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Joel Campbell
Program Manager
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Benjamin Means
Director, Professor of Law, & John T. Campbell Chair in Business and Professional Ethics
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Karen Wells
Research Fellow
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Spencer B. Burke
Affiliate & Senior Counsel at St. Louis Trust & Family Office
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Creston W. Brown
Attorney at Belser Law Firm
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Research Assistants
Our Mission
As the first law school in the country to offer a family and small business program, South Carolina Law offers resources and networking opportunities for South Carolina business owners. Additionally, classes and applied learning opportunities that integrate business and family considerations give law students the skills and perspective that they need to represent family businesses effectively. Finally, South Carolina Law seeks to identify risk factors for family and small businesses and to advocate for practical solutions.
Like traditional law and entrepreneurship programs, we focus on how to build and scale a business. However, we believe that it is equally important to establish a strong foundation so that a business can be sustained for the lasting benefit of family and community. Some businesses grow rapidly; others are content to stay small and local. Businesses in their fifth generation of ownership matter as much as businesses that are brand new and founder led.