At the request of the South Carolina Bar, the Court has amended Rule 411, SCACR, to reduce the annual assessment for all regular members and reduce the terms of service for members of the Lawyers' Fund or Client Protection Committee.

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2016-08-10-02

The Supreme Court of South Carolina

Re: Amendments to Rule 411, South Carolina Appellate Court Rules

Appellate Case No. 2016-001218 and 2016-001219

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ORDER

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The South Carolina Bar has proposed several amendments to Rule 411, SCACR, which governs the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection. The Bar also requests the Court approve a change to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the South Carolina Bar Rules of Procedure. 

We grant the Bar's request to amend Rule 411(d)(1) to reduce the Lawyers' Fund assessment for all regular members from $50 per year to $30 per year, and to amend Rule 411(b) to reduce the terms of service for members of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Committee from five years to three years. We deny the Bar's request to amend the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the South Carolina Bar Rules of Procedure.

These amendments are effective immediately.

s/Costa M. Pleicones                       C.J. s/Donald W. Beatty                             J. s/John W. Kittredge                             J. s/Kaye G. Hearn                                  J. s/John Cannon Few                             J.

Columbia, South Carolina
August 10, 2016