The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint the following members to the Judicial Council: the two circuit court judges; the two family court judges; the two probate judges; the two summary court judges; the two masters-in-equity; the Attorney General or one of the Assistant Attorneys General or one of the circuit solicitors; the Dean or member of the faculty of the Law School of the University of South Carolina; one person recommended by the Charleston School of Law; and the six remaining members of the Judicial Council.

The Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House or their designees, the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, and House Judiciary Committee or their designees, the Director of the Legislative Council, and the President of the South Carolina Bar or his designee all serve ex officio.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 15-2103; 1957 (50) 43; 1977 Act No. 112 Section 2; 1988 Act No. 678, Part III, Section 2, eff January 1, 1989; 2012 Act No. 244, Section 2, eff June 18, 2012.

Effect of Amendment

The 1977 amendment inserted the words "the two judges of the magistrates' courts;" in the first paragraph of this section.

The 1988 amendment in the first paragraph replaced "the representative of the inferior courts" with "two family court judges", replaced "the representative of the probate courts" with "the two probate judges", added "the two masters-in-equity", and in the second paragraph added "or their designees" each time that phrase appears, and made grammatical changes throughout this section.

The 2012 amendment substituted "summary court judges" for "judges of the magistrates' courts"; inserted, "one person recommended by the Charleston School of Law;"; and, inserted "or his designee all".