William Talley Elliott Course Notes

William Talley Elliott, known familiarly as Talley Elliott, was born in Columbia on April 16, 1903. He attended Columbia public schools and received his collegiate education at Davidson College, where he earned an A.B. degree in 1923. He entered the University of South Carolina School of Law later that year. While he was pursuing his law degree, the University’s English Department hired him as instructor from 1924 to 1926. He earned his L.L.B. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1926 and was admitted to practice law in South Carolina.

In 1932, while he was practicing law in Columbia, the School of Law hired him as an instructor. The following year the School of Law hired him as an Associate Professor of Law. He earned promotion to Full Professor of Law a few years later. During his tenure at the University of South Carolina School of Law, he taught courses in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Damages, Domestic Relations, Sales, Administrative Law, Legal Ethics, Office Practice, Corporations, Legal History and Bibliography, Personal Property, and Taxation. He taught at the School of Law until his death on March 27, 1961.

This collection consists of Elliott’s notes and outlines for the courses he taught in Criminal Law and Private Corporations. For access to these notes and outlines and many other collections in the Law School Archives, please contact the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law Library: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/law/law_library/index.php.