Liberty University and Virginia Legal Aid Society Launch Law Clinic
LYNCHBURG, Va., Oct. 6, 2017 – Four students are learning about legal aid work and assisting in representing actual clients through a new clinic created by Liberty University School of Law and Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. (VLAS). This is Liberty University’s first...Our Strategic Plan – Executive Summary
Thank you for reviewing this Executive Summary of Virginia Legal Aid Society’s Five Year Strategic Plan for 2018-2022. We look forward to hearing your comments. To provide the best legal services possible for our area, VLAS will, over the next five years: Solve...
Alan and Carol Gravitt Champion Equal Justice
To celebrate our 40th anniversary, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. In part I, Carol and Alan Gravitt launch their legal careers at Legal Aid...
Legal Aid Inspires, Trains Carol and Alan Gravitt
To celebrate our 40th anniversary, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. You might think that the lives of Carol and Alan Gravitt were set on...
Hester Honda: Taking on School Discipline, Inadequate Financial Services and Chinese Food
In part I, Hester Honda helped introduce Virginia Legal Aid Society to the many rural communities around Halifax, as VLAS got up and running. Hester Honda and Joel Cunningham Sr. filed for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court on behalf of a high school...Hester Honda: Introducing Legal Aid to Rural Virginia
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...
VLAS Battles a Restaurant’s Racial Quotas, Part II
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over the next 40 weeks, finishing at our...
VLAS Battles a Restaurant’s Work Force Racial Quotas
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over the next 40 weeks, finishing at our...Joel Cunningham: A Judge Who Listened to the Voiceless
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...Joel Cunningham Sr.: Challenging Unequal Justice at VLAS
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...Judge Cunningham’s Path to Serving Low-Income Clients
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...Farmville Office Pair Have Seen it All
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...Early Legal Aid Cases Covered Benefits, Adoption
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...40 in 40: Lynchburg’s Legal Aid Pioneer
To celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2017, Virginia Legal Aid Society is telling 40 stories that reflect our history, our people and the cases and events that have made the past 40 years so memorable. These will be released over 40 weeks, finishing at our gala...Check us out here
Facing Eviction, a documentary about COVID’s impact on evictions, will premiere tonight on PBS stations. The documentary will also be able to stream at pbs.org/frontline. VLAS is dedicated to helping tenants and landlords find alternatives to eviction.
