Staff reports | Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Greenville Monday to kick off a national “Month of Action” tour to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. She is expected to deliver remarks at 12:15 p.m. at an event at the Phillis Wheatley Community center.
Staff reports | Michelle Mapp, a 2021 graduate of the Charleston School of Law, is one of 77 public interest lawyers who will be a fellow with Equal Justice Works, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that seeks to promote a lifelong commitment to public service and equal justice.
“Coming into law school, I knew about the Equal Justice Works because I knew Amy Armstrong who runs the S.C. Environmental Law Project, and she had done a fellowship and gotten her start that way,” said Mapp, who entered law school mid-career after serving as executive director of the S.C. Community Loan Fund. “In my second year at law school, I did an internship with the S.C. ACLU, and it sparked my interest in the right to counsel.”
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FOCUS: Charleston Law graduate wins prestigious fellowship
COMMENTARY, Brack: Legislature needs to get it right on making state, jails safer
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Staff reports | Debra J. Gammons, who directs diversity efforts at the Charleston School of Law, today will become the county’s first black president of the Charleston County Bar Association.
“I am looking forward to continuing my work for equality, education and engagement,” said Gammons, a distinguished visiting professor and director of the Office of Diversity Initiatives at the law school. “I am looking forward to working with attorneys at the school and throughout the community to bring about positive changes here, across the state and across the country.”
Staff reports | Two Duke University law school professors will kick off a Feb.8 symposium that examines the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in a new and positive light. The conference at the Charleston Music Hall, which includes other law professors, attorneys and a state representative, is hosted by the Charleston Law Review of the Charleston School of Law and the Riley Institute at Furman University.
Staff reports | Our sister publication, Statehouse Report, on Friday highlighted what lawmakers want to do in the 2019 legislative session in this news story. But we’d like to give you a chance to sound off about your priorities.
Therefore, we encourage you to take a 10-question survey to share your thoughts on the state’s challenges and priorities.
Staff reports | Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) is hosting the 2017-2018 Federal Junior Duck Stamp judging in Charleston. The public is invited to attend the judging at Charleston Music Hall on Friday, April 21. This is the 25th year for the Junior Duck Stamp program and the first time the federal judging has been held in Charleston.
Staff reports | Charleston County K-12 students can win a grand prize of $100 for original artwork that promotes a theme of “Recycle Right” in the 18th annual Earth Day contest by the Charleston County Environmental Management Department. Also inside:
* One80 Place celebrates center renovation
* Speth, George to talk conservation
* Big win for law school moot court team.
Staff reports | You can “go green” this holiday season by recycling your Christmas tree. Here are instructions from Charleston County’s Environmental Management Department:
Remember to remove all décor such as lights, tinsel, ornaments, etc.
Some municipalities will pick them up curbside, or they can be taken to a convenience center. The trees picked up curbside are transported to the Bees Ferry Compost Facility to be ground and composted.
Staff reports | Gumby the Hound is a one-of-a-kind dog who has won the hearts of Charleston Animal Society staff – and will soon appear in its 2017 Firefighter Calendar! On 11 occasions, families tried to adopt this sweet, loving hound, but 11 times, he would hop a fence, open a latch, and, somehow, run back to Charleston Animal Society.
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