The South Carolina Bar-CLE Division presents the 2021 "Pandemic Edition" of one of our most popular seminars. Designed and moderated by S.C. Supreme Court Justice John Cannon Few, this innovative, powerful, and practical seminar always takes an entertaining and insightful look at some of the thorniest evidence problems any trial lawyer or judge could face. This year is no exception. The trademark feature of "It's All A Game" is the 30-minute panel discussion of the presenter's topic after the experienced trial lawyer speaks for 30-minutes—an unforgettable and entertaining learning experience. The "Pandemic Edition" tracks that feature as well as possible under the difficult circumstances of early 2021. This year, we will replay five of our most popular presentations. After each replay, Justice Few will interview the presenter via Zoom to discuss how the topic has evolved since it was first presented, how the presenter has evolved as a trial lawyer (three of whom have become appellate court judges), and how the jury trial system is enduring the pandemic. The participants this year have all experienced significant change in their careers since their original presentations, in Judge Quattlebaum's case thirteen years ago. Check out the agenda and get ready for a fun-filled dynamic discussion of the law of evidence, "Pandemic Edition."

For this year’s ethics hour, Tom Spahn will use hypotheticals to explore topics of interest to litigators (and transactional lawyers whose clients might face litigation) -- including such issues as:  (1) lawyers' communications (including talking to the press about cases and criticizing judges); (2) deceptive discovery tactics (including tape recording telephone calls, and use of admittedly deceptive tactics in public interest investigations such as housing discrimination tests, and in purely commercial investigations); (3) dealing with fact witnesses (including the permissibility of paying fact witnesses for their time, and preparing them for testimony); (4) claims (including "ghostwriting" pleadings, and filing knowingly time-barred claims); (5) settlements (including acceptable levels of deception during settlement negotiations, silence about the law and facts, and the enforceability of settlement agreements); (6) dealing with courts (including the duty to disclose unfavorable facts and law).

If you are a South Carolina litigator who wants to sharpen your evidence skills and knowledge, or you simply want to come to the most exciting CLE program you have ever attended, then you don't want to miss It's All a Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence!

 This seminar is a basic to intermediate level program. 

This program qualifies for 6.0 MLCE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour.