Free Publications

The South Carolina Bar offers a series of educational brochures on a variety of topics.
 
Legal Ease, Volume 1, Issue 1
Legal Ease is a free publication of the Bar's Public Service Division. Issue 1 focuses on money issues relative to tax credits, payday lending, the Payment Wages Act and tax and rebate scams.

 

Get Your Free Pocket Legal Counselor
This free packet contains easy-to-read information on more than 15 legal issues from how to choose the right lawyer to alternative ways to resolve disputes. To request a free copy, send your name and address to plc@scbar.org.

Información legal de español

Escoger el Abogado Adecuado (Choosing the Right Lawyer)
Comprar un hogar (Buying a Home)
Las Derechas De los Arrendatarios (Tenants Rights)
Remuneración De los Trabajadores (Workers' Compensation)
Su Guía para el Tribunal del Magistrado

Fact Sheet on South Carolina's Judicial System

South Carolina's Judicial System
A quick overview of the state's judicial system.

Your Guide to Magistrates Court
Prepared by the Bar's Young Lawyers Division, the free guide offers answers to frequently asked questions; legal definitions; court rules; and forms (Adobe PDF*).

S.C. Senior Citizens Handbook (PDF)

Intellectual Property and Unfair Trade Practices Brochure

Guidelines for Guardians ad Litem 

Kids' Law (provided by the USC School of Law Children's Law Center) 

 

Other Pamphlets Available Online
Alternative Ways to Resolve Disputes
Auto Accidents and the Law
Bankruptcy and the Law
Buying Your Home and the Law
Children and the Law
Choosing the Right Lawyer
Consumer Debts and the Law
Divorce and the Law
Elder Law
Getting Arrested and the Law
Lawyers Fund for Client Protection Brochure
Tenants Rights and the Law
Trust Kits
Wills and the Law
Workers' Compensation and the Law
Working with Your Lawyer

 

 

* Note: To view the documents in PDF format, you will need to have Adobe Reader. You may download this program free of charge from Adobe.