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National Legal Services Corporation (LSC) – Recent Developments

 

VSB Special Committee on Access to Legal Services


VSB Indigent Defense Task Force

Select Supreme Court of Virginia Resources

Court's website

 

Virginia Indigent Defense Commission

Court Appointed Attorney Application, etc.


Private Practice (Small Firm) Employment for Law Students

  • The 28th Annual Commonwealth Law School Consortium Spring Interview Program — 
Friday, March 23, 2012, at University of Richmond School of Law. Co-sponsored by the law schools of William & Mary, the University of Virginia, Washington and Lee University, and the University of Richmond. The program will enable employers to interview second-year students for summer 2012 positions and May 2012 graduates for entry-level positions. 

The program is free (and lunch is provided to all interviewers); 
Employers can interview students from several Virginia-based law schools at one time and in one location; Employers can pre-screen resumes to select only those candidates they want to interview; 
Employers can interview at the program or request interested candidates' resumes to be forwarded to them. 

The employer registration deadline is February 3, 2012. Employers with questions can contact Judy Corello, Office of Career Services at William & Mary School of Law at (757) 221-1565 or email jacore@wm.edu. | more information and registration

Public Interest Employment and Related Resources for Lawyers and Law Students

 

Training Opportunities for Pro Bono and Public Interest Lawyers

(Civil Legal, Public Interest Law and Indigent Criminal Defense — low-, no-cost and VA CLE)

Sample Volunteer and Public Service Opportunities:

Pro Bono

Public Service and Hybrid Initiatives

 

Support for Advocates and Legal Nonprofits

Virginia Law Foundation

 

Fundraising Initiatives for Legal Aid and Law School Clinics

  • Holiday Networking and Fundraising Event — December 15, 2011, 6-9 p.m., at the Caribbean Breeze restaurant in Arlington, Virginia — sponsored by the Hispanic Bar Association of Virginia and the Hispanic Bar National Bar Association

Donations will be collected for the Legal Aid Justice Center in Virginia, which provides legal representation for low-income individuals in Virginia. They have offices located in Charlottesville, Falls Church, Petersburg and Richmond.
Please RSVP by December 10 to Ofelia Calderon, President of HBA-VA at ofelia@lawcrd.com.
The Hispanic Bar Association for Virginia is a non-profit organization whose members are Hispanic lawyers and judges practicing and/or residing in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Hispanic National Bar Association is a non-profit, non-partisan, national membership organization that represents the interests of the more than 100,000 Hispanic attorneys, judges, law professors, law students and legal professionals in the United States and Puerto Rico.

 

Mentoring

 

Legal Malpractice and Other Insurance for Volunteers and Legal Nonprofits

 

Awards & Honors:

Conference of Local Bar Associations (CLBA)

 

IOLTA Trust Fund Guidelines

 

VSB Committees

 

VSB Sections

 

“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)

 

Virginia Board of Bar Examiners

Reading the Law

Updated: Feb 01, 2012