The State Bar of South Dakota is a unified mandatory bar that the South Dakota Legislature established in 1931 according to the South Dakota Supreme Court Rule. The State Bar of South Dakota is responsible to the South Dakota Supreme Court for administering the admission to the profession, as well as the discipline for the lawyers who violate the high standard of professional conduct set by the bar. Additionally, the State Bar of South Dakota is a forum for important legal issues facing lawyers, a means for upholding the honor of the profession while improving the administration of justice, and provider of continuing legal education and other member services.
State Bar of South Dakota
222 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
The State Bar of South Dakota Brady List includes all known issues of misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports. State Bar of South Dakota 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 Dakota Sunshine Law SDCL Chapter 1-27;
- Open Government Act S .248 (2007);
- Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
- Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.
