CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 12, 2005 - - Two distinguished Charleston
lawyers are the latest to join the faculty at the Charleston School
of Law, Dean Richard Gershon announced today.
Next week when classes resume at the school, students will meet
former Charleston County Master in Equity Louis Condon,
who will serve as the school's judge-in-residence, and William
L. Want, who will be scholar-in-residence and teach environmental
law.
"The Charleston School of Law is fortunate to have these
two new faculty members because of their wide-ranging experience,
expertise and integrity," Gershon said. "Their additions
to the school continue to highlight our pledge to provide the
best legal education possible to the 400 students who are here."
Condon, who has been serving recently as a special judge, mediator
and arbitrator, will teach a Perspectives in Law course as part
of being judge-in-residence at the school. Condon received his
law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1962 and served
in private practice until 1975. From 1967 to 1970, he also served
as a municipal court judge in Charleston. In 1975, he became a
master-in-equity for Charleston County, from which he retired
in 1995. In addition to his many community activities, Judge Condon
was a founding member of the South Carolina Equity Court Council,
and has been its president since 1977, and was also a founding
member of the Charleston County Judicial Council. He currently
serves chairs the Senior Lawyer's Section of the American Bar
Association.
Want, who will teach environmental law, is a graduate of Yale
University Law School , and is a highly regarded expert in environmental
law. His treatise, Law of Wetlands Regulation, published by West,
is the most relied upon text on the subject. Before joining the
law school faculty, Want served as a sole practitioner in Charleston,
where he focused on complex environmental litigation.
Classes resume next week on Thursday. Orientation begins Tuesday
for the Class of 2008.
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