Mensel,
Scheuerman to join law school faculty in fall
CHARLESTON, S.C., June 21, 2006 - - Professors Robert E. Mensel
and Sheila B. Scheuerman will join the Charleston School
of Law faculty in the fall as associate professors, Dean Richard
Gershon announced today.
Mensel to teach torts and conflicts of laws
"With experience in teaching history and law, Professor
Mensel is a great addition to our full-time faculty," Gershon
said. "As a scholar of 19th Century law, he brings great
academic credentials to Charleston and will enjoy being a member
of the area's academic community."
Currently an associate professor of history and political science
at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, Mensel served
as a visiting associate professor of law at Widener University
School of Law in Pennsylvania in the 2003-04 academic year. While
there, he coached a first-place winning Moot Court team. He also
has taught at Seton Hall University School of Law. Through the
years, he has served as an attorney and special counsel in private
practice.
Mensel has written several scholarly articles, the most recently
of which focused on criminal insanity in 19th Century American
Law and was published by the Oklahoma Law Review. He currently
is working on a piece about fraud and other issues in antebellum
American Law.
Mensel received a doctorate degree in American history from Rutgers
University in May 2003, and a master's from the same institution
in 1990. He received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania
School of Law in 1982 and a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University
in 1978.
Scheuerman to teach civil procedure and professional responsibility
"Professor Scheuerman is an experienced litigator and academic
who will help our students learn an array of skills that will
help them throughout their careers," Gershon said. "We're
fortunate to have her join our team."
Currently a lecturer at Temple University School of Law, Scheuerman
serves as the Honorable Abraham L. Freedman Fellow. Since 2004,
she has taught courses in professional responsibility, legal research
and writing, torts and products liability. Publications include
"The Consumer Fraud Class Action: Reining in Abuse by Requiring
Plaintiffs to Allege Reliance as an Essential Element" (Harvard
Journal on Legislation) and "Instructing Juries on Punitive
Damages: Due Process Revisited After State Farm" (University
of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.)
Scheuerman received her law degree from Washington University
School of Law, where she won a Scholar In Law award and served
as notes editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly. She
received a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross.
In 1992, she studied Chinese language, culture and politics at
Nanjing University in China. This year, she received a master's
degree in legal education from Temple University.
After receiving her law degree, Scheuerman served as a law clerk
to two U.S. district court judges - one in Pennsylvania and another
in Missouri - over three years. She also was a litigation and
public policy associate at Arnold & Porter law firm in Washington,
D.C.
