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The e-newsletter of the USC School of Law
April 2009

Pamela Robinson, Pro Bono Program Director, recipient of the 2009 USC Ambassador of Service AwardPamela Robinson Recipient of the 2009 USC Ambassador of Service Award
 This award is given to a person at the Director, Chair, Dean or Executive levels of USC Administration for exemplary leadership and involvement in promoting and performing community service. (more)

2009 Awards Day Luncheon was held April 8, 2009.
Donors, faculty, alumni and students gather to recognize outstanding achievement by students and faculty at the annual Awards Day Luncheon. (more)



USC School of Law's team awarded the honor of "Best Brief" in the J. Braxton Craven Invitational Moot Court Competition (more)


Woodrow Lewis Competition
Winners Named in the J. Woodrow Lewis Moot Court Competition
 3L Miles Coleman, winner, Faculty Advisor Robert “Bob” T. Bockman, and 2L Jacob Davis, runner-up (more)

3L Ross Appel wins 2009 SC Collegiate Entrepreneurship Award

2009 South Carolina Collegiate Entrepreneurship award goes to USC School of Law Student (more)
 Left to right: Jason Fowler (VP Homewaters Clothing, Clemson student), Scott Whitaker (SC Coastal Conservation Assoc. Exec. Dir.), Ross Appel (Founder/President Homewaters Clothing, USC Law 3L), David Cummins (CCA National President), Theo Jourdan (VP Homewaters Clothing, USC grad).

Exemplary USC School of Law Alumni
are honored at the 2009 COMPLEAT Lawyer Awards Dinner April 16th. (more)
2009 Award recipients gather for group photo with past recipients.

 

 

 

Milestones is the e-newsletter of the USC School of Law, highlighting alumni, friends and events.

A exhibit exploring the lives and law practices of five generations of South Carolina lawyers.
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the South Carolina Legal History Collection, the Coleman Karesh Law Library has mounted an exhibit exploring the lives and law practices of five generations of South Carolina lawyers.

OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFF RECEIVE HONORS

ALUMNI NEWS
Class Notes - the latest on fellow graduates

Over 100 people attended the March 26, 2009, Endowed Scholarship Donor and Recipient Luncheon. The lunch provided students the opportunity to meet and thank the donors that helped make their law school education possible.

Dean Pratt, The Honorable W. Frank Rogers, Jr. and Jenny Rogers




2008 Graduate Bronwyn McKnew, Professor Bob Bockman, Mrs. Kevin Bockman and Dean Pratt

Catherine Coleman Knox and Dean Pratt
 

 


USC Guardian Society Luncheon was held to honor donors of planned gifts such as trusts, bequests, insurance policies and annuities.

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Marion, a longtime friend of the School of Law with her daughter and sister.


 



The Honorable Miles Loadholt, J.D. ’68 and Mrs. Rita Bragg Cullum, J.D. ’80. Rita is Chair of the Carolina Guardian Society.

The Honorable Robert W. Foster, Sr., J.D. ’50 and Mark Seeley, Assistant Director of Gift Planning
 

 

The 2009 Knowlton Law & Liberal Arts Lecture was held February 16.
This year’s speaker was Catharine MacKinnon, the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and long-term visitor at Harvard Law School. Professor MacKinnon is an activist lawyer who pioneered sexual harassment law and, with Andrea Dworkin, recognized the harms of pornography as violations of human rights. (more)

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"The most important lesson we will learn from this economic crisis is that we have to continue to invest in what matters and where we will see the most return. Education has always been a rewarding investment and now more than ever we know that it will take more private support to sustain institutions that were once largely supported by their respective states. If we target our resources toward making legal education more affordable for our students, then we can continue to attract an outstanding group of students." Walter F. Pratt, Jr., Dean

Your gifts to the USC School of Law are more important now then ever! Please continue the gift of giving by contacting our office at 803-777-3408. Thank you!

 

CAREER SERVICES OFFICE
We are doubling our efforts in support of our graduating students in these difficult times and we need your help. If you know of a paid or volunteer opportunity that would provide valuable experience for a USC School of Law student or graduate, please contact Phyllis Burkhard or Megan Seiner in Career Services by dialing 803-777-5926.

 

STUDENT NEWS

Ross Shealy on finance law and the influence of money on state politics. Ross Shealy, 3L, discusses finance law and the influence of money on state politics. (more)


Commencement is May 8th at 9:30 a.m. on the USC Horseshoe. (more)

FACULTY NEWS

Professor Bob Bockman nominated by School of Law students receives Order of the Palmetto

Professor Bockman is presented the Order of the Palmetto by Chief Justice Toal.Chief Justice Toal presents award to Professor Bockman (more)


 

Professor Eagle testifies before Congressional Subcommittees.Professor Josh Eagle testifies before U.S. Congress Subcommittees March, 2009 (more)

Join us for USC's Spring Alumni Reunion Weekend!

Friday, May 15 2-5:20 p.m.
CLE - free & open to the public
 Saturday, May 16
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Brunch with Dean Pratt
registration fee applies

Pre-registration is required for both events. (more)
Join us May 15-16 at the School of Law!