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August 2021:

6th Judicial Circuit Conducts Backpacks and School Supplies Drive

The South Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyer Division for the Sixth Judicial Circuit recently held a school supply drive at the Lancaster County Courthouse. All Agencies in the courthouse contributed, including: Sixth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Sixth Circuit Public Defender’s Office, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, Lancaster County Probate Court, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Lancaster County Clerk of Court’s Office as well as Circuit Court and Family Court Judges and staff. Other Lancaster County Bar members also contributed.

Assistant Solicitors Mike Burch and Luke Knight presented the school supplies to Principal Keisha Witherspoon and Assistant Principal Mary Beth Mize at Clinton Elementary School on the first day of classes, August 16, 2021. Assistant Solicitor Mike Burch is the YLD representative for the Sixth Judicial Circuit.