Licenses and Notifications

  • Make sure your license to practice law is current. Inactive or other special membership status does not permit you to engage in the practice of law. Upgrade the status of your license if necessary.
  • Get business phone service and Internet service
  • Notify the South Carolina Bar in writing of your new contact information. You may mail, fax, e-mail, or hand-deliver notification. Remember: under Rule 410(e), SCACR, members are required to promptly notify the Bar of any change of address, including their e-mail address.  Notify:
    Latoya Jackson
    Membership Services
    South Carolina Bar
    P.O. Box 608
    Columbia, SC 29202
    fax (803) 799-4118
    phone: (803) 799-6653 ext. 137
    e-mail: latoya.jackson@scbar.org
  • Notify the S.C. Supreme Court in writing of your new contact information:
    P.O. Box 11330
    Columbia, SC 29211
    Fax: 803 734-1499
  • Notify the Supreme Court Commission on CLE & Specialization of address changes by calling (803) 799-5578 or e-mailing commcle@bellsouth.net.
  • Ask that your new address and phone number be published in the South Carolina Bar News and/or the E-Blast newsletter. Contact Leigh Thomas at leigh.thomas@scbar.org or (803) 799-6653 ext. 161. 
  • Notify your local bar association and any other professional organizations of your new address. Contact information for county Bar Presidents is listed in the Desk Book.
  • Obtain any necessary business licenses for your new office. Usually required for anyone engaged in any business, occupation or profession. Contact your local municipality.
  • Notify the post office of your new address. 
  • Send change of address cards to your bank and all publications to which you subscribe.
  • Open accounts/change address with UPS, FedEx, Airborne, etc.
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