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Wednesday, February 20, 2013  South Carolina's top jurist says she's confident that the technology used by the state's court system is secure.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  The University of South Carolina School of Law is sponsoring a discussion on the intersection of the rule of law, human rights and international business.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the voluntary manslaughter conviction of a Columbia apartment building security guard who shot and killed a man in 2004.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The state Supreme Court this week released results showing that courts managed to dispose of more than half of their drunken driving cases over the four months following Chief Justice Jean Toal's orders in March.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Chief Justice Jean Toal wrote in the order published Tuesday that all pending foreclosures are on hold while homeowners try to mitigate their losses and perhaps modify their loans.  This is the second time in as many years that Toal has halted foreclosures.

Monday, May 02, 2011  The Supreme Court said Monday that Chief Justice Jean Toal received the 2011 Jurist of the Year Award given by the Southeastern Region of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Sunday, April 03, 2011  South Carolina's top judge has ordered courts across the state to clear a backlog of thousands of drunken driving cases.

Thursday, March 03, 2011  Chief Justice Jean Toal says South Carolina's court system has become a national model for its use of the Internet for record-keeping.

Thursday, January 27, 2011  Budget writers in the South Carolina Legislature will hear from an agency that's been at the heart of government reorganization efforts.