The Charleston School of Law offers a comprehensive three-year juris doctor degree program that fully prepares its graduates to begin their careers practice-ready.
Set amid the beauty of one of the South's most historic cities, the Charleston School of Law teaches the practice of law as a profession whose chief aim is public service, providing relief for those who suffer because they are helpless, outnumbered or victims of prejudice. It achieves this in an environment of excellence and diversity, the hallmarks of which include a committed, caring and highly qualified faculty, a law library that provides the best in available resources and technology, and a student support system that promotes academic assistance, leadership development and personal support. Charleston School of Law graduates leave our campus as practice-ready professionals, prepared to begin making an impact to improve their communities.
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The Charleston School of Law's principal goals are:
> To teach students of high moral character and unquestioned personal integrity through a careful and refined study program;
> To teach the practice of law as a profession, having as its chief aim providing public service;
> To teach the law as a means of providing relief for those who suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered or because they are victims of prejudice;
>To teach the law as a means of alleviating human misery and human suffering;
>To teach the law as a means of making possible the continued processes of manufacturing and commerce that bring realization to the twin goals of prosperity and peace in the world;
>To institute and coordinate legal outreach programs to the South Carolina and American bars; local, state and federal governments; and the general population; and
>To encourage and foster legal reforms.
Additional goals:
This entails additional goals of graduating students who will be successful in bar passage; recruiting and retaining highly qualified and effective faculty; providing a law library that meets the needs of our educational programs; and developing and maintaining technological capabilities reflective of the educational and professional needs of the legal field.
Juris Doctor
