Kimberly D. Phillips
Associate Professor of Law
Articles
My Body Is a Sacred Garment - Does the First Amendment Creative Expression Protection Shield Clothing Designers Who Work Naked, 42 Rutgers L. Rec. 82 (2014-2015). [Hein].
Empathy for Psychopaths: Using fMRI Brain Scans to Plea for Leniency in Death Penalty Cases, 37 Law & Pschol. Rev. 1 (2013). Available at [SSRN].
Promulgating Conscience: Drafting Pharmacist Conscientious Objector Clauses That Balance a Pharmacist's Moral Right to Refuse to Dispense Medication with Non-Beneficiaries' Economic and Legal Rights, 15 Mich. St. U. J. Med. & L. 227 (2011). Available at [SSRN].
Down with the Death Penalty! - Using Hot Topics with a Twist to Introduce Persuasive Advocacy and Legal Ethics, Teaching Legal Research and Writing (2009).
Books
The Criminal Law of South Carolina, (with Margaret M. Lawton), Columbia, SC: South Carolina Bar, forthcoming 7th edition, 2026.
South Carolina Crimes: Elements and Defenses (with Margaret M. Lawton & Miller W. Shealy, Jr.), Columbia, SC: South Carolina Bar, 2d ed. 2022. (Forthcoming supplement, 2024).
Criminal Procedure for South Carolina Practitioners, (with Margaret M. Lawton & Miller W. Shealy, Jr.), Columbia, SC: South Carolina Bar, (originally published 2011, Supp. 2012-2014). (Forthcoming revision 2025).
