Scholarships
Since 2005, the foundation has grown “permanently designated” and “board designated” scholarships to assist students. Ongoing scholarships are given semi-annually and annually.
Judge Sol Blatt Jr. Library Research Scholars Program
The foundation created the Judge Sol Blatt Jr. Library Research Scholars program from a gift donated by an anonymous donor in 2017 naming five annual grantees who are library scholars for one full year. Scholars work at the research desk to assist both students and S.C. Bar Association members who come to our library for research assistance. Scholars are trained in law research to not only assist students but also teach them how to navigate the library stacks.
Financial Hardship and Emergency Fund
In furtherance of its charitable purposes, the Charleston School of Law Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”) operates a Financial Hardship and Emergency Fund (“Fund”) designed to help enrolled students of the Charleston School of Law who are facing unexpected and desperate financial events. The Fund may provide short-term financial assistance for essential needs including housing, food, and medical care when the criteria established by the Foundation are met. Read more
Community and school programs
In support and growth of Alumni Relations, the foundation encourages gathering socially at the free CLEs offered by the law school. Our growing alumni body has responded enthusiastically to alumni gatherings and opportunities to connect with fellow graduates.
- Judge Sol Blatt Jr. Honorary CLE in his former chambers, February 2017, sponsor with South Carolina Association for Justice
- Alumni gathering, May 2017, hosts
- The Forum, a Charleston County Bar Association Discussion, June 2017, sponsor
- Charleston School of Law CLEs, summer and fall, 2017, luncheon hosts
- 10th Annual Symposium of Charleston Law Review with the Riley Institute, February 2018
- Charleston School of Law CLEs for alumni in 2018 in S.C., N.C. and Ga.; refreshment hosts
- Environmental Law Society Summit, November 2018, sponsor
- Alumni Gathering, May, 2017, Hosts
- 11th Annual Symposium of Charleston Law Review with the Riley Institute, February 2019
Conferences
We provide student assistance to the following law subject conferences:
- Immigration
- Law surrounding Special Education Parent Conference
- Native peoples
