SC BAR Study Guide 2026
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📋 SC BAR Exam Format at a Glance
📚 SC BAR Topics to Study (63)
✍️ Sample SC BAR Questions & Answers
1. A tenant assigns her lease to an assignee, who later stops paying rent. Absent a release, whom may the landlord sue for the unpaid rent?
The assignee is liable through privity of estate while the original tenant remains liable through privity of contract.
2. In South Carolina, an unmarried biological father's consent to his newborn's adoption is required only if he:
Under S.C. Code § 63-9-310, an unwed father must timely grasp his opportunity interest through acknowledgment and support for his consent to be required.
3. The State intends to seek the death penalty in South Carolina. Notice of intent to seek death must be given to the defense:
South Carolina requires the solicitor to give written notice of intent to seek the death penalty at least 30 days before trial.
4. Which MEE subject is tested only on the written portion and never on the MBE?
Family law, along with subjects like trusts and estates and business associations, appears only on the MEE.
5. A lawyer posts on social media harshly criticizing a sitting South Carolina judge, falsely claiming the judge takes bribes. The lawyer is:
Rule 8.2(a) prohibits knowingly false or reckless statements concerning a judge's qualifications or integrity, even outside court proceedings.
6. Police receive an anonymous tip that a man at a Myrtle Beach bus stop is carrying a gun, with no predictive details. A frisk based solely on this tip is:
Florida v. J.L. held that an uncorroborated anonymous tip about a gun does not supply reasonable suspicion for a stop and frisk.