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DuRant Award

Submissions for the 2024 DuRant Award are now closed.

Award Overview

In 1980, the Foundation established the DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award in memory of Charlton DuRant, a well-known Manning attorney who served as state senator and special associate justice of the SC Supreme Court.

Today, this award is one of the most prestigious statewide honors that members of the Bar can bestow on a fellow attorney. Annually, recipients are nominated and selected by their professional peers. Selection criteria include meritorious service to the law and the community. Eligibility is limited to living members of the South Carolina Bar. Sitting judges and current public office holders are not eligible, however, past service in such positions will be considered. Traditionally, the award recipient is honored at the Bar Convention’s plenary luncheon each January.

The DuRant Legacy

Joseph H. McGee, 2002
H. Simmons Tate Jr., 2001
William L. Pope, 2000
I.S. Leevy Johnson, 1999
A. Lee Chandler, 1998
Julius W. McKay, 1997
Claude M. Scarborough Jr., 1996
Ellen Hines Smith, 1995
Morris D. Rosen, 1994
A. Frank Lever, 1993
Terrell L. Glenn, 1992
Harry M. Lightsey, 1991
Augustine T. Smythe, 1990
E.P. “Ted” Riley, 1989
Charles W. Knowlton, 1988
Heyward E. McDonald, 1987
C. Bruce Littlejohn, 1986
Hugh L. Willcox, 1985
J.D. Todd Jr., 1984
Thomas H. Pope, 1983
Robert M. Figg Jr., 1982
Walton J. McLeod Jr., 1981
David W. Robinson, 1980

The SC Bar Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.