Richland County, South Carolina

Courts, legal aid, and legal guides in Richland County.

Richland County is home to Columbia — South Carolina's state capital — and anchors the Midlands legal market. The Richland County Judicial Center handles civil, criminal, family, and probate matters. Columbia hosts the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina Columbia Division, the South Carolina Supreme Court, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the South Carolina General Assembly, the University of South Carolina School of Law, and Fort Jackson (the Army's largest initial entry training installation). The economy combines state government, healthcare (Prisma Health Richland), higher education (USC), military (Fort Jackson), and insurance.