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About This Journal

For over sixty-five years, the South Carolina Law Review and its predecessor publications have chronicled legal education and scholarship in South Carolina. As the Year Book of the Selden Society, then as the South Carolina Law Quarterly and then the South Carolina Law Review, the publication has mirrored and aided the development of legal scholarship in South Carolina, while reporting the growth of the University of South Carolina School of Law and the South Carolina Bar. Since 1937, the publication has progressed from a provincial chronicle of law school events to an established academic journal with a worldwide readership. Over time, the publication has gradually gained autonomy from those institutions that supported and funded its creation. Through article selection, issue advocacy, editorial opinion and institutional ambition, student editors at the University of South Carolina School of Law (“USC Law School”) have influenced the last fifty years of legal practice in South Carolina.

Aims & Scope

The South Carolina Law Review has two primary purposes: (1) to publish an authoritative legal journal and (2) to provide members with practical experience in legal writing and analysis. Additionally, the Law Review hosts an annual legal symposium for practicing lawyers, legal scholars, and the community at large. Second and third-year law students independently select articles for publication, manage the editorial process from draft to print, and oversee all operational aspects of the Law Review. While the Editorial Board consists of members in their third year of law school, the Editorial Staff consists of members in their second year of law school. As part of the Editorial Staff, second-year students gain valuable practical experience in legal writing, research, and analysis through first-level editing and completion of a student note or comment. Law Review members have the opportunity to publish their student note in the Survey of South Carolina Law, an annual special issue of the Law Review addressing recent state and national legal developments and their impact on South Carolina law.

Editorial Board, Volume 73, 2021-2022

Editor-in-Chief

Dixie N. McCollum, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Senior Associate Editors-in-Chief

Sydney J. Douglas, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Paul N. Nybo, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Jordan M Wayburn, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Associate Editors-in-Chief

Ryan A. Mosser, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Samuel C. Williams, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Montana N. York, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Managing Editor

William E. Hilger, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Associate Managing Editor

Ashleigh B. Harris, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Executive Articles Editors

William G. Arnold, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Elizabeth T. French, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Roger M. Stevens, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Senior Articles Editor

Diana M. August, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Articles Editors

Dole P. Baker III, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Stephen J. Lewis, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Adam P Reichel, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Danielle A. Robertson, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Anna C. Tucker, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Senior Research Editor

Amelia M. Farmer, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Research Editors

Nikesh D. Amin, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Ryan P. Henry, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Senior Student Works Editors

Briana Cacace, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Student Works Editors

Alexandra C. Glunt, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Mark P. Lewallen II, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Symposium Editors

Robert H. Levin, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Hannah L. Ward, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Faculty Advisors

Lisa A. Eichhorn, The University of South Carolina School of Law

Martin C. McWilliams, Jr., The University of South Carolina School of Law

Howard B. Stravitz, The University of South Carolina School of Law