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National Legal Services Corporation (LSC) – Recent Developments
VSB Special Committee on Access to Legal Services
- Members
- Mission Statement
- Resolution to Enhance Pro Bono Publico in Virginia
- ABA Standards for Provision of Civil Legal Aid
VSB Indigent Defense Task Force
- Members
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Indigent Defense
See home page on the VSB Criminal Law Section Website
Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
Court Appointed Attorney Application, etc.
Support for Advocates and Legal Nonprofits
- VSB On-line Legal Research (FASTCASE)
- www.valegalaid.org (public access site of interest to attorneys)
- www.ProBono.net/VA
- Attorney Access to Certain Revisable Court Forms: http://www.vsb.org (log in as a VSB member, click on “Forms and Downloads.” See link to Supreme Court of Virginia revisable Circuit and District Court Forms at bottom. Public forms are available on the Court’s site at http://www.courts.state.va.us/forms/home.html
- VSB Ethics Hotline
- ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
- Jazz4Justice
- Greater Richmond Bar Foundation Pro Bono Clearinghouse – Free Legal Service for Nonprofits
- GuideStar - IRS Charity Check Data Base (includes legal nonprofits)
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VSB Pamphlets for Attorneys (Includes separate brochures on opening and closing a law practice)
Awards & Honors:
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Virginia Legal Aid Award Information (to be awarded at the VSB Annual Meeting in June 2013)
- 2013 Legal Aid Award Recognizes Tappahannock Attorney John R. Rellick
- 2012 Legal Aid Award Recognizes Abigail Turner of the Legal Aid Justice Center and R. Peyton Whiteley of Legal Services of Northern Virginia
- 2011 Legal Aid Award Recognizes Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society director
- 2010 Legal Aid Award Recognizes Kathryn L. Pryor of Richmond
- 2009 Legal Aid Award Recognizes Freddie L. Goode of Richmond
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2008 Legal Aid Award Recognizes Virginia Poverty Law Center Director
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Judicial Circuit Awards: Service to the VA Supreme Court by Appointed Counsel
Pro Bono, Court-Appointed Work in Brunswick, Fairfax, and Franklin Counties Recognized in 2009
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award Information
- Lewis B. Puller Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic at the William & Mary Law School Receives 2013 Powell Award
- Robert F. Redmond Jr. Receives 2012 Powell Award
- Gail Starling Marshall Is 2011 Powell Pro Bono Award Designee
- William B. Reichhardt of Fairfax County Receives 2010 Powell Award
- Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Receives 2009 Powell Award
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Phyllis Katz Receives 2008 Powell Award
- Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award Information
“Public Service" Rules
(See VSB Rules of Professional Conduct Rules 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, etc. and http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/rules.html)
