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ABA/YLD
Award of Achievement
Advance
Directives Day Project
Bridge-the-Gap
Choose
Law
Communications/Publicity
Community Law Week/Law Day
Credit Issues Project
Disaster Legal Assistance
Diversity
Recruitment
DMV Project/Roanoke
Domestic Violence Project/Northern Virginia
Domestic Violence Project/Richmond
Henrico Juvenile Licensing
Immigrant Assistance
The John Marshall Foundation Liaison
Law School Council/Appalachian
Law School Council/George Mason
Law School Council/Regent
Law
School Council/UR
Law School Council/UVA
Law School Council/W&L
Law School Council/W&M
Law School Liaison
Lawyers for the Arts
Lawyers Helping Lawyers Program Liaison
Legal
Food Frenzy
Legal
Services for the Mentally Ill
Membership
Mentor Program/Lynchburg
Mentor Program/Richmond
Mentor Program/Roanoke
Model Judiciary Program
National Moot Court
New Lawyers' Survival Guide
New Projects
Hotline/Central Virginia
Pro Bono Hotline/Northern Virginia
Pro Bono Hotline/Roanoke
Pro Bono Hotline/Eastern Virginia
Professionalism and Civility in Practice
Special Education Program
Town Hall Meeting/Charlottesville
Town Hall Meeting/Hampton Roads
Town Hall Meeting/Richmond
Town Hall Meeting/Roanoke
Video Series Projects
• Adult Protective Services
• Internet Predator
The Virginia Lawyer
Wills for Heroes
Youth Court Expansion Project
Click
here for a downloadable copy of the VBA
expense reimbursement form. (You will need to install Adobe
Acrobat Reader on your computer to download the form.) Forms should
be sent to the attention of VBA/YLD Secretary/Treasurer:
Henry
I. Willett III,
Christian & Barton, LLP
909 East Main Street, Suite 1200
Richmond, Virginia 23219-3095
(804) 697-4130
FAX: (804) 697-6130
Email: hwillett@cblaw.com
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For more information
about VBA/YLD committees and their activities, please read the descriptions
listed below.
ABA Liaison/Project
Development/Grants
Liaison: Rudene
M. Bascomb, (804) 788-7363, rbascomb@hunton.com.
ABA/YLD
Award of Achievement
Chair:
Ashley Dobbs, (202)
637-5567-8400,
ardobbs@hhlaw.com.
The American
Bar Association presents annual Awards of Achievement recognizing outstanding
performance by young lawyers' groups in a variety of categories. The VBA/YLD
submits an application for these awards by reviewing the VBA/YLD's activities
during the previous year. The VBA/YLD has a strong tradition of successful
applications, and has received numerous ABA Awards of Achievement. This
committee assists with the preparation of the VBA/YLD's application.
Advance
Directives Day Project
Co-Chairs: Molly S. Evans,(202) 612-3803, mevans@unityhealthcare.org;
Nathan A. Kottkamp, (804) 775-1092, nkottkamp@mcguirewoods.com
The Advance Directives Day
Project is a joint effort of the VBA Health Law Section and the VBA/YLD
to disseminate information across the Commonwealth. An
Advance Medical Directives Workshop was developed and offered for the
first time on Valentine's Day 2004, and for the past two years Governor
Kaine has declared an Advance Directives Day in Virginia in April.
Bridge-the-Gap
Chair: George P. Sibley III, (804) 788-8262, gsibley@hunton.com.
Each year,
two-day seminars are held across the state to assist newly admitted members
of the Virginia bar in their transition into practice. Focusing on fundamentals
of a wide range of topics, the seminars also attract experienced lawyers
who want to learn the nuts and bolts of unfamiliar areas of the law. The
Committee also sponsors the Fundamentals course each year — a one-day
seminar focusing on "how-to-do-it" information for a particular
local practice procedure topic.
Choose
Law
Co-Chairs: R. Lucas Hobbs, (276) 466-8400, lhobbs@elliottlawson.com;
Elizabeth Hope Cothran, (540) 983-7525, hcothran@woodsrogers.com;
Martin C. Boyle, (804) 775-1414, mcboyle@mcguirewoods.com.;
R. Robert Rivers-Benaicha, (804) 783-6586,
rbenaicha@williamsmulen.com;
click here for a full committee
listing.
The Committee organizes and hosts on-campus
panel discussions at Virginia colleges and universities to educate undergraduate
students in Virginia about the legal profession. Local attorneys present
panel discussions to provide insight into both the law school process
and career options for students upon graduation. The Committee also organizes
presentations at Virginia high schools and middle schools to educate students
at those levels about legal careers.
Communications/Publicity
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth A. Breen, (804) 787-8920, ebreen@hunton.com,W.
Brian McMann, (804) 771-9514, bmccann@hf-law.com.
This committee
oversees communications and publicity (both within the VBA and to the
public at large) of the VBA/YLD's programs and accomplishments.
Community
Law Week and Law Day
Chair: Monica S. Burke, (703) 610-6192, msburke@hhlaw.com.
In conjunction
with local bar associations, the Community Law Week/Law Day Committee
works to promote awareness and understanding, particularly among young
people, of the importance of the role of law in protecting our rights
and freedoms. The Committee's efforts focus primarily on annual Law Day
poster contests co-sponsored with local bar associations, for elementary
and middle school students around the Commonwealth.
Credit Issues Project
Chair: Kimberly A. Pierro, (804) 343-
5251, kimberly.pierro@kutakrock.com.
The Credit Issues Project is planning on preparing a publication that
focuses on educating teenagers, especially senior high school students
who are preparing to enter college or the work force, about the importance
of responsible credit and debt management and the federal and Virginia
laws available to protect their rights as consumers. The publication will
provide information on the various credit options available to consumers
and the pitfalls surrounding the misuse of credit.
Disaster
Legal Assistance
Co-Chairs: Ryan W. Boggs, (804)
819-2268,
ryan.w.boggs@dom.com
;
Ethan G. Ostroff, (757) 446-8651, eostroff@vanblk.com.
Together with the Virginia
State Bar Young Lawyers Conference Emergency Legal Services Committee,
the Disaster Legal Assistance Committee trains and coordinates attorneys
who are willing to volunteer their time in order to assist individuals
rendered needy by emergency situations such as natural disasters. To that
end, the Committee works very closely with representatives of the Virginia
Department of Emergency Management, the American Bar Association Young
Lawyers Division Emergency Legal Services Committee and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. Most importantly, when an emergency situation arises,
members of the Committee and the volunteer attorneys they have
trained provide pro bono legal services to individuals rendered needy
by the emergency.
Diversity
Recruitment
Co-Chairs: Elaina
L. Blanks, (757) 624-3110, elblanks@kaufcan.com;
Dana A. Dews, (804) 697-4142
ddews@cblaw.com ;
Monica McCarroll, (804) 783-6444, mmccarroll@williamsmullen.com;
Karen R. Robinson, (202) 682-3575, KRobinson@kayescholer.com
The goal of the Diversity Recruitment Committee is to organize and operate
an annual Diversity Job Fair to encourage law students of every race,
gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation to practice law in Virginia.
The first Diversity Job Fair was held August 18, 2007, at the Embassy
Suites in Richmond, with approximately 125 students and 20 employers participating.
The Second Annual Diversity Job Fair will be
held on August 16, 2008, more information to come soon!
Domestic
Violence Project/Northern Virginia
Chair: Marli J.P. Kerrigan, (202) 307-3872, mjpkerrigan@cox.net
Domestic
Violence Project/Richmond
Co-Chairs: Robyn S. Gray, (804) 775-1227, rgray@mcguirewoods.com;
Alexis Mei Fishel, (804) 285-6253, fishel@lockepartin.com
The Project
enlists and trains volunteer attorneys to represent victims of domestic
violence to help victims obtain civil protective orders. The Project sponsors
free training programs each year to train volunteer attorneys, who receive
four CLE hours for helping three victims obtain civil protective
orders within 12 months.
Henrico Juvenile Licensing
Project
Chair: W. Brian McCann, (804) 771-9514, bmccann@hf-law.com
Attend
Henrico County Driver's Licensing Ceremony
twice a month and speak to newly licensed drivers and their
parents regarding safe driving tips, the laws that apply to young
drivers, and the consequences of being cited for moving violations.
Immigrant
Assistance
Chair: Alyson E. Stokowski, (804)
783-6495,
astokowski@williamsmullen.com
As the Commonwealth of Virginia
continues to attract an increasing number of foreign-born citizens in
search of work and opportunity, the need for low-cost, effective legal
services for these communities has increased. Accordingly, The Virginia
Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has established the Committee for
Immigrant Assistance to identify the most effective ways in which the
VBA/YLD can participate in assisting the immigrant community. The Committee
is currently working on a pamphlet containing information on access to
basic legal procedures and
social
services for distribution by the local and federal courthouses.
The
John Marshall Foundation Liaison
Liaison: Brian L. Hager, (804) 788-7252, bhager@hunton.com
The
John Marshall Foundation is the joint creation of The Virginia Bar
Association and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
Its mission is to promote awareness of Chief Justice Marshall and respect
for the Constitution he cherished, through educational programs and its
annual teachers' award. The Foundation
also helps fund the operating deficit on the John Marshall House in Richmond.
Law School Councils
— The Law School Councils at Appalachian, George Mason, Regent, University
of Richmond, University of Virginia, Washington & Lee and William
& Mary are student groups affiliated with the VBA. The LSCs support
the mission of the VBA and provide leadership opportunities to law students.
Law
School Council/Appalachian School of Law
Chair: Justin L. Williams, (276) 229-9135, williams.justinL@gmail.com
Law
School Council/Regent University
Co-Chairs:Joy E. Weber, (757) 641-7932,
joy.e.weber@gmail.com ;
M. Ferrah deLeon, (804)-771-9531, fdeleon@hf-law.com.
Law
School Council/George Mason University
Chair: Divya S. Shenoy, (703) 801-0306, dshenoy76@yahoo.com
Law
School Council/University of Richmond
Co-Chairs: Katja H. Hill, (804) 783-7543, katja.hill@leclairryan.com;
Heather Hays Lockerman, (804) 697-1277, heather.lockerman@troutmansanders.com.
Law
School Council/University of Virginia
Chair: Williams G. Homiller, (804) 697-1288,
will.homiller@troutmansanders.com
Law
School Council/Washington and Lee
Co-Chairs: Gregory R. Hunt, (540) 983-9327, gregory_hunt@gentrylocke.com;
Sakina K. Paige, (804) 273-3708, sakina.paige@wachoviasec.com
Law
School Council/William and Mary
Co-Chairs: Sarah D. Messersmith, (757) 224-2950, sdmessersmith@kaufcan.com;
Timothy O. Trant II, (757) 259-3823, totrant@kaufcan.com.
Law
School Liaison
Chair: Derek Kung, (804) 783-6587, dkung@williamsmullen.com
This committee strives to develop and strengthen the relationship between
Virginia law schools and the VBA by sponsoring programs that foster open
communications between schools and law firms and by assisting graduates
in making a smooth transition into practice. For more information, or
to become involved, please contact the committee chair.
Lawyers
for the Arts
Co-Chairs: Suzanne S. Long, (804) 775-1865, slong@mcguirewoods.com;
P. Matthew Roberts, (804) 644-0345, mroberts@bdlaw.org;
Jacob Rooksby, (804) 775-4754,
jrooksby@mcguirewoods.com
The Lawyers
for the Arts Committee is dedicated to providing legal information to
artists, arts organizations and nonprofit organizations throughout various
regions of the state. Working in partnership with local art communities
and nonprofits, we hold clinics and seminars in the Richmond, Tidewater,
Northern Virginia and Charlottesville areas for artists and art organizations
focusing on areas of the law in which they have a particular interest.
Lawyers
Helping Lawyers Program
Liaison: Harold Han, (804) 237-7431,
hhan@hdjn.com
Lawyers Helping Lawyers is
a confidential, non-disciplinary program designed to assist attorneys
and other members of the legal profession who suffer from substance abuse.
Volunteers assist with educational programs, coordination of treatment
resources, information and monitoring of affiliated attorneys.
For more information, please call Jim Leffler at (804) 644-3212 or 1-877-545-4682).
More details may also be found on the Lawyers
Helping Lawyers web page.
Legal Food Frenzy
Co-Chairs: Christopher M. Gill, (804) 697-4114, cgill@cblaw.com;
Katja H. Hill, (804) 783-7543, katja.hill@leclairryan.com;
Erin F.M. Niedzielski-Eichner, (703) 714-7468,
eNiedzielski-Eichner@hunton.com.; Derek Swanson,
(804) 775-1000, dswanson@mcguirewoods.com.
This new project, undertaken in partnership
with the Attorney General's office and modeled on the "Legal Food
Frenzy" successfully administered by the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar
Association, will encourage law firms to challenge each other to collect
the most food donations for food banks around the state.
Legal
Services for the Mentally Ill
[Open]
The Legal Services for the
Mentally Ill project was created in recognition of the needs of persons
suffering from mental illness, and their families and friends, to have
access to quality legal advice in various areas of law. The National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill-Virginia (NAMI-VA) serves as a liaison between the
community's needs and the project volunteers. When inquiries are received
by NAMI-VA,
they are forwarded (with background information on each situation) to
volunteer lawyers who provide written and/or oral responses or help clients
with legal representation.
Membership
Statewide Coordinator:
Nupur S. Bal, (202) 408-0655, nbal@lewislawfirm.com,
Co-Chairs:
Hampton
Roads: George G. Booker, (757) 687-7509, george.booker@troutmansanders.com;
Jason E. Manning, (757) 687-7564, jason.manning@troutmansanders.com.
Northern Virginia:
Nupur S Bal, (202) 408-0655, nbal@lewislawfirm.com
Richmond:
Richard Naylor, (804) 788-8200, rnaylor@hunton.com;
Lile T. Trice, (804) 697-1245,
lile.trice@troutmansanders.com; Thomas R. Waskom, (804) 788-8403, twaskom@hunton.com.
Roanoke: Gregory D. Habeeb, (540) 983-9351, greg_habeeb@gentrylocke.com;
Michael R. Sloan, (434) 846-9000, msloan@ewlaw.com
The Membership Committee is
responsible for assisting the general membership committee of the VBA
with its efforts to attract and retain members. Recognizing the importance
of the participation of new members in the activities of the VBA/YLD and
the Association, the Membership Committee also undertakes various activities,
such as regional luncheon programs and presenting information at the First
Day in Practice Seminar, to educate new members and encourage active participation
in one or more committees of the VBA/YLD and the Association..
Mentor
Program/Lynchburg
[Open]
This program is a partnership
between members of the Lynchburg Bar and the Lynchburg City Schools. Under
this partnership, local attorneys regularly meet with Lynchburg city fourth-graders
and serve as educational resources for the fourth-grade teachers.
Mentor
Program/Richmond
Co-Chairs: Sarah P. Bridges, (804)
787-8137, sbridges@hunton.com;
Sherry Y. Hutter, (804) 787-8987, shutter@hunton.com.
The Richmond Mentor Program
was established in 1990 as part of a community initiative to educate fifth-grade
students on the dangers of substance abuse. Recognizing that substance
abuse education has become a mainstay in most schools' curriculum, the
mentoring program now focuses on
providing students with information and skills they need to access positive
and productive paths. Mentors are assigned to elementary schools located
throughout Richmond, and are required to visit their assigned schools
for at least one hour per month during the academic school year.
Mentor
Program/Roanoke .
Co-Chairs: Melvin Williams, (540) 982-3711, Ext. 310, mwilliams@terryngrimes.com;
Maxwell H. Wiegard, (540) 983-9350, max_wiegard@gentrylocke.com;
J. Whitten (Whit) Ellerman, (540) 983-9396, whit_ellerman@gentrylocke.com.
The Mentor Program matches an attorney in the Roanoke area with a
fourth-grade class in Roanoke City Schools. Once a month, the attorney
coordinates a time to visit with his or her class, for approximately an
hour, to teach the students about the judicial system, career opportunities,
and good decision-making skills. Activities normally include a field trip
to the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, mock trials, contract drafting,
and simulated mediations. Between 30 and 40 attorneys participate each
year.
Model
Judiciary Program
Co-Chairs: Daniel T. Campbell, (202) 624-2544, dcampbell@crowell.com;
Kevin Greene, (757) 628-5686, kgreene@wilsav.com;
YMCA Coordinator: Mark Coward, Executive Director,
Virginia YMCA, (434) 385-9117,
mark@vaymca.org
The Program exposes approximately
2000 high school students across the Commonwealth of Virginia to our judicial
system by encouraging their participation in mock trials and mock appellate
arguments before the Virginia Court of Appeals and the Virginia Supreme
Court.
National
Moot Court
Co-Chairs:W. Alexander Burnett, (804) 783-6481, aburnett@williamsmullen.com.,
Andrew P. Sherrod, (804) 771-9575,
asherrod@hf-law.com; Jeffrey F.
Starling, (804) 775-4388,
jstarling@mcguirewoods.com
This is one of the oldest committees of the VBA/YLD. Each November, teams
of law school students from Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia and
Kentucky compete regionally in brief writing and oral advocacy at the
United States Courthouse in Richmond. Regional winners move on to compete
nationally. Committee members coordinate the logistics of the event which
includes securing judiciary to judge the competition, advertising and
organizing a banquet with a speaker for the participants, judges and committee
members.
New Lawyers' Survival Guide
Chair: Olaun A. Simmons, (703) 492-4900, olaun7@hotmail.com
In an effort to provide new lawyers with practical information to
assist them in beginning their careers as attorneys, the VBA/YLD decided
to create the New Lawyers’ Survival
Guide. This guide is intended to provide insight into the practical
aspects of being a lawyer and hopefully, make the transition into the
practice of law go more smoothly.
New
Projects
Chair: Katja H. Hill, (804) 783-7543, katja.hill@leclairryan.com
The New Projects Committee
investigates potential new projects for the VBA/YLD, analyzes the costs
and feasibility of new projects, and takes the initial steps toward implementing
certain new projects along with other VBA/YLD members who agree to handle
those new projects.
Pro Bono Hotlines
- Originated in Richmond and Tidewater, these committees actively
recruit lawyers to be volunteers in staffing a "hotline" at
the Legal Aid Society offices across the state. Volunteers, on a rotating
basis, provide telephone advice to callers meeting financial eligibility
requirements to ease the caseload of legal aid attorneys. A top priority
of the Division and of the VBA, hotlines now exist in four legal aid service
areas with further expansion planned as rapidly as possible. In 1995,
the Pro Bono Hotlines received the American Bar Association's Harrison
Tweed Award, the highest national honor given to projects providing legal
services for the poor.
Pro Bono Hotlines
Statewide Coordinator
Coordinator: Spencer
M. Wiegard, (540) 983-9454,
spencer_wiegard@gentrylocke.com.
Pro
Bono Hotline/Central Virginia
Chair: Sean Beard, (804) 788-8687, sbeard@hunton.com.
Pro
Bono Hotline/Eastern Virginia
Chair: Richard J. Crouch, (757) 446-8684,
rcrouch@vanblk.com.
Volunteers
telephone people who cannot afford to hire lawyers and offer advice on
numerous issues, including benefits, housing and domestic relations.
Pro
Bono Hotline/Northern Virginia
Chair:
Sarah E. Dean, (703) 610-6118,
sarahedean@hotmail.com.
The Pro Bono Hotline/Northern
Virginia Committee supports Legal Services of Northern Virginia in its
effort to provide legal services to those who need but cannot afford legal
assistance. The committee actively recruits volunteers to staff the Hotline
and participates in annual training seminars
for the volunteers so that volunteers may provide effective guidance to
residents of Northern Virginia who lack not only financial resources,
but knowledge that otherwise could allow them to manage their personal
affairs in a manner free of desperation and confusion. Hotline volunteers
return approximately 8 to 10 previously screened non-conflict calls during
Hotline hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and refer any ongoing
legal matters to Legal Services attorneys. Particular areas of concern
for Northern Virginia residents include family law, housing law and military
benefits.
Pro
Bono Hotline/Roanoke
Co-Chairs: B. Webb King, (540) 983-7586, wking@woodsrogers.com;
Spencer
M. Wiegard, (540) 983-9454,
spencer_wiegard@gentrylocke.com.
The Roanoke Pro Bono Hotline
assists the Roanoke office of Piedmont Legal Services. Each Thursday,
two hotline volunteers return telephone calls to Legal Aid clients and
advise them on multiple legal issues, including domestic relations, child
custody, landlord/tenant law, consumer law
and more. In March 1999, 10 new hotline volunteers were trained to handle
hotline calls, and received CLE credit simultaneously.
Professionalism
and Civility in Practice
Co-Chairs: Daniel E. Ortiz, (703)
279-7205, dortiz@bklawva.com;
Benjamin S. Barlow, (301) 688-1618, bsbarlo@nsa.gov;
Peer Segelke, (540) 510-3308, peer.segelke@leclairryan.com,
D. Cabell Vest, (804)-697-1256, cabell.vest@troutmansanders.com;
Robert E. Byrne, (434) 817-3100, byrne@mrlaw.com.
This committee
promotes professionalism and civility among the young lawyers as well
as mentoring of young lawyers by more experienced lawyers of the bar.
Young lawyers have been active in developing and coordinating programs
that stress the aspirational goals of the practice. The committee also
has sponsored the first annual continuing legal education (CLE) seminar
geared toward young litigators focusing on the nuts and bolts of trial
practice.
Special
Education Committee
Chair: Audrey J. Burges, (804) 523-2000,
aburges@strotherlaw.com.
This committee has summarized the regulations governing the rights of
parents of children with special needs in the form of a handbook designed
for use by practitioners, parents and education professionals. Copies
are available from the VBA office and the Virginia Department of Education.
Substantive Law
Sections/YLD Representative Coordinator
Coordinator: Katja H.
Hill, (804) 783-7543, katja.hill@leclairryan.com.
Town Hall Meetings
— These committees sponsor meetings across the state focusing
on topical issues of interest in a public forum. Many of the programs
are broadcast by local public television and radio stations throughout
the state to serve the goal of educating the public on important legal
issues.
Town
Hall Meeting/Charlottesville
Chair: T. Vaden Warren Jr., (434) 972-9090, vwarren@whiteheadwarren.com.
This committee conducts a Town Hall Meeting in Charlottesville on
an issue of interest to the local community, such as the House of Delegates
candidates' debate held in October 2005.
Town
Hall Meeting/Hampton Roads
Chair:Stacy Ross Purcell, (757) 446-6002, purcelsr@evms.edu.
This committee is dedicated
to fostering public debate and citizen education on legal and political
issues affecting the lives of Hampton Roads residents. This yearly town
hall meeting has recently featured panel
discussions on school violence, juvenile justice reform, and parole reform,
and also presented a debate between candidates for Attorney General of
Virginia in 1997 and 2nd District Congressional candidates in 2000. In
2005, the committee partnered with the Richmond Town Hall Meeting Committee
to host a debate between the candidates for lieutenant governor of Virginia
at Old Dominion University.
Town
Hall Meeting/Richmond
Chair: Travis G. Hill, (804) 783-6437, thill@williamsmullen.com
The committee
sponsors a Town Hall Meeting in the Richmond community about a current
issue. In 2001 and 2005, the committee sponsored debates between the candidates
for lieutenant governor of Virginia, and in 2002, between candidates for
the Seventh Congressional District seat. In prior years, the committee
has organized discussions involving Project Exile and a proposed Constitutional
amendment regarding hunting and fishing in Virginia.
Town
Hall Meeting/Roanoke
Co-Chairs: Lauren Morgan Ellerman, (540) 985-0098, lellerman@frithlawfirm.com;
Maxwell
H. Wiegard, (540) 983-9350, max_wiegard@gentrylocke.com.
The goal of this committee is to provide community awareness/service
projects to people in and around the Roanoke Valley. The secondary goal
is to promote the positive perception of lawyers by the general public.
Video
Series
Adult Protective Services Video Project (FACT)
The VBA/YLD, in partnership with The Family
and Children's Trust Fund of Virginia (FACT), recently completed production
of a 25-minute video entitled, "Protecting Adults at Risk: A Mandated
Reporter's Guide to Recognizing and Reporting Suspected Abuse, Neglect,
and Exploitation." This informational piece is targeted toward
required reporters of abuse of at-risk adults, defined as the elderly
and adults with mental disabilities. In addition to a series of dramatizations
highlighting the "warning signs" of abuse, neglect, and exploitation,
the video also explains to mandated reporters how to fulfill their legal
duties by submitting reports to the Virginia Department of Social Services,
the state agency charged with policing this problem. The video further
features commentary from Governor Mark Warner as well as a number of experts
in this field. Entities represented on the steering committee for the
video included the Virginia Department of Social Services, Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner, Crater Area Agency on Aging, and Virginia Guardianship
Association. The video was introduced this summer at FACT's annual Collaboration
Conference, which came on the heels of Adult Abuse and Neglect Prevention
Month (May 2005). It has been recognized by the American Bar Association
as a leading public service project. If you are interested in obtaining
an order form for the video, click here
for a printable PDF version.
• Our video project entitled
“Protecting Children: A Mandated Reporter’s Guide to Recognizing
and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect” was unveiled in December
2002. After determining that there was a real need for this type of information,
we produced this video to be geared towards those members of certain professions
that are required to report child abuse under Virginia law such as medical
personnel, social workers, child care providers, teachers, and law enforcement
personnel. It provides guidance on recognizing the various forms of child
abuse or neglect and reporting such abuse or neglect. The video features
Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, representatives from Child Protective
Services and other experts in the field and was done in collaboration
with the Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia who additionally
provided a grant. Also, representatives from Child Protective Services,
the Attorney General’s Office, and the City of Richmond Commonwealth’s
Attorney’s Office contributed valuable time and effort in contributing
to the content of the videotape. We believe this tape will be helpful
to a number of groups and individuals including nonprofit child abuse
organizations, associations representing required reporters and select
state agencies. We are striving to get this video into the hands of anyone
and everyone in the state who could benefit by it, so if you have any
ideas for its distribution, please contact the chair of this project.
If you are interested in obtaining an order form for the video, click
here for a printable PDF version.
The
Virginia Lawyer
Chair: Thomas G. Voekler, (804) 771-9599, tvoekler@hf-law.com.
The
Virginia Lawyer, successor to The Virginia Lawyer's Basic Practice
Handbook, was first published in 1966 by the Young Lawyers Division
of The Virginia Bar Association in conjunction with the Joint Committee
on Continuing Education of the Virginia State Bar and The Virginia Bar
Association. In 2000, Virginia CLE and the VBA Young Lawyers Division
joined in a cooperative effort to produce a new two-volume guide for practitioners.
The main title, The Virginia Lawyer, has been retained. The publication
is designed to assist members of the bar, particularly young lawyers and
lawyers of all ages and levels of experience, in dealing with unfamiliar
areas. Click here
for more information on the book from Virginia CLE!
Wills
for Heroes
Co-Chairs: Lauren K. Douglas, (703)
712-5062 , ldouglas@mcguirewoods.com;
Heather Hoch Szajda, (804) 783-6477, hszajda@williamsmullen.com,
Anishiya Abrol, (703) 610-6116,
aabrol@hhlaw.com.
The Wills for Heroes program provides wills, durable powers of attorney,
and advanced medical directives to first responders in Virginia on a pro
bono basis. The program is the result of the collaborative efforts
of the VBA Young Lawyers Division, the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers
Conference, and the George Mason University School of Law, with support
from Virginia CLE, LexisNexis, the Fellows of the Virginia Law Foundation,
Hunton & Williams LLP, and McGuireWoods LLP. Please contact Stephanie
Albright if you are interested in having the program administered
in your locality.
Youth Court Expansion Project
Chair: Thomas
K. Johnstone IV, (804) 545-8501
Youth Court is a school-based intervention program established to
hold student offenders accountable for their actions while providing services
to promote long-term behavioral change. The program offers an alternative
to suspension, expulsion, and criminal proceedings by allowing students
involved in certain disciplinary and criminal offenses the opportunity
to present their case to a jury of their peers for resolution. Attorneys
provide assistance to youth courts by serving as administrative officers.
The role of the administrative officer is to ensure that the proceedings
run smoothly, and to provide guidance to a jury during its deliberations.
The first youth court in Virginia was established in Roanoke in 2004.
The YLD has been asked to provide assistance in expanding the youth court
program statewide. Planning for a pilot youth court program in the City
of Richmond is currently underway. Volunteers are needed.
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