League Information
Community Leaders:
Jeanette Roveri
Charles Gibbs
Phone:
(803) 775-4016
Website:
http://sumtercounty.sc.lwvnet.org/
League ID:
SC018
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League of South Carolina meets with the South Carolina Bar Association
Date: September 14, 2011
Location: Columbia, SC
Event: Meeting
Partners: South Carolina Bar Association
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina met with leaders from the South Carolina Bar Association to share the mission of the ongoing judicial initiative and assess the Bar’s position on various potential reforms to the state judicial selection process.State: -
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League of Sumter County hosts iCivics court education program presentation
Date: September 12, 2011
Location: Seminar Room of Central Carolina Technical University’s Health Sciences Building, Sumter, South Carolina
Event: Lecture
Partners: iCivicsThe League of Women Voters of Sumter County hosted staff attorneys for the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Blair Camp and Lindsay Joyner, for a discussion of iCivics, the website developed by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor that features games that teach players about our courts and government. iCivics, which fits within the framework of the League’s ongoing judicial education campaign, is currently being promoted in some school districts in South Carolina under the supervision of Dr. Jane Brailsford.
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League of South Carolina celebrates Women’s Equality Day with press conference on judicial diversity
Date: September 7, 2011
Location: Statehouse Lobby, Columbia, South Carolina
Event: Press Conference
Partners: The Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina joined The Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics at the Statehouse to mark Women’s Equality Day with a press conference about the status of women in government. Sarah Leverette, Board member of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association and member of the League of Women Voters of Columbia, spoke to the crowd about the importance of having women on the bench and featured the ongoing judicial initiative.State: -
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League of Greenville County hosts judicial diversity presentation
Date: July 16, 2011
Location: University Center, Greenville, South Carolina
Event: Lecture
Partners: South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
Jennifer Howe, member of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association, discussed judicial diversity in South Carolina and focused on how to improve the state’s system for selecting judges. Ms. Howe was also a speaker at an earlier campaign forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Clemson Area.State: -
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League of Spartanburg County holds educational program on judiciary in local summer camp
Date: July 11-15, 2011
Location: Crescent Hills Summer Camp, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Event: School Program
Partners: Boys and Girls Clubs of Spartanburg County; Spartanburg County Historical AssociationThe League of Women Voters of Spartanburg County held a week of their successful “Laws and Courts are Our Friends” educational program during Crescent Hills Summer Camp.
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Historic magistrate judge sworn into office (South Carolina: Georgetown Times)
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League of the Charleston Area Member Constance Anastapoulo Presents on Judicial Diversity in Washington, DC
Date: June 21, 2011
Location: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia
Event: Conference
Partners: Charleston School of Law; American Association of Law Schools
On June 21, 2011, League of Women Voters of Charleston Member Constance Anastapoulo, recently named Professor of the Year at Charleston Law, presented in Washington, DC, at the American Association of Law School's Workshop on Women Rethinking Equality on the topic of "Why Diversity on the Bench Matters." The talk was an extension of Professor Anastopoulo's work on the “Quest for a More Diverse Judiciary” campaign in South Carolina.State: -
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League of the Charleston Area holds 2011 Annual Meeting featuring Judge Frances Segars-Andrews
Date: May 25, 2011
Location: The Point Grill, Charleston, South Carolina
Event: Lecture
In a heartfelt, revealing account of her removal from the bench as Family Court judge, and one of her first public appearances since Segars-Andrews v. Judicial Merit Selection Commission, former Judge Frances Segars-Andrews illustrated from her own experience the consequences of a lack of judicial independence in South Carolina. She emphasized the importance of this public policy issue and commended the League for its efforts.State: -
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League of the Columbia Area Hosts Essay Contest on “Knowing Your South Carolina Judiciary”
Date: May 17, 2011
Location: Capital City Club, Columbia, South Carolina
Event: School Program
Partners: South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
The League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area hosted a luncheon featuring Representatives Bakari Sellers and Jenny Horne to recognize Grace Stonecypher; Mitchell James Gebel; Montana Rindahl; and Julisa Shawnte Muldrow, winners of the essay contest “Comparing South Carolina’s Judicial Selection Method with at Least Two Other States with Emphasis on Independence and Diversity.” The students received the awards for overall understanding, research quality, composition, and presentation. Judging the contest were members of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association: Margaret Elise Baker, Esquire; Jacquelyn Lee Bartley, Esquire; Mary Elizabeth Crum, Esquire; and Patricia Logan Harrison, Esquire. The essay contest was a five-month effort open to all high school seniors in Richland and Lexington counties that reached out to area public and private schools for participants.State: -
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Leagues of Horry County and Georgetown County Host Public Forum on Ensuring a Diverse and Impartial Judiciary
Date: May 16, 2011
Location: Wall Auditorium, Coastal Carolina University
Event: Panel Discussion
Partners: LWV of the Darlington County; LWV of the Florence Area; American Association for University Women; Charleston School of Law; Association of Retired Americans; Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina; Coastal Carolina University; Coastal Carolina University Women's Resource Center; Horry County Public Library; Horry County Education Association + RetiredThe League of Women Voters of Horry County Members-at-Large Unit teamed up with the League of Women Voters of Georgetown County to organize a forum investigating ways to promote diversity on the bench, featuring three panel discussions with legal practitioners. The speakers provided a number of ideas and suggestions, including increasing the number of candidates who can be advanced from the Judicial Merit Selection Commission to the legislature.
The speakers included South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Kaye Hearn; Disciplinary Counsel for the South Carolina Supreme Court, Lee Coggiola; Representative George Hearn; Honorable Jennifer Wilson, Myrtle Beach Municipal Court; Solicitor Ernest Finney III, SC Third Judicial Circuit; and Natasha Hanna, attorney-member, Pee Dee Citizens Committee on Judicial Qualifications.The event was featured in the Charleston Law News and SC News Now.
The full event is available as a four-part video recording on YouTube.
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