SC Access to Justice Weblog


The blog is an extension of the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission and provides updates on issues involving ways for the public to obtain legal representation and how lawyers can get involved.

Author: Posts are authored by the Access to Justice Commission staff.

Blawg Related Categories: Bar Associations • Law Practice Management • Pro Bono • States • South Carolina

Recent Posts from SC Access to Justice Weblog


  • Dear New SC Bar Admittees, (11/16/09)

    November 16, 2009 Dear New SC Bar Admittees, Welcome to the Profession! And congratulations, you are now officially an attorney. And here are my “starting out” tips: When you are in your next meeting and…

  • MPI Offers E Pluribus Unum Prizes for Immigrant Integration

    From their website: The E Pluribus Unum Prizes are a national awards program that provides four $50,000 prizes annually to exceptional initiatives that promote immigrant integration. The awards are intended to recognize exceptional immigrant integration…

  • National Adoption Month by Guest Blogger Rita Roache

    November is designated as National Adoption Month, a time to recognize the benefits of adoption for families and children. South Carolina Legal Services marks this observance through partnerships and community education. The law firm is…

  • Last Week to Nominate for Ellen Hines Smith Award

    You have until November 15th to nominate a South Carolina Legal Services attorney for the Ellen Hines Smith Award. This year the award event is especially exciting because it will take place during the South…

  • The GOOD Lawyer

    Imagine this scenario: Child is removed by SC DSS from a single parent home due to allegations of child abuse or neglect.  Single parent, a mother, is working, but making very little and falling well…

  • Opt Out – What do you think?

    There’s an article in the Free Times that features Commissioner Sue Berkowitz. It focuses on the Opt Out idea that is currently circulating in D.C. regarding the Health Care Reform Package. Some statistics from the…

  • October Wrap-Up SC Supreme Court News

    Last month there was a lot of excitement at the South Carolina Supreme Court. For those interested in state politics, we had an ethics probe case, with video. For those of us in the legal…

  • Pro Bono: USC School of Law

    If you attended USC School of Law anytime after 1989, chances are you met Pamela D.  Robinson, the director of the Pro Bono program there. And it’s more likely than not that you participated in…

  • PRO BONO Celebration: With a Proclamation!

    Thanks to Virginia Howell, Pro Bono Coordinator at Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services, Inc. Very pleased to share: Posted in 1, access to justice, access to justice blog, Ask-A-Lawyer, attorney, blog, Charleston Pro Bono Legal…

  • MILESTONE: Charleston School of Law Pro Bono

    Celebrating Pro Bono South Carolina Style From the October 27, 2009 Press Release: In the five years since the Charleston School of Law started, students have donated more than 100,000 hours of free legal service…