Charleston School of Law Assistant Dean for Academic and Bar Success Michele H. Berger received a grant as part of the 2025-26 AccessLex Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) ASP Faculty Scholar Program.
Berger received the grant for her forthcoming article Rewiring Legal Education: Teaching Strategies for Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries at the 12th annual conference of the AASE at Suffolk University Law School in Boston. The event attracted colleagues from around the country to “elevate each other and thrive in legal education and in the legal profession.”
“Charleston School of Law continues to focus on excellent teaching and the needs of our students to be successful in their pursuit of their law degrees,” said President Constance Anastopoulo. “Asst. Dean Berger’s article is evidence of our attention to supporting our students’ needs.”
The Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE) supports “professional development of academic success educators, who work to ensure legal education is accessible to all students” and “seeks to raise awareness of issues affecting law school academic support professionals.”
Berger will present the article — Rewiring Legal Education: Teaching Strategies for Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries — at the 2026 AASE conference.
Photo: Nachman Gutowski (AASE President), Ashley London (AASE Scholarship Committee chairperson), Marsha Griggs (immediate past AASE President), and Joel Chanvisanuruk (AccessLex).
The Office of Academic and Bar Success is dedicated to supporting students’ success from the day they start at the law school through the bar examination. The office oversees programming that is integrated into the curriculum such as orientation, writing programs, and bar preparation. We work collaboratively with Charleston School of Law faculty and staff to meet the needs of the students. The office also provides individual academic counseling and support for students.
Charleston School of Law will be in attendance at the LSAC Washington, DC Forum on Saturday, July 12 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The South Carolina Bar Exam is a two-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) is administered over two days, July 29-30.
