The ''South Carolina Law Review'' is a student-edited

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that was established in 1937. It covers South Carolina law and commentary on the United States

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. It also publishes the winning essays from the

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Writing Competition, which is sponsored by the American Inns of Court Foundation. In 2008 the journal began to experiment with

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History

The journal was originally published as the ''Year Book of the Selden Society'', then as the ''South Carolina Law Quarterly'', before getting its current title.

Peer review initiatives

During the summer of 2008, the ''South Carolina Law Review'' began its Peer Review Pilot Program and an effort is being made to expand the peer review concept to other student-edited law journals across the United States, using the "Peer Reviewed Scholarship Marketplace.

Surveys

The ''South Carolina Law Review'' launched an initiative, modeled after ''

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s Supreme Court Survey, to comment on cases reported from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, covering Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The first survey, published in Volume 60, Book 5, includes six significant cases from the Fourth Circuit. Another survey, the South Carolina Survey consists of notes and comments on timely topics pertaining to South Carolina law that are written by the second year student-members.

Warren E. Burger Prize

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website:

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Membership selection

Every year, the ''South Carolina Law Review'' selects its members from a journal competition held immediately after spring exams. The competition is open only to first year law students. Transfer students are given the opportunity to participate in a journal competition during the fall of their second year.

Notable past members (alphabetically)

* Joseph F. Anderson, Senior Judge,

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* G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina * William S. Duffey Jr., Jr., Judge,

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*John C. Few, Associate Justice,

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*Ben A. Hagood, Jr., South Carolina

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(R-Mt. Pleasant) * David W. Harwell, Former Chief Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court * Robert W. Hayes, Jr., South Carolina State Senator (R-Rock Hill) *

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, Former

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(D-SC) * James Mann, Former

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(D - 4th SC) *

Henry McMaster Henry Dargan McMaster (born May 27, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 117th governor of South Carolina since January 24, 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. McMaster worked for U.S. senator Strom Thurmond, in ...

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; landlord/owner PJM Properties *

Ronald Motley Ronald L. Motley (October 21, 1944 – August 22, 2013) was an American trial attorney, and a principal of Motley Rice LLC–a law firm based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He is best known for leading ...

, Attorney, Motley Rice *

David C. Norton David Charles Norton (born July 25, 1946) is a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Education and career Born in Washington, D.C., Norton received a Bach ...

, Judge,

* C. Kenneth Powell, Former Chairman,

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* Dennis Shedd, Judge,

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* Vincent A. Sheheen, South Carolina State Senator (D-Camden) and Gubernatorial Candidate * Jean H. Toal, Former Chief Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court * William Byrd Traxler, Jr., Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit *

Inez Tenenbaum Inez Moore Tenenbaum (born March 8, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who served as South Carolina Superintendent of Education and as Chair of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. In 2016 she joined a law firm. She is a m ...

, Former Chair of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Obama Administration, Former South Carolina Superintendent of Education and United States Senate Candidate *

William Walter Wilkins William Walter "Billy" Wilkins (born 1942) is a former United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Co ...

, Former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit *

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, Former Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

References

External links

* {{Official, http://www.sclawreview.org
University of South Carolina School of Law website
American law journals Quarterly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1937