South Carolina

Technology Competency

Comment 6 to Rule 1.1, RPC, Rule 407, SCACR, is amended to provide:

[6] To maintain the requisite knowledge and skill, a lawyer should keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including a reasonable understanding of the benefits and risks associated with technology the lawyer uses to provide services to clients or to store or transmit information related to the representation of a client, engage in continuing study and education and comply with all continuing legal education requirements to which the lawyer is subject

Source: SC Judicial Branch 11/27/19