CHARLOTTESVILLE, December 4, 2019. The Virginia Law Foundation is pleased to announce its 2020 Class of Fellows. Nominated confidentially by their peers, Virginia Law Foundation Fellows are recognized for leadership both in their practices and their communities. The Class of 2020 joins a group of more than 500 of the best and brightest legal practitioners…

VLF President Andy Morse presents Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons with an honorary plaque commemorating the new  Judicial Learning Center, which promotes the Rule of Law and celebrates the Virginia judiciary. CHARLOTTESVILLE, November 15, 2019: On November 13, the Virginia Law Foundation and the Supreme Court of Virginia celebrated the new Judicial Learning Center in…

The Virginia Law Foundation family mourns the loss of former Governor Gerald Baliles (Fellows Class of 1986), who passed away on October 29, 2019. He is remembered here. At the Virginia Law Foundation 2017 Annual Dinner, he described his historic decision to appoint Senior Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy (Fellows Class of 2008) to the Supreme…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, October 29, 2019: Kathleen A. Dooley (Fellows Class of 2015) has been honored with the 2019 Local Government Attorneys of Virginia’s Edward J. Finnegan Award for Distinguished Service. According to the LGA’s website, the award “recognizes an individual in the Commonwealth of Virginia who has made significant contributions to local government law or the…