Nina Sossamon throws in the towel and puts on her party hat!

For over a decade we've watched the our favorite female newscaster, Nina Sossamon give us our daily dose of local Chucktown news, but now she is throwing in the proverbial towel and putting on her party hat to spend more time with her and William and Mary's favorite choir boy, Ben Pogue's three kids. Admit it, you all were jealous when a guy who was the sacrificial virgin of W&M's choir, weekend meterologist (weather guy) and had the last name "Pogue" landed the cute talking head who told us all about obese children, shootings in NoChuck and Francaised named hazers at the Citadel. But Ben's a good guy and he's got a plan. He retired from news-broadcasting as well and is a 1L at CSOL.

Nina is a long way from Baton Rouge and rooming with Mary-Lou on the US Gymnastics team, and I have to admit she's done quite well for both herself, and the community. She began "Starting-Spaces" a non-profit group that helps the transition for battered women and she wears simply dashing hats which just takes the Holy City to a very cosmopolitan level. Good luck to you Nina Sossamon Pogue.

Busted! Ok, so I haven't watched Nina in a few days: Cops shoot at driver after highspeed police chase
I heard about the high-speed police chase on Christmas Eve that traveled from Hollywood to I-526 this morning on the radio. The Chas County Po-pos chased 17-year old Marquese Green and 18-year old Leraldo King (riding shotgun) in their Chevy Blazer from Towles Rd, down Savannah Hwy to Bees Ferry (I guess these guys weren't thinking about last minute shoppers causing traffic outside the Super Wal-Mart) to the Glenn McConnell until wrecking on Paul Cantrell Blvd near the on-ramp to I-526. (Mr. Green, not stopping and hitting something, That's at least one count of failure to stop for blue lights and charge of malicious injury to personal property).

Would the Smoky do this to the Bandit?

After stopping the Blazer, the sheriff deputies Andrew Miller and Kevin Harvey drew their guns and ordered the men out of the Chevy. "Either get out of the Chevy or we'll drop the heavy!" Green (the driver) then pulled a half-Nina and backed up into the police car. He only gets a half-Nina because he didn't actually run over anyone. (I think he'll still earn a ABWIK). I digress; sheriffs Wyatt and Doc Beuford T. Justice opened fire and dropped a sh_crap ton of led into the 1/2 ton of vehicle and Mr. King is still at MedU. SLED is investigating the shooting.

Charleston School of Law

Movin on Up, to the East Side.
The Charleston School of Law's Dean Richard Gershon just inked a deal to expand the school's square footage. Click here for the Post&Courier's article.

The reason for the move of course is two fold: first the ABA Accreditation Committee is coming back in April to give the school another review for their “provisional accreditation” (which could be granted on June 10th-stay tuned) and the Bell South building’s 85,000 sq feet would accommodate the growing student body better than their current limited 24,000 square feet in the Mary Street building. Secondly, students paying $30,000 a year in tuition deserve better digs then the back end of the Music Farm.

I am Sailing Away: Other Charleston School of Law news is the opening of the new Charleston Maritime Law Institute chaired by Professor Randall Bridwell. It is a natural decision for CSOL to have a Maritime program, especially since Charleston is a major port city on the east coast and has access to prominent attorneys from Charleston and Savannah. One of the Bushido’s pals, Paul Tecklenburg, is on the Advisory board. Yes, I did my part two and donated 2-sets of Maritime Law books.
Click here to view the Charleston Maritime Institutes first “Malabu” bulletin

Moot Point: To demonstrate the level of talent the Charleston Law School is attracting one has to look no further than the results from the American Center for Law and Justice's Moot Court Competition. This was the first Moot Court CSOL students had competed in and they brought home a win on their first try. They argued a hypothetical case involving privacy rights-whether the state had the ability to extend a nasal-gastric tube (ouch) into the stomach of a (female) death-row inmate. The Charleston School of Law students went up against some of the biggest "future" hired-guns from the best law schools in the country and knocked their first pitch out of the park. Congrats to the students at CSOL and their advisor Professor Form and Pulchritude Lorri Unumb.

You are always lecturing me! Finally, here is the list of speakers and dates of their addresses for CSOL’s Lecture Series which will be held in the Charleston Museum’s auditorium-360 Meeting Street, Charleston:

March 1, 2006, 5 p.m.: Attorney Timothy W. Bouch of Charleston’s Leath, Bouch and Crawford, who chairs the S.C. Supreme Court's Rules Commission, will discuss ethics and the legal profession.

March 22, 2006, noon: U.S. District Judge David Norton will discuss professionalism and the federal courts.

April 5, 2006, 5 p.m.: Columbia attorney Zoe Sanders Nettles will discuss professionalism and women in law.