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Prof.
Margaret Lawton
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
P.O.
Box 535
Charleston, S.C. 29402
Office:
385 Meeting St., 3rd floor (find
office on campus map)
Phone: 843.377.2423
Email: mlawton@charlestonlaw.edu
Career
J.D.,
magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center
B.A., cum laude, Duke University
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Margaret
Lawton
Associate
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Margaret Lawton, a native of Allendale, S.C., joined the Charleston
School of Law in 2005 to teach substantive criminal law, constitutional
criminal procedure and trial advocacy. Prior to coming to Charleston,
she served on the faculty at the Appalachian School of Law where
she was named outstanding teacher for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005
academic years.
Lawton has extensive trial and appellate criminal practice experience.
Following a clerkship with the Hon. Thomas A. Flannery of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, she prosecuted
criminal cases as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C.
Lawton has a bachelor's degree from Duke University (cum laude)
and a law degree (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University
Law Center. At Georgetown, she was a Public Interest Law Scholar
and a member of the Order of the Coif, served as an editor of
the Georgetown Law Journal, and served as a research assistant
to Father Robert Drinan, a noted scholar of international human
rights and legal ethics.
She was named associate dean for academic affairs
in August 2008.
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