The Virginia Law Foundation has provided more than $30 million in grants to support projects throughout the Commonwealth that facilitate access to justice, promote the Rule of Law, and provide law-related education in support of these ideals.
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…
Jay B. Myerson of Reston is the Virginia State Bar president-elect designee for 2021-22. A member of the Fellows Class of 2014, Myerson will succeed current president-elect Brian L. Buniva of Richmond when Buniva takes over the role of VSB president from current President Marni E. Byrum (Fellows Class of 2012) in June 2020. To…
