Bridwell
honored as one of nation's top lawyers
JUNE 30, 2009 - Charleston School of Law Professor R. Randall
Bridwell was honored in late April as one of the nation's most
distinguished lawyers by Best Lawyers, a major lawyer-rating
directory.
"Congratulations on being selected by your peers for inclusion
in Best Lawyers," Steven Naifeh, president and founder
of Best Lawyers, wrote recently. "Selection to Best Lawyers
is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising
more than 2.5 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys
in the country."
Bridwell, a recognized authority in maritime law, teaches legal
history and Admiralty and International Ocean Carriage. He also
is developing an admiralty program at the Charleston School
of Law.
Prior to joining the school in 2004, Bridwell served as the
Strom Thurmond Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina,
where he taught from 1971 to 2004. Throughout his distinguished
career, he also has served as a visiting professor at Indiana
University School of Law and was a member of the senior common
room at Worcester College at Oxford University.
Bridwell holds a master's degree in law from Harvard University,
a law degree from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor's
degree from Midwestern University. He's won numerous academic
honors, including serving as port director for the South Eastern
Admiralty Law Institute and being named to the Best Lawyers
in America for maritime law.
Bridwell has published several books, including The Constitution
and the Common Law: The Decline of the Doctrines of Separation
of Power and Federalism (1977, coauthored with Ralph U. Whitten),
Abandoned: The Odyssey of the American Middle Class Since World
War II (1991, with William Quirk), and The Power: Government
by Consent and Majority Rule in America (1999). He has written
more than a dozen key law review articles and presented at countless
symposia.
To learn more about Professor Bridwell, visit his online profile
at: http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/faculty/bridwell.htm
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