Initially, the South Carolina Bar was a voluntary association of approximately 200 lawyers founded in 1884. However, the South Carolina Supreme Court created the South Carolina State Bar in 1968, and the two combined in 1975. The South Carolina Bar is the administrative arm for the practice of law in the state. The bar strives to improve the administration of justice, set high standards of professional conduct and require they be followed, promote high-quality legal education and services, encourage public service, and provide programs and initiatives designed to create an atmosphere of trust and communication between the public and the legal profession.
South Carolina Bar
950 Taylor Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
The South Carolina Bar Brady List includes all known issues of misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports. South Carolina Bar is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, platform of record: The Brady List; or:
- Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
- US Freedom of Information Act 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1967);
- South Carolina Freedom of Information Act S.C. Code Ann. §30-4-10 to 30-4-55;
- Open Government Act S .248 (2007);
- Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
- Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.
