The purpose of this Section shall be to promote, by appropriate means, the objects of the 91ºÚÁϱ¬ÁÏ and to improve the art and techniques of government law in the State of South Carolina; to provide information and further the education of members; to further the improvement and the development of legislation pertaining to state and local governments; and to simplify and improve the administrative and judicial procedures in the field of government law.
Section BylawsBRADFORD L. LOVE
CHAIR
JOHN H. HARRIS
CHAIR-ELEC / CLE COORDINATOR
MICHAEL R. BURCHSTEAD
VICE CHAIR
GINNY L. MERCK-DUPONT
SECRETARY / CLE COORDINATOR
LISA R. CLAXTON
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR / SECTION DELEGATE
The SC Bar Foundation receives an annual donation from the Government Law Section. These monies go to the Children's Fund, which funds legal initiatives that enhance the well-being of children, and the Disabled Lawyers Fund, which helps colleagues who are permanently incapacitated and are experiencing financial difficulties due to illness or accidents. Additionally, the fund collaborates with the 91ºÚÁϱ¬ÁÏ's Lawyers Helping Lawyers Program to assist attorneys who enter rehabilitation with treatment costs or costs associated with continuing their legal career.