Public Hearing on Legal Services and Access to Justice in Alexandria
Tuesday, June 24, 4:30-6:30pmWe want to hear from you about your experiences and frustrations:Has it been difficult to find legal help for yourself, your family, or your business?What happened when you couldn’t find legal help when you needed it?Have...
Guide to Virginia Legal Information Resources (2025)
An updated Guide to Virginia Legal Information Resources has been released. This document includes a list of legal information resources covering topics as varied as incorporating a business, contesting a traffic ticket, researching health law, obtai...
Access to Justice Listening Tour for Greater Richmond
The Access to Justice Commission of the Supreme Court of Virginia Invites you to a Public Hearing on Legal Services and Access to Justice in Greater RichmondWe want to hear about your experiences and frustrations:Has it been difficult to fi...
A Guide to Self-Representation in the Court of Appeals of Virginia
The Court of Appeals has issued a Self-Represented Litigant Guide to assist litigants who do not have an attorney to represent them in their appeals. In most civil cases, in particular, litigants who cannot afford an attorney do not have a right to a...
Eviction Defense Center website help
Virginia Poverty Law Center staff will be at the main branch of the Richmond Public Library to help people use a new online Eviction Defense Center. Renters at risk of losing their home can find step-by-step instructions for fighting evicti...
New platform - new look
The web content management system for this website has been upgraded. No content was removed – but the changes provide a smoother mobile user experience. A new Quick Exit feature now appears on the upper right corner of every page. Clicking tha...
Online Legal Information Resources
AALL, the American Association of Law Libraries, now offers a new online legal resource, the Online Legal Information Resources (OLIR). The OLIR was developed to provide law librarians, public librarians and members of the public access to...
Hope Card Program in Virginia
The Hope Card Program has been expanded to all localities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Hope Card is a durable, plastic, wallet-sized card that summarizes a protective order's most important details in an easy-to-read format. A Hope Ca...
How to Apply for Your Birth Certificate as an Adult in Virginia
Blue Ridge Legal Services has created a guide to assist an adult residing in Virginia who is trying to get a copy of their own birth certificate. https://www.vsb.org/docs/Obtaining_adult_birth_cert.pdf The guide lists the steps to obtain a...
New publication - Options in Virginia to Help Another Person Make Decisions
This short publication from Virginia WINGS (Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders) covers "Choices less restrictive than Guardianship and Conservatorship." It outlines health/personal and financial decision-making options...