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Adopted | revisions to the Virginia Lawyer Referral Service rules of service. Effective July 1, 2020.
The new rules are effective July 1, 2020. The revised rules will be posted prior to the effective date on the Virginia Lawyer Referal Service website.
Update 10/31/18: By a vote of 54-2, the council approved an amended proposal to revise the existing rules of the Virginia Lawyer Referral Service (VLRS) at Part 6, §IV of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The proposal of the Special Committee on Lawyer Referral recommended changing the VLRS fee structure to a “percentage fee” program. Council amended the proposal to waive the percentage fee on fees of $499 or less collected by panel members from clients.
In 2017, the Committee requested an American Bar Association (ABA) review and audit of the VLRS and its operating model, with a goal of improving the service and making it sustainable. The proposed rule seeks to implement recommendations from the ABA report.
The rule proposed to amend existing VLRS rules of service, add to them, and change the fee structure of the VLRS to a “percentage fee” program.
Updated: July 30, 2019