South Carolina Bar Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsSouth Carolina, United States51-200 Employees
The South Carolina Bar is a non-profit, statewide professional association for lawyers based in Columbia, South Carolina. It operates as a unified bar with a membership of more than 16,000 attorneys. Its mission focuses on advancing justice, professionalism, and understanding of the law, and it aims to uphold the U.S. and South Carolina constitutions, protect representative government, and continually improve the administration of justice in the state. The organization also seeks to maintain high ethical and professional standards, promote jurisprudence, and encourage quality legal education and publicly accessible legal services. It works to apply the knowledge and abilities of the legal profession to the public good and to foster integrity and public service among lawyers, including duties assigned by the South Carolina Supreme Court. A recent development is a February 2026 partnership with Habitat for Humanity, signaling ongoing collaboration with community partners.