2021: The Role of Citizens in the Administration of Justice

The South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (SC ABOTA) presents the Twelfth Annual James Otis Lecture Series in observance of National Constitution Day. The topic for the 2021 James Otis Lecture is “The Role of Citizens in the Administration of Justice.”  Broadcast from the State House, the program’s featured speakers are:

  • Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr., Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the SC House of Representatives
  • Theile B. McVey, President-Elect of ABOTA's SC Chapter
  • William C. Hubbard, Dean of the University of South Carolina's School of Law
  • Judge Kaye G. Hearn, Associate Justice on the SC Supreme Court

The James Otis Lecture is the American Board of Trial Advocates’ contribution to our state’s education system whereby they hold a program every year around Constitution Day. For federally funded schools, it is a federal mandate to have a program every year on or around Constitution Day, which is officially Sept. 17.

James Otis Lecture 2021 (Full Program)

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The South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (SC ABOTA) presents the Twelfth Annual James Otis Lecture Series in observance of National Constitution Day. The topic for the 2021...