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    School of Law
   
 
  Jul 11, 2025
 
2010-2011 School of Law Bulletin 
    
2010-2011 School of Law Bulletin [Archived Catalog]

School of Law


 


Deans and Professors Degree Programs
Overview Dual Degree

Deans and Professor

Professors

Ann M. Bartow, LL.M., Temple University, 1997, J.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1990
F. Ladson Boyle, LL.M., New York University, 1975, J.D., University of South Carolina, 1974, Charles E. Simons, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Federal Law
W. Lewis Burke, J.D., University of South Carolina, 1975
Lisa A. Eichhorn, J.D. Duke University, 1990
Brant J. Hellwig, LL.M., New York University, 2000, J.D. Wake Forest University, 1997
F. Patrick Hubbard, LL.M., Yale University, 1973, J.D., New York University, 1969, Ronald L. Motley Distinguished Professor of Tort Law
Philip T. Lacy, LL.B., University of Virginia, 1972
Martin C. McWilliams Jr., LL.M., Harvard University, 1976, J.D., University of Mississippi, 1975
S. Alan Medlin, J.D., University of South Carolina, 1979, David W. Robinson Professor of Law
David G. Owen, J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1971, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law
Elizabeth G. Patterson, J.D., University of Arizona, 1976
Burnele V. Powell, LL.M., Harvard University, 1979, J.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973, Miles and Ann Loadholt Professor of Law
Walter F. Pratt Jr., J.D., Yale University, 1977, Dean and Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor of Law
William J. Quirk, LL.B., University of Virginia, 1959
Robert M. Wilcox, J.D., University of South Carolina, 1981, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Associate Professors

Gregory B. Adams, J.S.D., Columbia University, 1986, LL.M., Columbia University, 1979, J.D., Louisiana State University, 1973
Duncan E. Alford, J.D., University of North Carolina, 1991, Associate Dean and Director of Law Library
James R. Burkhard, J.D., Ohio State University, 1968
Thomas P. Crocker, J.D., Yale University, 2004, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2000
Joshua G. Eagle, J.D., Georgetown University, 1990
Patrick J. Flynn, J.D., Indiana University, 1974
K. Winchester Gaines, LL.M., Emory University, 1990, J.D., University of Kansas, 1976
Danielle R. Holley-Walker, J.D., Harvard University, 1999
Susan S. Kuo, J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1994
David K. Linnan, J.D., University of Chicago, 1979
Eboni Nelson, J.D., Harvard University, 2001
Joel H. Samuels, J.D., University of Michigan, 1999
Howard B. Stravitz, J.D., Rutgers University Camden, 1972

Assistant Professors

Josie F. Brown, J.D., Harvard University, 1985
Cinnamon Carlarne, J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Jaclyn Cherry, J.D., Duquesne University, 1988
Jacqueline R. Fox, LL.M., Georgetown University, 1995, J.D., Georgetown University, 1991
Benjamin Means, J.D., University of Michigan, 1999
Wadie E. Said, J.D., Columbia University, 1999
Joseph Seiner, J.D., Washington and Lee University, 1998
Marcia Y. Zug, J.D., Yale University, 2004

Professor Emeritus

R. Randall Bridwell, LL.M., Harvard University, 1971, J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1970
Katharine I. Butler, J.D., University of Tennessee, 1974
Vance L. Cowden, J.D., University of South Carolina, 1974
Nathan M. Crystal, LL.M., Harvard University, 1976, J.D., Emory University, 1971, Class of 1969 Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Professional Responsibility & Contract Law
Richard E. Day, J.D., University of Michigan, 1957
Robert L. Felix, LL.M., Harvard University, 1967, LL.B., University of Cincinnati, 1959, James P. Mozingo III Professor Emeritus of Legal Research
James F. Flanagan, LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1967, Oliver Ellsworth Professor of Federal Practice
Robert W. Foster, LL.M., Duke University, 1951, LL.B., University of South Carolina, 1950
John P. Freeman, LL.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1976, J.D., University of Notre Dame, 1970, John T. Campbell Professor Emeritus of Business and Professional Ethics
Thomas R. Haggard, LL.B., University of Texas, 1967
Herbert A. Johnson, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1965, LL.B., New York Law School, 1960
Henry S. Mather, J.D., Cornell University, 1970
William S. McAninch, LL.M., Yale University, 1969, LL.B., University of Arkansas, 1965
Ralph C. McCullough, II, J.D., Tulane University, 1965
John E. Montgomery, LL.M., University of Michigan, 1971, J.D., University of Louisville, 1969, Director, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism
Dennis R. Nolan, J.D., Harvard University, 1970, Webster Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Labor Law
O’Neal Smalls, LL.M., Georgetown University, 1975, J.D., Harvard University, 1967
Stephan A. Spitz, J.D., University of Nebraska, 1974
Roy T. Stuckey, J.D., University of South Carolina, 1973, Webster Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Clinical Legal Education
Jon P. Thames, LL.M., Harvard University, 1971, J.D., University of Mississippi, 1965
James L. Underwood, LL.M., Yale University, 1966, J.D., Emory University, 1962
Eldon D. Wedlock, Jr., LL.M., Yale University, 1969, J.D., American University, 1968


Overview

The mission of the University of South Carolina School of Law is to provide students, through an in-depth legal education, with a foundation upon which they can build successful careers in the practice of law and public service; to contribute to the development of the law and legal theory through significant faculty scholarship on issues of state, national and international importance; and to advance the administration of justice through service to the legal profession, the state and the nation.


Degree Programs

The School of Law offers a full-time day Juris Doctor program. To earn the J.D., students must successfully complete 90 hours of course work over six semesters, including at least four semesters of study in residence at the School of Law.


Dual Degree

The School of Law offers students the opportunity to complete work on a Juris Doctor and a graduate degree in one of the following programs: