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Event Information

33rd Annual Criminal Practice in SC

February 23, 2024


Credits

N/A

MCLE: 6.75

Ethics: 1.00



Pricing
CLE Big Ticket
Early Standard Late
$0.00
Member Registration
Early Standard Late
$275.00
Non Member Registration
Early Standard Late
$275.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal
Early Standard Late
$125.00


Dates
Friday, February 23, 2024

Time
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM



Registration Deadline
Thursday, February 22, 2024



Location
SC Bar Conference Center
1501 Park Street
Columbia, SC 29201-2730

For information and registration for the Live Webinar (non-live hours) for this program, please click here. 

Walk-In Registration Fee:
An additional walk-in registration fee of $50 will be applied to registrations the day of the program upon arrival at the registration site. This fee is intended to cover the additional administrative costs associated with on-site registrations.

The 33rd Annual Criminal Practice in South Carolina seminar is back and better than ever.  Course Planner Amie Clifford has again assembled a diverse and outstanding faculty that includes members of the judiciary, along with solicitors and prosecutors, public defenders, appellate defenders, agency attorneys and private practitioners.  If you are looking for a practical criminal law program with substantive materials, insights on recent cases, legislation, and trending issues – all taught by a truly outstanding faculty, then the 33rd Annual Criminal Practice in South Carolina CLE program from the South Carolina Bar-CLE Division is the seminar for you! 

 Live in person hours at SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park St, Columbia, SC 29201. Includes Satellite Sites see below for locations and addresses. 

Credit Hours: 6.75 MCLE; 1.0 LEPR  Commission Code: 242434

Seminar Locations

Attendees can register to attend in person at the SC Bar Conference Center in Columbia, or one of the 6 other locations listed below. All 7 sites count as "in-person" MCLE hours. Please make your selection during the registration process.

  •  Beaufort: USC Bluffton Campus, 1 University Drive, Bluffton 29909, Campus Center 106
  • Columbia-SC Bar Conference Center, 1501 Park Street
  •  Charleston- Charleston School of Law, 385 Meeting Street, Room TBD
  • Florence: 1951 Pisgah Road, Room 249
     
  • THIS SITE IS FULL Greenville- The University Center, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive (enter the building where all the college flags are) Rm 514
  •  Myrtle Beach- Horry Georgetown Tech, 950 Crabtree Lane, Room 601
  • Rock Hill- York Family Courthouse, 1555 West Main Street, Jones Assembly Room

 


The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.

Registration Fees

CLE Big Ticket
Early Standard Late
$0.00
Member Registration
Early Standard Late
$275.00
Non Member Registration
Early Standard Late
$275.00
SC Bar Certified Paralegal
Early Standard Late
$125.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

  Beaufort/Hilton Head Island Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
1 University Blvd Bluffton, SC 29909
Location: USC Bluffton
  Charleston Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
385 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29403 Room 104
Location: Charleston School of Law
  Columbia Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
1501 Park Street Columbia, SC 29201-2730
Location: SC Bar Conference Center
  Florence Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
1951 Pisgah Rd Florence, SC 29501 Room 249
Location: SiMT
  Myrtle Beach Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
950 Crab Tree Lane Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Location: Horry-Georgetown Technical College
  Rock Hill Sold Out! 0 Slots Left
1555 West Main Street Rock Hill, SC 29732 Jones Assembly Room
Location: York County Family Courthouse

Speakers

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Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

  8:30 a.m.       Welcome and Program Overview

 

  8:35 a.m.       2023 Significant Appellate Decisions, Issues and Trends

                        Moderator:  Honorable Letitia H. Verdin, South Carolina Court of Appeals                                     

Honorable Barry J. Barnette Solicitor, Seventh Judicial Circuit

                        Robert M. Dudek, Chief Appellate Defender, S.C. Commission on Indigent Defense

                        Mark R. Farthing, Sr. Asst. Attorney General, S.C. Attorney General’s Office

                        Stephanie Smart Gittings, Circuit Public Defender, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit

 

10:05 a.m.       Break

 

10:20 a.m.       The Right of Confrontation and Smith v. Arizona

Amie L. Clifford, General Counsel and Director of Education Services

S.C. Commission on Prosecution Coordination

S. R. “Rick” Hubbard III, Solicitor, Eleventh Judicial Circuit

Mindy Hervey Lipinski, Circuit Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit 

 

11:20 a.m.       Legislative Update

Honorable Thomas E. "Tommy"   Pope, Speaker Pro Tempore, S. C. House of Representatives (Rep., Dist. 47)

 

11:50 a.m.      Drug Prosecutions:  Legislative Changes and Other Issues

Ashley A. McMahan, Senior Assistant Solicitor, Sixth Judicial Circuit

 

12:20 a.m.      Lunch (on your own)

 

1:30 p.m.        Understanding South Carolina Prison Sentences

Christina Catoe Bigelow, Deputy General Counsel, S.C. Department of Corrections

 

2:45 p.m.        Break

 

3:00 p.m.        Post-Conviction Relief:  Update and Tips

Tricia A. Blanchette, Esquire, Law Office of Tricia A. Blanchette, LLC

Rodney Wade Richey, Esquire, Richey & Richey, PA

 

4:00 p.m.        Ethics for Criminal Practitioners

William M. Blitch, Jr., Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of South Carolina Office of Disciplinary Counsel

 

5:00 p.m.        Adjourn

 

 

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