American Constitution Society
The American Constitution Society at the School of Law endeavors
to provide a bipartisan forum for considered discussion of American
Constitutional law and policy. The society sponsors roundtables
and other discussion events to connect members with a range
of scholars, government officials, and others inside and outside
of the School of Law community who can stimulate the intellectual
environment of the school and aid its progression.
Animal Law Society
The Animal Law Society is dedicated to providing a forum for
education, advocacy, and scholarship aimed at protecting the
lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal
system, and raising the profile of the field of animal law.
It is equally dedicated to the goals of educating the law school
and surrounding community about forms of institutionalized animal
abuse and engaging in projects that combat animal abuse.
Black Law Students Association
The Black Law Students Association is committed to articulating
and promoting the professional needs and goals of black law
students and fostering and encouraging competence in the legal
profession. BLSA is dedicated to addressing the vision of community
service that the school provides through volunteering in our
local area. BLSA has participated in and coordinated various
community service projects and programs such as "Storytime",
Minority Law Day, Angel Tree Project, Color of Justice, and
many more.
Business Law Society
The Business Law Society encourages the pursuit of a legal
career that interacts with a business related field. Activities
of the Society include an attorney mentoring program, prominent
guest speakers, local networking, and regular social events.
Children's Law & Family Rights
Society
The Children's Rights and Family Law Society strives to facilitate
School of Law student's advocacy on behalf of the children of
the community and to provide a forum for students interested
in Family Law to become involved with professionals in the field.
The CRFLS partners with the Black Law Students Association to
sponsor the Charleston School of Law Angel Tree Project. This
Project provides holiday gifts to the children of local elementary
schools.
Christian Legal Society
The Christian Legal Society is open in the form of a small
Bible Study group that meets once weekly when school is in session.
The Bible Study group studies different books of the Bible each
week.
Couples In Law
Couples In Law was created to involve law students' spouses
and significant others with the School of Law community. Spouses
or significant others share in adjusting to the busy lifestyle
of the law student. Couples In Law's members and their families
can attend and help plan our social events and participate in
service opportunities with family organizations in the community.
Environmental Law Society
The Charleston School of Law Environmental Law Society (ELS)
is an organization, which seeks to provide a forum for students
to gain knowledge about the practice of environmental law. In
an attempt to provide exposure to the various facets of the
environmental community, the group sponsors a variety of lecturers
and interactive discussions throughout the year. Additionally,
the ELS provides a forum to promote new environmental law courses,
write publishable material related to current environmental
issues, interact with the local and regional environmental community,
and act as advocates for environmental awareness through community
service projects which benefit the Charleston region.
Evening Law Students Association
The Evening Law Student Association is dedicated to providing
useful professional, academic, community and social opportunities
for evening students at the Charleston School of Law. The Evening
Law Students Association also is committed to increasing the
awareness, interaction and integration of evening students with
all members of the School of Law community.
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society is a non-partisan conservative/libertarian
organization dedicated to fostering balanced and open debate
about the fundamental principles of freedom, federalism, and
judicial restraint. The Society embraces the principle that
the state exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of
powers is central to the integrity of the Constitution of the
United States of America, and that it is emphatically the province
and duty of the judiciary to say what the law is; not what it
should be.
Honor Council
The Charleston School of Law Honor Council, consisting of upper
and lower classmen, exclusively handles all issues concerning
the Honor Code. Students may apply for membership to the Honor
Council during the fall semester. The number of applicants that
will be selected for membership vary each semester.
Intellectual Law Society
The Intellectual Property Society is an organization for students
who are interested in intellectual property and patent law.
Focus is given to current intellectual property issues and the
growing importance of intellectual property protection in the
United States. The Intellectual Property Society also keeps
its members up to date on all intellectual property job related
issues and specials offered by BAR/BRI for the patent bar review
course.
International Law Society
The International Law Society supports social and academic
awareness among law students interested in learning about international
law in both the public and private sectors of law. The International
Law Society provides a forum for information and discussion
among students, professors, and practitioners on global issues
in today's society.
Juris One (Sports Law & Entertainment
Law)
Juris One strives to promote appreciation, awareness, and knowledge
of the legal issues related to the areas of Sports and Entertainment
Law while providing service to the School of Law and the greater
Charleston community. Juris One volunteers its services with
the Cooper River Bridge Run and raises awareness to autism.
Law Democrats
The purpose of the Law Democrats is to stimulate in our students
an active interest in government and politics, to acquaint student
voters with issues and candidates, to provide members opportunities
for personal and professional growth through interaction with
elected officials and members of the bar, and to foster and
perpetuate the ideals of the Democratic Party through public
service. The community service aspect includes voter registration
drives, various community service activities in conjunction
with local Democratic activists, and working with the Down Syndrome
Association of the Lowcountry.
Law Republicans
The Law Republicans of the School of Law strive to represent
the principles of the Republican Party on campus, provide a
forum for the discussion of current events, and to assist both
the local and national branches of the party in whatever way
possible. The Law Republicans are committed to public service
and work with the Red Cross and the homeless.
Military Law Society
The Military Law Society is dedicated to promoting knowledge
and awareness of military law issues affecting students, law
professionals, and members of America's Armed Forces. The society
promotes scholarly discussion of military law, counter- terrorism,
and related law topics, and builds social ties between interested
students, the School of Law, and the local community to promote
professional development. There are no prerequisites for membership.
Prior military experience is not required. The Society is open
to all individuals who wish to study the interface between the
military, the government, and the legal system.
Moot Court Board
The School of Law Moot Court Board consists of forty to fifty
second and third-year students chosen for their excellence in
the combination of legal writing and oral advocacy.
Each spring, first-year students may compete in an intramural
competition that incorporates skills learned in the School of
Law's first-year legal research and writing program. The competition
is judged by local and regional attorneys and judges. At the
end of all competition rounds, these judges choose twenty students
based on their abilities in legal writing and oral advocacy.
The selected twenty receive an invitation to the Moot Court
Board.
Each fall, students in their second and third years may compete
in an upper-class intramural competition. This competition is
also judged by local attorneys and judges, and up to ten individuals
are chosen to receive an invitation to the Moot Court Board.
Astoundingly, the Moot Court Board established itself as a
national champion in its first competitive outing. In 2006,
a School of Law team won first place at the National Constitutional
Law Moot Court at Regent University.
OWLS
OWLS (Older Wiser Law Students) provides a forum for issues
facing non-traditional students who may have had former careers
or families. Panels have included speakers discussing job opportunities
post-law school and expectations in law school.
Real Estate Society
The Real Estate Society provides its members the opportunity
to meet those involved in the industry from local attorneys
to nationwide developers. The Society hosts multiple speakers
each semester. The Real Estate Society also launched a program
designed to give members first notice of real estate related
needs that will satisfy their pro bono graduation requirement.
Student Health Law & Bioethics
Society
The Student Health Law & Bioethics Society's purpose is
to equip future lawyers with both an understanding of and an
appreciation for the multi-faceted natures of medicine, health
law, and bioethics; to expose law students to the complexities
of clinical medicine so as to prepare for the practical and
theoretical challenges of health law; and to open dialogue and
create strong personal and professional bonds between future
and existing members of medicine and health care law.
Student Trial Lawyers Association
The Student Trial Lawyers Association encourages law students
and future trial lawyers to become actively involved in promoting
the civil justice system and championing the cause of those
who deserve redress for injury to person or property. The Student
Trial Lawyers Association will provide students with the opportunity
to discuss issues affecting the profession with trial lawyers
from across the state.
Women In Law
Women In Law strives to provide service and action in the Charleston
community by promoting an awareness of issues concerning women.
Women In Law raises money for the Susan G. Komen Race for the
Cure and participates as an organization in the race. Women
In Law also support Safe Moves, a charity supporting women recovering
from domestic violence relationships, and the Center for Women.
Throughout the school year members participate in the Legal
Liaison Project with the Center for Women, the Palmetto Children's
Legal Center mentoring children in the Charleston School System.
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