of August. Second and third year students will register themselves in courses of their choosing, and first year students will be registered by the Law School’s Registrar, Mr. Kyle Jones, according to the section they have been assigned to. Students will not be able to view their account information until they are registered. We expect that first year students will be registered during the week of July 27th.

For the most current information about your account charges and credits, you must access your account information online, at the MyUSC Portal. You can access this website at www.usc.edu/myusc. In order to log into this portal, you must use your USC email address and password. Once logged on to MyUSC, you would select the option “USC e.pay (student account review and payment). The charges shown will be based upon actual current enrollment. Therefore, if you have not officially registered in all of the classes you plan to take, the charges may not reflect the full amount of tuition which will be due by the deadline. Similarly, your account may not accurately reflect all of the financial aid credits which are expected for that semester. There may be loan funds which have not yet arrived, or a payment which was recently mailed but is not yet reflected.

In addition to checking your account balance by the method described above, we have provided in this document a “2009-10 Law School Tuition and Fee Schedule” as well as a worksheet designed to assist you in estimating your balance at the start of each semester. Please use these tools for planning purposes so that you can avoid unnecessary late fees and finance charges. If another person will be assisting you with the expenses of your law school enrollment, we encourage you to share this information with that person well in advance of the tuition payment deadlines. In all cases, regardless of where the funds are originating from, it is the enrolled student’s responsibility to ensure that the account balance is totally paid and/or deferred by the payment deadline, or late fees will be assessed. Please plan ahead for the August 21st deadline!

Late fees are assessed at the rate of $100 per week for the first three weeks of late payment. In addition, the University assesses a 1% monthly finance charge on all delinquent balances. Students whose checks are returned unpaid by the bank or whose credit card authorizations are declined by the bank will be subject to the late fees described above until their accounts are paid in full. Non-receipt of a bill does not relieve you of the settlement deadline. In fact, due to the timing of law student registration, you may not receive a monthly e-bill notice prior to the payment deadline. A paper bill will NOT be mailed to your home address. Students can only access their account information online at www.usc.edu/myusc. If a physical copy of a bill is needed, you may either print out your account information from USC e.pay, or go to the University’s Registration Building at the corner of Figueroa and Exposition to request a Registration Confirmation.