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Alex Ruskell

Director of the Academic Success and Bar Prep Program University of South Carolina School of Law

Alex Ruskell is Director of the Academic Success and Bar Prep Program at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has degrees from Washington and Lee University, The University of Texas School of Law, Harvard University, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He plays rhythm guitar for Les Merry Chevaliers.

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title	CALI Topic(s)	Published in	Latest update	Runs Past 30 Days	Runs Past 120 Days
Character Evidence Under Federal Rules	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Evidence Trial Advocacy	1995	December 19, 2023	173	1,346