8 minutes ago - PDF Local Counsel: First Women at The Citadel, and Beyond | If national and international attention establishes a definition of fame, the case of Shannon Faulkner fighting to be admitted to The Citadel may very well be one of the most famous cases ever to come out of South CarolinaThis personal account of the first women at The Citadel uses Faulkner8217 s and veteran women8217 s lawsuits filed in the early 1990s to write about the good ole boy way of life in South Carolina It is as much about how the state operates as it is about the litigants and a failure of leadership at The Citadel Faulkner8217 s suit is notable as a highprofile advance in women8217 s equal protection under the law, but it makes sense only within a larger context of political, economic, and social life unique to the state During litigation, The Citadel often described itself as the last dinosaur for its efforts to preserve an ancien r233 gime in its maleonly admissions policy to the Corps of Cadets Local Counsel is the dayinthelife story of the eight years of a sole