COLUMBIA REGIONAL BUSINESS REPORT — After nine years as dean of the law school, Wilcox is stepping down this month….After serving as associate dean for academic affairs from 2006 to 2011, Wilcox became dean in 2011. But his connection to the law school goes back to 1981, when he earned his law degree from USC. In 1986 he joined the faculty after practicing with Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta.