Nine alumni from the School of Law at the University of South Carolina have been named recipients of the 2015 Compleat Lawyer Awards. Established in 1992, the Compleat Lawyer Award is the School of Law’s highest recognition of professional achievement and civic leadership by the school’s alumni. Because award recipients are nominated by other lawyers and […]
Tax Analysts, a leading global provider of tax news and analysis, has published an article written by Sarah Katherine Johnson, ’14, concerning a tax loophole that allows donors to scholarship funding organizations to actually make a profit from their charitable giving. Johnson’s article was submitted as part of a student writing competition, and it appears […]
William C. Hubbard, a 1977 alumnus of the University of South Carolina School of Law, was sworn in as president of the American Bar Association on August 11 at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston. He spent the past year as the ABA’s president-elect and was chair of the ABA’s House of Delegates from 2008-2010. […]
Nine alumni from the School of Law at the University of South Carolina have been named recipients of the 2014 Compleat Lawyer Awards. Established in 1992, the Compleat Lawyer Award is the School of Law’s highest recognition of professional achievement and civic leadership by the school’s alumni. USC Law Dean Robert M. Wilcox says because […]
Once again, the University of South Carolina School of Law mourns the loss of an incredibly accomplished alumna. On November 2, the Honorable Karen J. Williams, a legal pioneer and one of the most highly regarded graduates of USC Law, passed away. An Orangeburg native, Judge Williams was at the top of her class when […]
Today, the University of South Carolina School of Law mourns the loss of a distinguished alumnus, an accomplished attorney, and an inspiring adjunct faculty member. Stephen G. Morrison, class of 1975, unexpectedly passed away on October 27. A partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Morrison practiced in the areas of technology and litigation, business […]
Congratulations to Alice F. Paylor, a 1977 USC Law alumna, who was recently installed as the 2013-2014 president of the South Carolina Bar, succeeding Angus Macaulay, a 1990 alumnus. The president-elect, J. Calhoun Watson, a 1987 alumnus, was also named President-Elect, and will head the SC Bar in 2014-2015. In fact, of the last 35 […]
Representatives from the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) visited the University of South Carolina School of Law on Wednesday, March 27 to present their annual check to the Law School’s endowed SCAJ scholarship. Making this year’s presentation even more special was the donation of a new portrait that will hang in the School of […]
University of South Carolina School of Law alumni dominated the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly 2013 Leadership in Law Awards, which were handed out on Thursday (March 14) in Charleston, SC. Of the 24 lawyers recognized at the ceremony, 18 were graduates of USC Law, including 1973 alumnus Jay Bender, who is now a USC Law […]