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Pro Bono Program
awarded for services
S. C. education
commission cites
law school’s aid
to community
BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA
The USC School of Law's Pro
Bono Program, a community ser
vice organization that operates
through the School of Law, was
awarded the 2003 Service
Learning award on Jan. 8 by the
South Carolina Commission on
Higher Education.
Members of the Pro Bono
Program met with newly hired
law school dean Burnele Powell
tor lunch Monday, and Powell
in aised the program for its many
accomplishments over the years.
“It certainly was a well-de
served honor that was a nice treat
t< i heart” Powell said. “I found it
quite frankly confirmatory of all
the good things I've been hearing
j. about the law school.”
1 USC's Pro Bono Program began
in 1989 after the law school re
ceived a grant from the South
Carolina Bar Foundation. In 1991,
the program was named the 444th
Daily Point of Light by President
George Bush. The law school or
ganization launched a food drive
for local food banks in 1994, which
has since raised more than 25,000
pounds of food. The program won
the Community Service Award
from Harvest Food Bank in 1997.
Volunteers for the Pro Bono
Program have been helping stu
dents at elementary schools since
1999.
Current Pro Bono projects in
clude Computer Buddies, in which
law students set up educational
computer programs on family
computers, a Guardian Ad Litem
project, in which law students ap
pear in court on behalf of abused
or neglected children and work for
the South Carolina Center for
Capital Litigation, where law stu
dents assist attorneys who repre
sent death-sentenced inmates.
“It's a mix of legal and non-le
gal projects,” said Pam Robinson,
who has directed the program
since it began. “We're actually
quite a model because we've been
around so long.”
Robinson said not all law
schools have pro bono programs,
and of those that do, not every
school has a program as extensive
as Carolina's. She added that she
is surprised by each new award
the program wins.
Robinson said the student
board members were responsible
for making the program what it is
today.
“They're the real heart and soul
of the program,” she said.
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The CHE also presented awards
to two-year public schools and in
dependent colleges.
Robinson said she expects the
program to continue to excel, par
ticularly under Powell's leader
ship.
“I think there'll be renewed en
ergy from our dean,” Robinson
said.
USC's Pro Bono program is
funded in part by the South
Carolina Bar Foundation and by
the law school.
Kelley said the CHE created a
Service Learning award to recog
nize South Carolina institutions'
combining formal study with com
munity service.
“No money is exchanged — it's
just a matter of service. The com
mittee felt this needed to be recog
nized,” Kelley said.
A statewide committee of 10
members chosen for their in
volvement with higher education
made the final decision. Vermelle
Johnson of the CHE chaired the
committee.
A ppnrH in £7 tn
assistant direc
tor of the CHE's
division of
Academic
Affairs and
Licensing, said
the Pro Bono
Program stood
out among other
service pro
grams at four
vanr nnhlir in
“It was the breadth of
what the pro bono
project did that was very
impressive to the
committee.”
LYNN KELLEY
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION’S DIVISION
OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND LICENSING
Kelley, USC
beat out 10 oth
er candidates to
win the award.
There are 12
four-year pub
lic campuses in
South Carolina.
Kelley said
the choice was
unanimous.
The award
stitutions.
“The variety of the things un
dertaken by the pro bono project
have been significant,” Kelley
said.
“It was the breadth of what the
pro bono project did that was very
impressive to the committee.”
marks the third year the CHE has
honored South Carolina institu
tions with a Service Learning
Award.
Last year, Clemson won the
award for a computer skills devel
opment program.
According to Kelley, the deci
sion was made last November, but
presentation of the award was de
layed until January by other CHE
scheduling matters.
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visit http://www.law.sc.edu/probono/pbhp.htm.
Registry to include S.C. film
BY ALEXIS BASS
THE GAMECOCK
The USC Movietonews film
“Jenkins Orphanage Band” has
been selected as one of 25 films to
be entered into the National Film
Registry.
Filmed in 1928, the
Movietonews film records the
brass band of the Jenkins
Orphanage in Charleston. The or
phanage was founded by the Rev.
Daniel Jenkins for African
American children. The band orig
inally was assembled to raise mon
ey for the orphanage, but the band
quickly became a world-renowned
musical group in the early 20th
century. Out of this band sprang
such musical legends as trum
peter Jabbo Smith, guitarist
Freddie Green and William “Cat”
Anderson of the Duke Ellington
Orchestra. The creation of the pop
ular 1920s dance “The Charleston”
is also attributed to the group.
This “orphan film” is one of
many films that is annually rec
ognized for being “culturally, his
torically or aesthetically signifi
cant,” said Librarian of Congress
James Billington in a news re
lease. “Orphan films” are motion
pictures that have been neglected
over the years since their produc
tion. The film was noticed at the
annual Orphan Film Symposium
on campus, an event Where many
international leaders of film
preservation discuss methods to
save, study and screen “orphan
films.” Universal Studios' head of
new audio restoration was part of
the group at the symposium and
donated Universal's state-of-the
art facility to restore the “Jenkins
Orphanage Band” film. The 11
minute sound film made by a Fox
Movietonews crew is part of the
university's portion of the
Movietonews newsreel collection
donated by the 20th Century Fox
Film Corporation. USC music his
tory professor Julie Hubbert was
researching the film for the uni
versity's Center for Southern
African-American Music and in
troduced the film screening at the
2002 symposium.
“Even better than an audio
recording, this film captures the
music, the repertoire, the look, the
gestures and movements of an
African-American style that in
fluenced contemporary musical
forms,” Hubbert said. This film
may be the only surviving record
of the band, which became the
“incubator for jazz talent.”
Not only is the film getting
recognition, but South Carolina is
receiving attention as well, said
Dan Streible, founder of the sym
posium and professor of film stud
ies. “The National Film Registry
distinction is noteworthy for
South Carolina for several rea
sons: the film not only is from
USC's own Newsfilm Library, but
it also documents an extraordi
nary piece of the state's history,”
he said in a news release. The new
ly restored version of the “Jenkins
Orphanage Band” will premiere -
at the 4th Orphan Film
Symposium. The public screening
is free and scheduled for 8 p.m. on
March 24 in the Russell House
Theater.
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