Law Journals
Charleston Law Review
The Charleston Law Review is a student-run journal that fosters the knowledge and insight of students, practitioners, scholars and the judiciary through a traditional forum dedicated to augmenting the pursuit of innovative legal expression, composition and scholarship.
Volume II of the Charleston Law Review published four books which included the works of President Barack Obama, Professor Anthony Sebok of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Professor Neil Vidmar of Duke University, renowned professor and scholar Victor Schwartz of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Professor John Yoo of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, and Professor Walter Murphy of the Princeton University School of Law. Additionally, the law review hosted the Punitive Damages Symposium in the fall of 2007, where some of the leading legal minds gathered to discuss trends in the awarding of punitive damages and how this remedy is likely to change litigation in coming years.
Volume III of the Charleston Law Review includes four books: a general issue featuring a foreword by Chief Judge Karen Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and, among others, an article by controversial author Dave Kopel; Issue 2 is a Supreme Court Preview issue featuring, among other notable Supreme Court scholars, Jay Sekulow, the Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, Professor John H. Blume of Cornell Law School and Emily C. Paavola of the Center for Capital Litigation, and Laughlin McDonald, the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project; and Issue 4 will be the Charleston Law Review's Student Works Edition which features student authors from the Charleston School of Law.
Significantly, Volume III, Issue 3, will be the Charleston Law Review's symposium edition. The Volume III Editorial Board of the Charleston Law Review, in partnership with the Riley Institute at Furman University, hosted an inaugural event for an annual "Law and Society" series in Charleston, S.C., on Jan.15-16, 2009. The symposium addressed pressing issues such as Education as a Legal Right and Constitutional Barriers to Educational Excellence, the Role of the Executive, the Administration of Justice and Judicial Reform, and the South Carolina Constitution as a Protectionist Document were discussed at length. More than 1,300 local attorneys, judges, legislators, educators and others attended some aspect of this event.
The speakers and panelists for the symposium included Bobby Harrell, speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives; Richard W. Riley, former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secretary of Education; Jim Hodges, former Governor of South Carolina; Jack Bass, noted author and professor at the College of Charleston; and Don Fowler, adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina and former chair of the Democratic National Committee. Chief Justice Jean H. Toal of the South Carolina Supreme Court and Chief Judge Kaye G. Hearn of the South Carolina Court of Appeals also participated.
To gain membership on the Charleston Law Review, students must compete in a writing competition that begins after spring semester finals have concluded. After completion of the writing competition, offers for membership are made to students based on a combination of grades and the scored writing piece.
Federal Courts Law Review
The Federal Courts Law Review (hereinafter "FCLR") was founded in July of 1997 and is a publication of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association (hereinafter "FMJA"). The FCLR was established as an electronic law review dedicated to legal scholarship relating to federal courts. In 2005, the Charleston School of Law was chosen by the FMJA to begin publishing a hard-copy version of the Federal Courts Law Review in addition to the electronic version. The student members of the FCLR work in conjunction with the FMJA Editorial Board, which is composed primarily of United States Magistrate Judges and law school professors, to publish accepted articles for publication from scholars, judges, and distinguished practitioners.
Student members of the FCLR are selected based on a combination of his or her grades and performance in our annual writing competition. A School of Law full-time student may participate in our writing competition upon completion of his or her first year of law school. A School of Law part-time student becomes eligible to participate in our writing competition upon completion of his or her second year of law school.
Maritime Law Bulletin
MALABU is run by students and a Board of Editors, in conjunction with faculty advisors. MALABU is a scholarly and timely journal with articles about current cases, emerging maritime issues, and other articles of interest in the maritime world. The goal of MALABU is to provide a variety of substance that appeals to a broad spectrum of subscribers by catering to varying levels of sophistication. MALABU is a publication designed to provide practical and useful content to law professors and students, practicing attorneys, commercial shippers, and pleasure boaters, alike.