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A New Exhibit at the Coleman Karesh Law Library: A Nineteenth Century Law Library: The Colcock-Hutson Collection

Events
University Closed; Law Library Open 8 AM - 6 PM
3 July
Independence Day
4 July
Rhythm and Protest - An Evening of Music
8 July
1L Orientation
18 & 19 August
Incoming Student Professionalism Oath Ceremony
18 August
Transfer Student Orientation
19 August
First Day of Classes
20 August
On-Campus Interviews Begin
24 August
3L State Clerkship Information Session
26 August
Last Day of Drop-Add
27 August
SBA 1L Election Information Meeting
31 August
Supreme Court Brown-Bag Lunch Series
2 September
Labor Day - No Classes
7 September
Town Hall Meeting with Dean Pratt
9 September
Constitution Day
17 September
Career Services Seminar: "Second-Career Students"
30 September


Student Life
3L Class Gift Campaign a Success! The Class Gift is a tangible commitment by the members of the graduation class to support the School of Law. Since 2002, class gifts have been established by each graduating class. The Class of 2009 continues the tradition by pledging to make a significant contribution to the building campaign and scholarships.

Tommy Preston with George H.W. Bush
USC Law Student Invited to Celebration of Reading event with Former President George H.W. Bush, Mrs. Barbara Bush, and Other USC Leaders.

Faculty Spotlight
Tommy CrockerProfessor Tommy Crocker was selected to participate in Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. in June. The workshop is co-sponsored by UCLA School of Law, Columbia Law School, University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, and Georgetown University Law Center.

Robert Bockman receives Order of the Palmetto
The Adjunct Professor Robert Bockman receives the prestigious Order of the Palmetto Award.

Alumni News
Rhythm and Protest - An Evening of Music: In Charleston, on Wednesday, July 8, at 7 pm, friends of the late Harriet McBryde Johnson are hosting a fundraiser to benefit the scholarship that has been established in her honor at the School of Law. The public is invited to attend.

Angela R. Taylor Angela R. Taylor, class of 1983, named a family court judge on the Third Judicial Circuit.

State lawmakers elected 1978 Alumnus Alex Kinlaw, Jr., a Greenville attorney to replace Family Court Judge Timothy Brown, who retired. He took the bench in May and is the state’s third African-American Family Court judge. He has practiced family law for 29 years.

Nota Bene
Three alumni &School of Law staff member graduate from Leadership South Carolina: Michelle P. Clayton (2004), Turner Padget Graham & Laney; Hamilton E. Russell, III, (1995), Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; Alicia Smith, Director of Development, USC School of Law; and Patrick W. Turner, (1991), AT&T.