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THIS ONDEMAND PROGRAM IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACCREDITATION OUTSIDE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 

About the Seminar
The SC Bar CLE Division and the SC Bar Civil Rights Law Section are proud to present a special and powerful “Civil Rights Litigation Law” seminar.  Planned by United States District Judge Sherri Lydon, this important program features panel discussions and presentations by Magistrate Judges Thomas Rogers, Kaymani West, Mary Gordon Baker, Shiva Hodges, Molly Cherry, Kevin McDonald and Paige Gossett, as well as experienced civil rights practitioners Chris Mills, Stuart Andrews, Daniel Plyler, Reed Colfax, and Kyle Hair.  Our outstanding faculty will provide authoritative and practical guidance on a number of issues critical to successful civil rights, and specifically Section 1983, practice in the United States District Courts.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from South Carolina’s U.S. Magistrate bench and a several “in the trenches” practitioners.

Seminar Agenda
Overview of Section 1983 Litigation-Panel Discussion
The Honorable Thomas E. Rogers, III, U.S. Magistrate Judge
The Honorable Kaymani D. West, U.S. Magistrate Judge
The Honorable Mary Gordon Baker, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Writing for the Court
The Honorable Shiva V. Hodges, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Qualified Immunity: Current state of the law and recent circuit court developments
The Honorable Molly H. Cherry, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Excessive Force Cases
Chris Mills – J. Christopher Mills LLC, Columbia
Deliberate Indifference Standard
The Honorable Kevin F. McDonald, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
The Honorable Paige J. Gossett, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Litigating Conditions of Confinement
Stuart Andrews – Special Counsel at Burnette, Shutt & McDaniel, PA, Columbia
Litigation with a Pro Se Prisoner/Plaintiff
Daniel C. Plyler, Smith Robinson, Columbia
Trial talk: Discussion of NAACP v. City of Myrtle Beach: Equal Protection for Black Bike Week
Reed Colfax, Partner at Relman Colfax, Washington, DC
Kyle Hair, Former law clerk of the Honorable Sherri A. Lydon and Associate at Alston & Bird, Charlotte, NC
Adjourn

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.03 MCLE credit hours. 

This seminar is an Intermediate level program. 

 Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2025, please use this course code: 250907ADO. 

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