Meet the Faculty

The University of South Carolina School of Law has more than fifty full-time faculty members, including clinical and visiting professors, and approximately twenty-five adjunct professors who teach advanced courses and trial advocacy. Law faculty are committed to excellence in teaching and research. Many are nationally prominent in their respective areas of expertise. Among the faculty are authors of leading casebooks, treatises, and law review articles.

Gregory B. Adams
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Contract Law; Problems in Professional Responsibility; Professional Responsibility; Judges and the Rule of Law; Ethical Issues in Criminal Practice
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Duncan E. Alford
Associate Dean for the Law Library & Professor of Law
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing; International and Foreign Legal Research
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Janice M. Baker
Assistant Director of Legal Writing
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing; Writing in Law Practice; Consumer Bankruptcy Drafting
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Jay Bender
Instructor
Teaches: Commercial Speech Seminar; Media Law
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Derek W. Black
Professor of Law
Teaches: Constitutional Law; Evidence; Civil Rights Seminar; Education Law and Policy
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Robert T. Bockman
Senior Legal Writing Instructor
Teaches: Legal Writing for the Courts; Law Practice Workshop; Appellate Advocacy
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Marie C. Boyd
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: Torts; Food & Drug Law; Administrative Law
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F. Ladson Boyle
Charles E. Simons, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Federal Law
Teaches: Wills, Trusts & Estates; Income Tax of Trusts and Estates; Estate & Gift Tax; Taxation of Property Transfers
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Josie F. Brown
Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: Constitutional Issues in Public Education; Constitutional Law; Women and the Law; Religion and the Constitution
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W. Lewis Burke
Professor of Law
Teaches: Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Trial Advocacy
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James R. Burkhard
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Agency, Partnerships & LLCs; Corporations; Business Corporations; Property
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Jaclyn A. Cherry
Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: Non-Profit Organizations; Non-Profit Organizations Clinic; Small Business Organization Capstone Course
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Thomas P. Crocker
Distinguished Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Constitutional Law; Criminal Procedure; Free Speech and Democracy; Law & Literature; The Constitution & National Security
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Elizabeth M. Dalzell
Legal Writing Instructor
Teaches: Advanced Legal Writing; Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Josh Eagle
Professor of Law
Teaches: Property; Federal Environmental Law; Constitutional Issues in Property Law; Coastal Conservation Law
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Lisa A. Eichhorn
Associate Dean of Faculty Development & Professor of Law
Teaches: Advanced Legal Writing; Civil Procedure
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Robert L. Felix
James P. Mozingo III Professor Emeritus of Legal Research
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Teaches: Conflict of Laws
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James F. Flanagan
Oliver Ellsworth Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Federal Practice
Teaches: Legal & Equitable Remedies; Evidence; Civil Procedure
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Patrick J. Flynn
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Federal Litigation Clinic; Discovery Practice; Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation
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Jacqueline R. Fox
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Torts; Public Health Law; Health Law & Policy; Bioethics Seminar
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Kenneth W. Gaines
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Advanced Trial Advocacy; Criminal Practice Clinic
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Danielle R. Holley-Walker
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law
Teaches: Civil Procedure; Federal Courts; Administrative Law
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F. Patrick Hubbard
Ronald L. Motley Distinguished Professor of Tort Law
Teaches: Torts; Land Use Planning; Law, Society & Justice; Tort Theory Seminar
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Susan S. Kuo
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Conflict of Laws; Law & Social Justice Seminar
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Philip T. Lacy
Professor of Law
Teaches: Contracts; Payment Systems; Secured Transactions
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Ami Leventis
Legal Writing Instructor
Teaches: Introduction to Drafting Business Agreements; Drafting Business Agreements Workshop; Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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David K. Linnan
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Project Finance; International Business Transactions; International Trade Law; International Environmental Law
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John D. Luthy
Legal Writing Instructor
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Martin C. McWilliams
Professor of Law
Teaches: Contracts; Securities Regulation; Mergers & Acquisitions; English Legal History; Transnational Dispute Resolution
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Benjamin Means
Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: Business Corporations; Business Crimes; Liberty Seminar; Mergers & Acquisitions
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S. Alan Medlin
David W. Robinson Professor of Law
Teaches: Wills, Trusts & Estates; Fiduciary Administration; Law Practice Workshop
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Colin Miller
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Criminal Law; Criminal Adjudication; Evidence
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Amy L. Milligan
Assistant Director of Legal Writing
Teaches: Advanced Legal Writing; Research, Analysis & Writing; Writing in Law Practice
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John E. Montgomery
Director, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism
Distinguished Professor Emeritus & Dean Emeritus
Teaches: Introduction to the Legal Profession; Foundations of Law Practice & Professionalism
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Eboni S. Nelson
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Contracts; Consumer Law; Commercial Law; Race, Class and Education
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David G. Owen
Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law
Teaches: Products Liability
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Elizabeth G. Patterson
Professor of Law
Teaches: Parents, Children & the Law; Child Welfare; Poverty Law & Policy; Legislation
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Aparna Polavarapu
Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: International Human Rights Skills Course; Transnational Law; Rule of Law Seminar
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Burnele Venable Powell
Miles and Ann Loadholt Professor of Law
Teaches: Constitutional Law; Problems in Professional Responsibility; Administrative Law; Current Topics in Professional Responsibility
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Walter F. Pratt, Jr.
Professor of Law
Teaches: Contract Law; American Legal History; The Warren Court; Federal Constitutional Convention
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William J. Quirk
Professor of Law
Teaches: Income Tax; Corporate Tax; The Constitution
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Wadie E. Said
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Immigration Law; International Human Rights Seminar
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Joel H. Samuels
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Civil Procedure; International Litigation; Transnational Law
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Joseph A. Seiner
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Comparative Employment Discrimination Seminar; Employment Discrimination; Principles of Labor Law; Individual Employment Law; ADR in Employment Law Workshop
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Ned Snow
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Property; Copyright Law; Intellectual Property; Cyberlaw
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Howard B. Stravitz
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Civil Procedure; Federal Courts; Complex Civil Litigation; Religious Legal Systems: Jewish Law
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Anne Marie Ugarte
Clinical Instructor
Teaches: Child Protection Advocacy Clinic
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Michael J. Virzi
Legal Writing Instructor
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Robert M. Wilcox
Dean
Teaches: Property; Problems in Professional Responsibility
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Marcia A. Yablon-Zug
Associate Professor of Law
Teaches: Advanced Family Law; Family Law; Federal Indian Law
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Duncan E. Alford
Associate Dean for the Law Library & Professor of Law
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing; International and Foreign Legal Research
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Terrye Conroy
Assistant Director of Legal Research Instruction / Reference Librarian
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Alyson M. Drake
Reference Librarian
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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April M. Hathcock
Reference Librarian
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Rebekah K. Maxwell
Associate Director for Library Operations
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Pamela Rogers Melton
Associate Director for Library Administration
Teaches: Legal Research, Analysis & Writing
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Karen G. Taylor
Head of Access Services
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Candle M. Wester
Assistant Director for Faculty Services
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Gloria Zinky
Head of Technical Services
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Peter A. Appel
Visiting Professor of Law
Teaches: Federal Environmental Law; Sustainable Business
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Claire S. Raj
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation; Juvenile Justice
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Tracey M. Roberts
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Teaches: Income Tax; Partnership Tax
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F. Ladson Boyle
Charles E. Simons, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Federal Law
Teaches: Wills, Trusts & Estates; Income Tax of Trusts and Estates; Estate & Gift Tax; Taxation of Property Transfers
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R. Randall Bridwell
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Katharine I. Butler
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Law
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Vance L. Cowden
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
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Joseph R. Cross, Jr.
Law Librarian Emeritus
Nathan M. Crystal
Class of 1969 Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Professional Responsibility & Contract Law
Richard E. Day
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Robert L. Felix
James P. Mozingo III Professor Emeritus of Legal Research
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Teaches: Conflict of Laws
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James F. Flanagan
Oliver Ellsworth Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Federal Practice
Teaches: Legal & Equitable Remedies; Evidence
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Robert W. Foster
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
John P. Freeman
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
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Thomas R. Haggard
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
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Herbert A. Johnson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Henry S. Mather
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
William S. McAninch
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Ralph C. McCullough II
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
John E. Montgomery
Director, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism
Distinguished Professor Emeritus & Dean Emeritus
Teaches: Introduction to the Legal Profession; Foundations of Law Practice & Professionalism
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Dennis R. Nolan
Webster Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Labor Law
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Diana M. Osbaldiston
Law Librarian Emerita
O'Neal Smalls
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
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Stephen A. Spitz
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
Roy T. Stuckey
Webster Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Clinical Legal Education
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Melissa M. Surber
Law Librarian Emerita
Jon P. Thames
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
James L. Underwood
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
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Eldon D. Wedlock, Jr.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law
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