The Director of the Initiative is Robert M. Wilcox, Dean Emeritus of the USC Rice School of Law. The Project Manager is Katherine Wells, a former staff attorney for the S.C. Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Initiative has an advisory Council consisting of 20 South Carolina lawyers representing a broad range of perspectives, practice areas, and experiences.  The imprimatur of the Initiative can be placed upon an action or Report only with the approval of the Council.  Council members are appointed by the Director with the advice of the Dean.

Council Members (as of as of January 1, 2025)

• Dan Ballou (Rock Hill)
• Jim Buxton (Mt. Pleasant)
• Molly Craig (Charleston)
• Tina Cundari (Columbia)
• Melissa Dunlap (Columbia)
• Sidney Evering (Orangeburg)
• Byron Gipson (Columbia)
• Greg Harris (Columbia)
• Meliah Bowers Jefferson (Greenville)
• Wallace Lightsey (Greenville)
• Dave Maxfield (Columbia)
• Thelle McVey (Columbia)
• Marie Monroe (Greenville)
• John T. Moore (Columbia)
• Mary Fran Quindlen (Beaufort)
• Marie-Louise Ramsdale (Charleston)
• Vincent Sheheen (Camden)
• Reid Sherard (Greenville)
• Jane Bouch Stoney (Charleston)
• Fred Suggs, Jr. (Greenville)

The Initiative works with the S.C. General Assembly to identify projects for study. A reporter is then appointed to research and prepare a detailed report on the impact of a proposed law upon existing South Carolina law and to recommend changes as may be appropriate to address specific South Carolina needs or issues.

Uniform bills studied by the Initiative include:

2024

• Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act
  • Reporter: Alexia Pittas, Esq.
• Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act
  • Reporter: Alexia Pittas, Esq.

2025

• 2022 Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code
  • Reporter: Professor Philip T. Lacy
• Uniform Public Expression Protection Act
  • Reporter: Wallace K. Lightsey, Esq.
• Revised Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations Act
  • Reporter: Professor Jaclyn Cherry