International Law & Business South Carolina Law Review Employment According to South Carolina School of Law 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 84.8% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD advantage employment 10 months after graduation. Costs The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at South Carolina for the 2013–2014 academic year for a non-resident is $62,440, and for a resident is $40,048. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years for a non-resident is $240,274, and for a resident is $151,733. Notable alumni Political J. Christian Adams - Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights David Beasley - Former Governor of South Carolina and executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme Trey Gowdy - Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district Lindsey Graham - United States Senator for South Carolina Van Hipp Jr. - Former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Army Jim Hodges - Former Governor of South Carolina Fritz Hollings - Former United States Senator Styles Linton Hutchins, legislator in Texas James H. "Jay" Lucas - Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Glenn F. McConnell - Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and Former President of the College of Charleston Edgar L. McGowan - Former Commissioner of Labor of South Carolina Henry McMaster - 117th Governor of South Carolina Robert Evander McNair - Former Governor of South Carolina Tom Rice - U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 7th Congressional district Floyd Spence - Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district William Timmons - U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district Alan Wilson - Attorney General of South Carolina Joe Wilson - U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district Judicial Joseph F. Anderson - Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court of South Carolina Donald W. Beatty - Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court William Byrd Traxler Jr. - Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Timothy M. Cain - District Judge for the U.S. District Court of South Carolina J. Michelle Childs - District Judge for the U.S. District Court of South Carolina Patrick Michael Duffy - Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court of South Carolina John Cannon Few - Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court Henry F. Floyd