Constance Anastopoulo presented a South Carolina CLE on Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage and Ethics in conjunction with the publication of the newest edition of her auto-insurance book, “The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina,” 8th Ed (2024) (with Janice Holmes, Gwendolyn Fuller McGriff, Elizabeth Scott Moise, and Vernon R. Sumwalt, Jr.).
Katie Brown has accepted an invitation to serve as a discussant on two program topics at the upcoming annual SEALs Conference in summer 2025.
Kevin Eberle The Charleston Library Society selected Professor Eberle to be part of an upcoming panel in January 2025 titled “Uncovering the Secrets of Antebellum Police and Tax Records” discussing recently digitized 19th century tax and police records in Charleston. The Charleston Library Society recently received a grant to digitize a collection of mid-to late-19th-century police and tax records for the city of Charleston. After months of digitization and several 100 hours of transcription efforts, the materials are now live and available to the public. The panel is part of the launch celebrating this Donnelley-grant-funded collection of these unique—and now digitally-available—handwritten volumes with accompanying transcriptions.
Kevin Eberle, Dylan Malagrinò and Brian Turner (President and CEO of the Preservation Society of Charleston) have secured a book deal with the ABA Real Property and Trust & Estate Section (RPTE) to author the first ABA book on the intersection of law and historic preservation. The field of historic preservation draws from case law, statutes, and regulations from many different fields such as constitutional law, tax law, zoning, and public interest. This book brings those disparate topics together for use by those involved in preservation matters. This book covers the waterfront of historic preservation of the built environment for a lawyer already familiar with real estate, zoning, and associated areas, who might confront the issues.
Dylan Malagrinò’s work-in-progress, “Equitable Takings and the Limits to their Normative Grounds,” a critique of normative validations for takings, was selected for a panel discussion at the upcoming annual SEALs Conference in summer 2025. The panel is titled “Normative Issues in Land Use & Property Law.”
Jessica Moeller was selected to join the SCADP Board of Directors. The SCADP (South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty) mission is to abolish the death penalty and catalyze criminal justice reform in South Carolina.
Jennifer North presented at the Annual Magistrates’ Advisory Council Intensive Training Seminar for all the newly appointed and continuing South Carolina Summary Courts Judges. She conducted legal research training in Westlaw and on free government websites. This training is offered by the Judicial Education Center in Columbia and is provided in conjunction with the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, a state agency that partners with the South Carolina Judiciary Branch to improve the criminal justice system.
Allyson Haynes Stuart has been appointed as Special Master to U.S. District Judge David C. Norton to hear e-discovery issues in litigation against Amazon: Whaley v. Amazon.com, Inc.
Melanie Regis’s article “Testing the Validity of a Verdict” published in the Temple Law Review (2024), has created quite a national debate around whether an evidentiary hearing is required following allegations of juror misconduct. In October 2024, Professor Cynara McQuillan of Touro Law Center published “How to Impeach a Verdict: A Response to Melanie C. Regis,” in the Temple Law Review Online and on LexisNexis and Westlaw. In this response piece, Professor McQuillan takes a closer look at the standard Melanie proposed regarding evidentiary hearings postconviction when there have been allegations of juror misconduct or bias.
Melissa Simondi and Frank Ulmer are writing a chapter for a SC Bar book detailing LGBTQ+ issues for South Carolina practitioners. This chapter analyzes local ordinances in South Carolina that protect LGBTQ+ individuals against discrimination. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of legal protections at the county and municipal levels, aiming to inform policymakers and legal practitioners about the existing legal landscape and highlight areas for potential reform. The expected publication date for the book is late 2025.
Frank Ulmer has an article being published in the November 2024 issue of SC Lawyer magazine. The article is titled, “ABA Formal Opinion 511R: Balancing Collaboration with Confidentiality When Using Listservs, Social Media, and Other Electronic Communities.” The article details the ABA’s recent opinion regarding lawyers’ use of listservs and other electronic discussion groups and suggests ways to use these helpful tools ethically without running afoul of the duty to keep client information confidential.
Charleston School of Law will host its Winter Commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 14 at 5:00 p.m. at the Charleston Museum Auditorium.
In observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays, Charleston School of Law School offices will be closed from Saturday, December 14 through Friday, January 3, 2025.
