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Lawyers and Other People's Money: A Resource for Maintaining Trust Accounts (PDF)
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Planning Ahead: Protecting Your Client's Interests in the Event of Your Disability or Death
The Virginia State Bar publishes pamphlets and handbooks on law-related issues for Virginia's lawyers and Virginia's citizens. If you would like to order printed copies of these pamphlets, please download the Publications Order Form*(pdf) and fax or mail with payment (when applicable) to the Virginia State Bar at (804) 775-0582.
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For those seeking an attorney, the VSB runs a referral service that provides callers to the service with the name of an attorney who practices in the caller’s requested area of the law, and in the caller's geographic area. This pamphlet describes how the service works.
This 116-page handbook provides a summary of how specific laws affect Virginia's elder citizens and offers practical advice on issues such as Medicaid, Alzheimer’s Disease, landlord-tenant relations, and much more. There is also an extensive list of community-service organizations that detail the various services available to senior citizens.
Revised June 2005
For copies of So You're 18, contact Paulette Davidson at (804) 775-0521 or .
This book is dedicated to the job of informing all citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and in particular, the young citizens, how to find and where to look for help in solving their problems. It does not cover everything, but we hope it is helpful to the people who use it.
So You’re 18 - English version (pdf)* (7/07)
So You’re 18 - Spanish version (pdf)* (7/07)
This pamphlet explains how the VSB deals with complaints about lawyers. (2/24/05)
This information booklet is designed as a ready reference of the programs and services provided by the VSB for lawyers and nonlawyers. (10/20/05)
This pamphlet will tell you about the Virginia State Bar attorney disciplinary process and how to file an inquiry. (3/2/05)
a reference guide to legal and public services programs sponsored by Virginia local and specialty bars (updated March 2008)
A detailed list of helpful tips for any attorney getting ready to open a private practice. It is intended to highlight all the essential elements of running a new practice. (3/25/03)
Guardians and conservators are appointed by the court for persons who lack the physical and/or mental capacity to care for themselves and are found to be incapable of caring for themselves or their property. Guardians and conservators make decisions regarding the personal and financial affairs, respectively, of such incapacitated persons. These pages address frequently asked questions relating to the guardianship/ conservatorship appointment process. (produced by the Virginia Guardianship Association in cooperation with the Virginia Center on Aging - 04/04/08)
The VSB Lawyer Malpractice Insurance Committee has published this booklet for all lawyers to use in maintaining their trust accounts in accord with the bar's legal ethics rules.
This pamphlet was designed to assist attorneys in planning for the future. (2/20/01)
See the downloadable PDF forms available at the end of the online brochure.
A series of informational pamphlets produced by the Virginia State Bar for the public.