The State Bar of South Dakota has over 3,000 members and 1,800 active in-state members. The Bar is responsible to the South Dakota Supreme Court for the admission and discipline process.  The Bar also provides continuing legal education and other member services.

The State Bar is governed by a Board of Bar Commissioners, all of whom are licensed attorneys in South Dakota. The State Bar promotes the interests of the legal profession and works to improve the relationships between the profession and the public.

Officers of the Bar
Thomas J. Nicholson, President
Terry L. Hofer, President Elect
Thomas C. Barnett, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer

Board of Bar Commissioners

1st Circuit, Thomas H. Frieberg, Beresford
2nd Circuit, Eric C. Schulte, Sioux Falls
3rd Circuit, Robert K. Sahr, Madison
4th Circuit, Lester Nies, Spearfish
5th Circuit, Kimberly A. Dorsett, Aberdeen
6th Circuit, Wendy Kloeppner, Pierre
7th Circuit, Jason M. Smiley, Rapid City

At Large:
Pamela R. Bollweg, Sioux Falls
Melissa Neville, Aberdeen
Eric Whitcher, Deadwood
Margo Northrup, Pierre
Carmen Means, Huron
Terry G. Westergaard, Rapid City