Diversity
CONTACT US
Debra J. Gammons
BIO
Acting Director of Diversity Initiatives
Visiting professor 843.377.2429 dgammons@charlestonlaw.edu
John L.S. Simpkins
BIO
Director of Diversity Initiatives
Assistant Professor 843.377.1109 jsimpkins@charlestonlaw.edu
Celeste H. Palmer
Assistant to the Director
843.377.2448 cpalmer@charlestonlaw.edu
Kutina L. Williams
Diversity Fellow
843.377.2150 kwilliams@charlestonlaw.edu
Diversity Initiatives
The Charleston School of Law seeks not only to create an internal environment that welcomes and fosters diversity but also seeks to contribute to creating such an inclusive environment in the community and state at large.
The individuals who founded the Charleston School of Law recognized the inequities that exist among South Carolinians. They expressed their concern for addressing these deficiencies in the school's mission statement which identifies the following objectives among others:
- To teach the practice of law as a profession, having as its chief aim providing public service, and
- To teach the law as a means of providing relief for those who suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered, or because they are victims of prejudice.
Student Opportunities
Learn more about opportunities through the Office of Diversity Initiatives.
Initiatives for current students:
Information for prospective students
Overview for Prospective Students
(NEW) DiscoverLaw.org -- a Web site devoted to the needs and questions of students thinking about law school.
Testimonials from Current and Former Students
Cultural events and community outreach
Welcome Our Newest Member, Kutina L. Williams
Kutina L. Williams graduated from Davidson College in May 2002 with a B.S. in Biology and Anthropology. Before attending law school, she was a Davidson College Lily Fellow in Madang, Papua New Guinea where she performed anthropological research and was a guest lecturer in Behaviorial Science at Divine Word University. She graduated from the Charleston School of Law in May 2008, where she was a member of the Honor Council, BLSA and the International Law Society. She was a law clerk for Justice John Tseekooko of the Ugandan Supreme Court and an intern with the Ministry of Labor's International Law Department in Paramaribo, Suriname during law school. She has volunteered with Catholic Charities, the Center of Heir's Property, the Ninth Circuit Solicitor's Juvenile Arbitration program, and Pro Bono Legal Services. After law school, she was a community field organizer for the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign in Union County, North Carolina. Interests: international law and democracy & governance.
The Honorable JULIAN BOND speaks at the Charleston School of Law.
Here's the link: http://www.sclawyersweekly.com/subscriber/archives_FTS.cfm?page=SC/09/B3009301.htm&recID=462802&QueryText=julian%20and%20bond