Lawton named school's new associate dean

CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 7, 2008 - - Charleston lawyer Constance A. Anastopoulo and long-time law professor Paul E. Lund will serve as visiting law professors for the 2008-09 school year, Dean Andy Abrams announced today.

"We're fortunate to have both of these well-versed lawyers to join our faculty for the coming year," Abrams said. "Their areas of experience will provide our students with real-life examples that complement legal texts and scholarship."

About Paul E. Lund

Paul E. Lund, who was a former associate dean of Appalachian School of Law, will teach contracts and civil procedure in the 2008-09 academic year.
From 2006 to 2007, Lund served as a visiting law professor at the Charleston School of Law. In the spring of 2008, he taught at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has been an associate professor of law at Appalachian School of Law since 1998, but has been on leave of absence since the fall of 2006.

A former clerk to a federal appellate judge in Florida, Lund's academic writings focus on the role and jurisdiction of federal courts. Prior to entering academia, his practice included representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation during the major period of bank and S&L failures in the late 1980s.

About Constance A. Anastopoulo

A partner with Anastopoulo & Clore Law Firm in Charleston, Constance Anastopoulo will teach torts to first-year students at the Charleston School of Law.

A litigator with broad experience in South Carolina and federal courts since 1994, Anastopoulo has served as an adjunct professor at the Charleston School of Law. She has a law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law and a bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Virginia. She and her husband, local lawyer Akim Anastopoulo, have two children.