Two
key positions filled
at new Charleston School of Law
Benfield, Bridwell hired
for admissions, teaching positions
CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 4, 2003 - - The new Charleston School
of Law has hired an admissions director and its first full-time
professor, Dean Richard Gershon formally announced today.
John S. Benfield, who has served as the assistant dean
for admissions and financial aid at the University of South Carolina
School of Law since 1993, is Assistant Dean for Admissions at
the new Charleston School of Law.
"We're lucky to have a proven professional like John to
work to recruit the South's best students to start at the Charleston
School of Law next fall," Gershon said. "He's already
busy doing his job and is having great success in telling the
story of how the new law school will be a place where traditions
bring great opportunity."
Benfield, a 1978 graduate of Wofford College, holds a master's
degree in American History (1982) from the University of South
Carolina. At the Charleston School of Law, he will be responsible
for the day-to-day operations of the Office of Admissions.
Also today, Gershon announced USC Law Professor R. Randall
Bridwell will join the new school's faculty next fall.
"We are honored to have Professor Bridwell to be a member
of our faculty," Gershon said. "His extensive and respected
work in legal history and admiralty issues will be a great benefit
to our students."
Bridwell, who has been the Strom Thurmond Professor of Law at
USC, holds a master's degree in law from Harvard University, a
law degree from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor's
degree from Midwestern University. At the Charleston School of
Law, he is expected to teach contracts and develop an admiralty
program.
The Charleston School of Law is a new private law school that
will open in Fall 2004. The school currently is accepting applications.
Online applications are free. For more information on the school,
its mission and its curriculum, visit its Web site:
http://www.charlestonlaw.org
CONTACT: Dean Richard Gershon, 843.329.1000
or rgershon@charlestonlaw.org
