Pre-law progress
Humanities Hub
Clemson students in the William Howell Pre-Law Society met on February 29, 2024 to network and learn from faculty at the University of South Carolina’s Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
With the generous support of the Humanities Advancement Board, the Clemson Humanities Hub continues to promote and sponsor the community outreach, scholarly, and teaching activities of the Humanities. Under the leadership of Director James Burns, the “HumHub” leads cross- disciplinary research initiatives and provides a platform for conversations that combine multiple cultural, historical and legal perspectives. Domestic violence survivor, headlines 3rd annual Law and Humanities series Kim Dadou Brown, a domestic violence survivor who spent 17 years in prison after she killed her abusive boyfriend, spoke at Clemson University as the guest of the Clemson Humanities Hub in March 2024 during its 3rd Annual “Lectures in Law and Humanities” series, sponsored by Loebsack & Brownlee, PLLC. Brown is one of the main subjects of the 2021 documentary, “And So I Stayed.” Her lecture headlined a series of three Humanities Hub events for members of the community interested in the theme of domestic violence and its legal ramifications. As a precursor to her public address, the Humanities Hub and World Cinema program hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary. Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Program The Hub served as the principal investigator on several grants, including a $500,000 Mellon Foundation grant to create a national hub to support the development of civic education materials in higher education with the Office of Undergraduate Studies. The Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program serves as an avenue for faculty to collaborate on creating classroom teaching materials. The Teacher Scholars design, create and disseminate pedagogical materials for use in college courses nationwide.
Liberty, Law and Justice concentration continues growth
A new legal history emphasis for history majors In 2022, the Board of Trustees approved a proposal by the Department of History and Geography to add a new emphasis area in Legal History. Led by Associate Professor Lee Wilson J.D., Ph.D., the legal history emphasis for students pursuing a B.A. in history offers a sequence of courses in history, philosophy and political science that also covers legal history from the English Reformation to modern U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Perhaps most importantly, courses in the emphasis area will introduce students to historical methodologies that are particularly useful in evaluating and crafting legal arguments.
2023-2024 HumHub Sponsored Events
Nowhere has the demand for pre-law education at Clemson been more pronounced than in the rapid growth of the Liberty, Law and Justice concentration within the B.A. Philosophy degree program. From 2021 to 2024, direct applications to the Liberty, Law and Justice emphasis have grown 89 percent (147 to 278), now forming the vast majority of applications to the philosophy degree. It is important to note that applications to the standard B.A. Philosophy track increased during this period as well.
Student gatherings for the Global Black Studies Program
Lunches for participants in the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Teagle-Teaching Transformative Texts workshops Planning sessions for the Every Campus a Refuge (ECAR) chapter and other events.
Humanities Advancement Board Members
Pre-Law Advising CAH Pre-law advisor Tim Garrison assists students of all majors across the University in achieving admission to law school. In the last academic year, Garrison advised almost 300 pre-law students. A total of 123 Clemson students were accepted to law school in 2023.
Betsy Goodale Andrew Hand Joseph H. Hood, Jr.
Emelia Howell Chris Loebsack Carl Lund Erica Lasselle McElhaney Jonathan Polson
In 2023, CAH graduates enrolled in law school at: Where our graduates are heading
College of Charleston University of Georgia Harvard University Louisiana State University
Mercer University University of South Carolina University of Virginia William & Mary
Lowndes Pope Pam Robinson Nicholas Vazsonyi
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