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the bar exam and other student outcomes.” The Law School’s Office of Academic and Bar Success provides supplemental support and programming throughout law school and the Summer bar preparation period, and the cost of a bar review course is included in students’ tuition and fees. For graduates who are not successful on the first attempt, the Law School provides additional assistance and support. “There are a lot of great lawyers
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has appointed Lisle Traywick, an attorney at Robinson Gray law firm, to serve on the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, according to a news release from the firm. The Commission is the Court’s regulatory agency that administers the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education program adopted by the Court in 1982. The program establishes requireLisle Traywick ments for continuing legal education for South Carolina’s attorneys and judges. In the modern legal environment, the law is complex and changes frequently. The Court maintains CLE requirements to ensure that all active South Carolina Bar members remain competent and current with the law throughout their careers. The Court appoints 12 members to the Commission: representatives from the state judiciary – including a member of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, a circuit court judge, and a family court judge – and practicing attorneys from the four judicial regions. Robinson Gray has a history of service on this body. Member Becky Laffitte is the immediate past chair of the Commission.
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Charleston School of Law has scored its highest first-time rate on the latest South Carolina Bar Exam, and has scored the school’s best since South Carolina first administered the Uniform Bar Exam in 2017. (Photo/Provided)
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he Charleston School of Law scored historic results in the latest South Carolina Bar exam. The Office of Bar Admissions of the Supreme Court of South Carolina released its July 2022 bar exam results, and Charleston School of Law recorded a 77% first-time bar pass rate for South Carolina. This is Charleston Law’s highest first-time rate since 2013 and the school’s best since South Carolina first administered the Uniform Bar Exam in February 2017, a Charleston School of Law news release stated.
“I am incredibly proud of the hard work that all of our graduates put into preparing for this difficult exam,“ said Larry Cunningham, Provost and Dean of Charleston School of Law, in the release. “These latest results are an incredible accomplishment for our graduates and our young school.” Cunningham stated that bar passage is a school-wide commitment. “Student success is our number one priority. It is part of our DNA. We are all relentlessly focused on
Robinson Gray attorney appointed to SC Supreme Court commission
INSIDE: Paralegal News and Unsung Heroes
We have lots of special content for you inside today’s South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. In the November edition of Carolina Paralegal News, you’ll meet Khovaja Samir Seddiqi, who knows what hope and resilience feel like when your life is suddenly defined by grief and uncertainty. He lost everything when the Taliban overthrew the Afghan government amidst the United States military withdrawal in August of 2021. Today, he is a paralegal in the Greensboro office of Church World Service, a global organization that helps meet the The close-knit staff at Church World Service in Greens- immediate needs of refugees from dangerous zones boro gathers at the end of the workday. From left: Said seeking asylum in the United States. Teri Saylor has this inspiring story. Zeyar, Jelena Milisav, Iva Panayotova, Samir Seddiqi, NoYou’ll also meet Jasmine Williams, senior paraleman Farid, and Elizabeth DeFrance. Photo by Teri Saylor
gal at Jeffries Law Firm in Orangeburg, and Traci B. Wolfe, a paralegal at Burnette Shutt and McDaniel, and is in her second year as president of the Legal Staff Professionals of the Midlands. Also inside this edition of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly is the return of Unsung Heroes, a celebration of champions who do the behind-the-scenes work that makes law firms thrive. As always, thanks for reading. Got a story idea for South Carolina Lawyers Weekly? Know an attorney doing innovative things? Send along an email. Contact info is below. Jason Thomas is the interim editor of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. Email him at jthomas@scbiznews.com.
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