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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Pro Bono in Action! RichBar and HELP
Thanks to the Richland County Bar Association’s Public Service Committee! Posted in 1, access to justice, access to justice blog, advocacy, attorney, blog, homeless, housing, hunger, indigent, Law, Legal, legal aid, Legal Clinic, poverty, poverty…
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month – Richland County Bar Helps!
Thanks to Guest Blogger Elizabeth Cook! And my apologies for not uploading earlier. The Richland County Bar Association is hosting a fundraiser on October 22, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, to raise money for Sistercare,…
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Introducing 3L Tiffany D. Gibson, Pro Bono Law Clerk
GUEST POST by Tiffany D. Gibson I was raised in a low socioeconomic background. Both of my parents are on Social Security Disability. My mother has been on SSD since I was in the 5th…