Jaclyn A. Cherry

Assistant Professor of Law
Department of Clinical Legal Studies

Contact Information Room 131 USC School of Law 701 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29208 v 803-777-3394 Email

Profile Clinical Legal Studies Courses Presentations, Awards & Service				Scholarship

Presentations, Awards and Service

Select Presentations:

“Principles of Nonprofit Law: Standing and Related Issues – Mini Conference”, Invited Participant, New York University School of Law National Center on Philanthropy and the Law, New York, New York (November 2011)

“The USC Law School Nonprofit Organizations Clinic and Nonprofit Board of Director Responsibilities”, SC Women Lawyers Association, Columbia, South Carolina - CLE (September 2011).

"SC Volunteer Lawyers Association", Presenter, Charleston College, Charleston, South Carolina (July 2011).

"Transactional Law and the Curriculum", Leader, AALS & Clinical Legal Education Conference, Seattle, Washington (June 2011).

"Bridging the Gap between Non-Clinical and Clinical Teaching: Lessons from Community Development and Nonprofit Law", Section on Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law, American Association of Law Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana (January 2010).

"Legal Issues and Nonprofit Enterprise", South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations, Columbia, South Carolina (December 2009).

"Forming a Nonprofit in South Carolina", SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center, Columbia, South Carolina (May 2009).

"Exempt Organizations and Charitable Activities in Pennsylvania", National Business Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (November 2003).

"Economic & Community Development Law Clinics and their Clients", American Association of Law Schools Clinical Legal Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (May 2002).

"Appalachian Mountain Club: Case Study Analysis", Advanced Leadership Academy, Duquesne University in cooperation with The Initiative on Social Enterprise at the Harvard Business School (December 1999).

"Nonprofit Board Liabilities", Nonprofit Leadership Institute, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1997 - 2004).

Awards:

“G.G. Dowling Faculty Award” (presented to a faculty member who typifies to fellow faculty outstanding qualities of integrity, concern for others, and legal scholarship), presented by the University of South Carolina School of Law, April 2012.

“Woman of the Year” by the Duquesne University School of Law Women’s Law Association, April 2003.

“Regional Partnership Award” presented by the Mon Valley Initiative, October 1998.

Service:

Member, the American Law Institute (elected), 2012-

Sergeant and Secretary, Order of the Coif, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2011-2012.

Founding Partner, SC Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 2010-.

Co-Chair, Governance Audit Committee, Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA), 2010-2012.

Member, SC Secretary of State Nonprofit Advisory Council, 2009-present.

Member, USC Faculty Advisory Committee, 2011-2013 (elected).

Member, USC Faculty Selections Sub-Committee, 2011-2012.

Member, USC Admissions Committee, 2010-2011.

Member, USC Law School Curriculum Committee, 2009-2010.

Technical Assistance Team, Collaboration for Community Change (C3), South Carolina 2010-2011.

Past Board Service:

Board President, Bethlehem Project

Board Member, Pittsburgh Neighborhood Legal Services Association

Board Member, Redstone Highlands Presbyterian Seniorcare

Board Member, Adelphoi, Inc. Planned Giving Council