The Charleston School of Law has become a 501(c)(3).
Charleston Law officially filed an application last October with the American Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar seeking acquiescence in the conversion from for-profit, according to a news release.
As the accreditor for the first degree in law, the ABA Council is required to “acquiesce” before an approved law school makes any “substantive change,” including a change of control or ownership, the release stated.
“I was honored to become President of the Charleston School of Law in October 2015, and changing from for-profit to 501(c)(3) status has been my goal since the beginning,” said President Emeritus & Chairman of the Board of Trustees J. Edward Bell III in the release. “This change will allow us even greater opportunities to build on the successes we have achieved over the last nine years. 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.”
In March 2024, the Law School filed an application for a new license with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the state licensing authority.
“It is an auspicious time in the life of the Law School,” said interim Dean Jonathan A. Marcantel in the release. “In addition to celebrating our twentieth year of operation, we are now also celebrating the long-awaited dream of converting to a 501(c)(3). The faculty, administration, students, and I could not be more excited for the future of Charleston Law.”
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