MORNING HEADLINES | The Charleston School of Law, founded in 2002 as a private law school, transformed Dec. 1 into a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, a long-held dream by its former owners.
“This change will allow us even greater opportunities to build on the successes we have achieved over the last nine years,” said Georgetown lawyer J. Edward Bell III, who became president of the state’s second law school in 2015. Bell, an owner of City Paper Publishing LLC, now is president emeritus chairman of the school’s new nine-member governing board.
“We have grown our reputation nationally, and Charleston Law will continue to make tremendous progress to the betterment of our students and to our community,” he said in a statement.
Soon after Bell took over the school, he said he wanted it to become a not-for-profit organization like many legal institutions across the country. After years of regulatory hoops and hurdles, the law school was allowed to file an application in October 2023 with the American Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar seeking permission to convert into a 501c3 organization. The ABA’s approval was required before any substantive change in ownership or control.
In March, the school, known for its student-centric culture, then applied for a new license to operate with the S.C. Commission on Higher Education.
“In addition to celebrating our 20th year of operation, we are now also celebrating the long-awaited dream of converting to a 501c3 [institution],” said Jon Marcantel, the school’s interim dean. “The faculty, administration, students, and I could not be more excited for the future of Charleston Law.”
The law school on Dec. 2 also announced a new interim president — 2012 graduate Hal Cobb, the founder and senior partner at Cobb Hammett Andrews LLC Law Firm in Mount Pleasant. He previously was chairman of the Charleston School of Law Foundation.
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