About
Charles Adside, III is a licensed Michigan attorney and constitutional law scholar. He teaches courses on the American Presidency and U.S. Constitutional Law in the Political Science Department.
In 2006, he graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a Bachelor of Arts, concentrating in political science. As a student, Adside became involved in student government as a Representative for the College of LS&A for the Michigan Student Assembly. He also served as Co-Chairman of the Community Service Commission while serving on student government. In 2011, Adside received his juris doctorate from the Michigan State University College of Law. There, he was a teaching and research assistant for a constitutional law professor. He was awarded the Most Distinguished Student Award in 2008 and 2010.
Appointed as a Lecturer in 2013, Adside and his research teams have published 5 times. They include the following law review articles: The Innocent Villain: Involuntary Manslaughter by Text, 52 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 731 (2019); The Caitlyn Dilemma, 37. Quinnipiac L. Rev. 457 (2019); Undue Schizophrenia: Split Decisions, Confused Scholars, and Reversing Unworkable Abortion Precedent, 54 Willamette L. Rev. 219 (2018); Constitutional Damage Control: Same-Sex Marriage, Smith's Hybrid Rights Doctrine, and Protecting the Preacher Man After Obergefell, 27 Geo. Mason U. C.R.L.J. 145 (2017); Replay That Tune: Defending Bakke on Stare Decisis Grounds, 64 Clev. St. L. Rev. 519 (2016).
He is also the co-author of Unmuting the Volume: Fisher, Affirmative Action Jurisprudence, and the legacy of Racial Silence, 22 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 1011 (2014).
Adside currently serves as legal counsel for the Michigan Great Lakes Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Church of God In Christ, Inc. That organization represents over 15 churches in the state. He serves as an Assistant Executive Secretary for the Jurisdiction as well.
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