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Smith recognized with Leadership in Law Award

Franklin J. Smith, Jr. (1984), was recognized with a 2018 Leadership in Law Award, given by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

This entry was posted in Alumni News on 27 March 2018 by thefineprint.

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Employment By the Numbers:

U.S. News and World Report:
National rate: 65.7 percent
USC Law rate: 76.1 percent

LST:
National rate: 54.2 percent
USC Law rate: 69.5 percent

National Jurist:
National rate: 71.0 percent
USC Law rate: 82.1 percent

NALP:
National rate: 84.3 percent
USC Law rate: 89.5 percent

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Derek Black
Josie Brown
Josh Gupta-Kagan
Danielle Holley-Walker
Candice Lively
Eboni Nelson
Elizabeth Patterson
Anne Marie Ugarte
Marcia Zug

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Advanced Family Law
Child Protection Advocacy Clinic
Children and the Courts; Children’s Law Externship
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Juvenile Justice Clinic
Parents, Children and the Law
Poverty Law and Policy
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Other Nonprofit Organization Clinic clients:

International

Portal Medical Mission, which provides medical assistance to individuals in Honduras
A Chance through Literacy, which provides schoolbooks and educational materials to schools in developing countries

South Carolina

The FriendShip, which provides for the care and transportation needs of the elderly living in their own homes
Pocket Productions, which supports local artists creating projects for Columbia and the greater community
Alala Cancer Society, which provides assistance for individuals who are in need of prosthetics as a result of cancer treatment
Midlands Mediation Center, which provides for mediation of claims throughout the Midlands
Widows of Opportunity, which provides support for widows of Veterans of all wars
SC World Affairs Council and ECI Find New Markets, which provide import/export and other economic development services and opportunities throughout the state and internationally
Sustainable Midlands, which provides environmental sustainable support and projects, partnering with groups throughout the Midlands

Other Clinical courses taught at Carolina Law include:

Child Protection Advocacy Clinic
Criminal Practice Clinic
Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic
Juvenile Justice Clinic

All students enrolled in clinical courses are certified by the Supreme Court of South Carolina to practice law under their professor’s license, and are therefore bound by the SC Rules of Professional Conduct--the same as all licensed lawyers in the state.

The inaugural class of S.C. Legal Writing Academy fellows include:

Jordan Calloway of McGowan Hood & Felder LLC in Columbia
Matthew Gerrald of Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson LLP in Columbia
Marghretta Hagood of Harrison White Smith & Coggins PC in Spartanburg
Whitney Harrison of McGowan Hood & Felder LLC in Columbia
Everett McMillian of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Columbia

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