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Amendments approved after September 1, 2008 are posted below.
Changes to VSB Regulations Under CRESPA (pdf) (Approved by VSB Council on June 18, 2009.)
Amendment to Bylaws of the Virginia State Bar to Provide For Five-Tear Terms For the Special Committee On Lawyer Malpractice Insurance (pdf) (Approved by VSB Council on June 18, 2009.)
Approved Changes to Paragraph 19 (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia May 29, 2009. Effective August 1, 2009.)
Amendment to Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13, Revision to Definition of “Terms” (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia May 29, 2009. Effective August 1, 2009.)
Amendment to Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13, Revision to Definition of “Costs” (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia May 29, 2009. Effective August 1, 2009.)
Amendment to Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13, Increase in Amount of Reinstatement Bond (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia May 29, 2009. Effective August 1, 2009.)
Restructured Version of Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia (256K PDF)(Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia February 27, 2009. Effective May 1, 2009.)
Amendments to Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 5, Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia concerning the current size of the Virginia State Bar Council (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia October 31, 2008. Effective immediately.)
The Supreme Court of Virginia approved, effective immediately, a proposed amendment to Rule 2.11, Comment [9] of The Rules of Professional Conduct, which included a reference to Rule 2.2 that no longer exists. (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia December 30, 2008. Effective immediately.)
Amendment to Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 13.I.2.f (2) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, providing a Suspension of one year or less, with or without terms, as an available sanction by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia December 30, 2008. Effective March 1, 2009.)
Supreme Court Approved Proposed Amendments to Rules 5.5 and 8.5 Of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Effective March 1, 2009)
Supreme Court Approved New Foreign Legal Consultant Rule 1:A7 of the Rules of Virginia Supreme Court (Effective January 1, 2009)
Updated: July 2, 2009