Written comments in support of or opposition to the proposal may be submitted to the Virginia State Bar by Aug. 31. Statements may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Cameron M. Rountree, ...

As the legal profession faces challenges due to emerging “legal deserts,” lower income Virginians are among the most impacted by a lack of affordable or available counsel. “The need for pro bono ...

Thomas Weidner was the focus of a Virginia State Bar memorandum reprimanding his handling of a case.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 1 in 4 Virginians do not have ready access to an attorney because of where they live, according to a new report on widespread “legal deserts” in the Commonwealth. In ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia State Bar has suspended the law license of Matthew Taylor Morris for a second time, after he prosecuted cases as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney while his ...

The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board is accepting applications for three volunteer attorneys and one lay member to consider cases of lawyer misconduct. The 20-member board is appointed by the ...

In what appears to be the first case of its kind, a Richmond lawyer is challenging the Virginia State Bar's authority to regulate his blog as a violation of his free-speech rights. The issue comes to ...

The Virginia State Bar is “an agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia” with an explicit mission: "(1) to protect the public, (2) to regulate the legal profession of Virginia, (3) to advance access to ...

With eight accredited law schools, Virginia has more law schools than most states, graduating hundreds of future attorneys every spring. But over the last decade, turning Virginia law students into ...