The VLW Blog

Henry W. McLaughlin III is stepping down after almost 30 years as executive director of the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society.
McLaughlin, 69, announced his departure yesterday to the CVLAS board and staff.
James A. McCauley, president of the CVLAS board, said there were tears at the news. “One of the great joys of my law practice [...]

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Demand for legal help is up at the Legal Aid office in Winchester.
The Winchester Star reports that, due to the financial crisis, lawyers at the Blue Ridge Legal Services’ Winchester branch are having trouble keeping up with the demand for free legal services from low-income residents. The office is on “emergency intake,” taking on only [...]

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The Virginia Poverty Law Center has launched its new John Kent Shumate Jr. Advocate of the Year awards by recognizing two Virginians who have worked to enhance the rights of the downtrodden.
Harrisonburg lawyer Tom Domonoske works primarily on auto sales fraud cases and often helps the local legal aid office.  “Tom does not merely ‘demonstrate’ [...]

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Best-selling author John Grisham will be the host of a fund-raiser for the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society and the Legal Aid Justice Center Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Toad’s Place, 140 Virginia St.in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom.Virginia First Lady Anne Holton, a former legal aid attorney and juvenile and district relations district court judge in
Richmond, [...]

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The Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia will be marking its 40th anniversary this week, reports The Virginian-Pilot. Judge Roger L. Gregory of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will be the speaker at Friday’s banquet.

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