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Judicial Qualifications Results
Fri Oct 6, 2023
The SC Bar Judicial Qualifications Committee evaluates all candidates for selection to the South Carolina Supreme Court, South Carolina Court of Appeals, South Carolina Circuit and Family Courts and Administrative Law Judges.
A Message from the President - September 2023
Tue Sep 19, 2023
During my remarks when I was sworn in as President and in my July column in this magazine, I asked that as members of the South Carolina Bar, we focus on four topics in the coming year. Those areas of focus are (1) access to justice/pro bono; (2) wellness for both our mental and physical wellbeing; (3) diversity in our membership and profession; and (4) and the focus of this column, civility.
From the Executive Director’s Desk - September 2023
Tue Sep 19, 2023
When interviewing for this job, I was asked multiple times about my leadership style. That was easy – I am a coach, both figuratively and literally. My husband and I find ourselves on a lot of sidelines coaching and cheering on our kids – we coach our sons in basketball and I coach our daughter in 4-year-old soccer, which is as fun, challenging and exhausting as you might think.
A Judicial Legacy
Fri Sep 1, 2023
For the September 2023 issue of SC Lawyer Magazine, we asked Judge Clifton Newman and Judge Jocelyn Newman to interview each other on their careers, family and what it means to have a father/daughter duo on the bench
A Message from the President - July 2023
Tue Jul 25, 2023
It is my honor and privilege to serve as your 2023-24 SC Bar President and to thank you for allowing me and our entire Board of Governors the opportunity to serve our Bar. I am proud to be a South Carolina lawyer.
From the Executive Director’s Desk - July 2023
Mon Jul 24, 2023
My dad used to talk about connections. Not the connections in the movies that get you a good table at a fancy restaurant – that was not Dad. No, Dad was a chemistry professor for 50 years who would wear the same threadbare, blue clothes (they were always blue) while investing his heart and soul into helping his students and me, his daughter, become the very best versions of ourselves.
Installation of SC Bar President and Officers
Wed May 31, 2023
The South Carolina Bar held its Annual Assembly on Thursday, May 18, at Huguenot Mill and Loft in Greenville. During the proceedings the following officers were sworn in: Russell T. Infinger of Greenville, president; Shaheena R. Bennett of Moncks Corner, president-elect; Christopher R. Koon of Columbia, treasurer; Nekki Shutt of Columbia, secretary; and J. Hagood Tighe, Immediate Past President.
Celebrating Women's History Month: Susan B. Hackett
Thu Mar 23, 2023
Susan Barber Hackett is an Appellate Defender with the Office of Appellate Defense, representing individuals in their appeals following criminal convictions and in post-conviction relief matters. She won the President’s Award from the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2022. In 2020, she won the Gold Compleat Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law and in 2018, won the Martha Browning Dicus Award from the Public Defender Association for demonstrating remarkable competence, zeal, and adherence to the ideals of the legal profession.