S. Alan Medlin
David W. Robinson Professor of Law
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Contact Information
Room 417
USC School of Law
701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
v 803-777-7465
f 803-777-2368
medlinsa@law.sc.edu
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Profile
J.D. (1979) University of South Carolina
B.A. (1976) University of South Carolina
Professor S. Alan Medlin has been a member of the faculty of the University of South Carolina School of Law since 1984. He received his BA degree, summa cum laude, in 1976 and his JD degree in 1979 from the University of South Carolina. Before joining the faculty, Professor Medlin practiced as a partner in the Columbia, South Carolina, firm of Whitener, Knight, and Medlin. He has taught in Trusts and Estates, Fiduciary Administration, Property, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Transactions, and Legal Ethics.
Professor Medlin co-authors and co-edits the Probate Practice Reporter, a monthly publication distributed nationally. He has served as editor-in-chief, resident editor, and associate editor of the American Bar Association's Real Property, Probate, and Trust Journal, the scholarly journal of the ABA's Real Property, Probate, and Trust section; he also served on the editorial board of Probate and Property magazine, the bimonthly magazine of the ABA's Real Property, Probate, and Trust section. He has published a book, several book chapters, and approximately 100 articles on probate topics and has made more than 100 presentations to regional and national audiences in the areas of legal ethics, estate planning, probate, and real estate law.
Professor Medlin is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is the former chair of the Board Governing Certified Specialists in Estate Planning and Probate for South Carolina. He has been named Outstanding Law Faculty Teacher six times. A recipient of the USC School of Law Alumni Association's Compleat Lawyer Award, Medlin is an honorary member of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges.
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