The pandemic and resulting economic fallout from the nationwide shutdown have affected our grant recipients, but they persevere with their missions undauntedly. Hear from a few of our grant recipients – including Cancer Linc, the John Marshall Foundation, the Virginia Law-Related Education Institute, and the Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society – in our latest video….
Video: The Virginia Law Foundation Supports Medical-Legal Partnership—Richmond
Medical-Legal Partnership—Richmond (MLP-R) is an innovative community partnership between VCU Health System, CancerLINC, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, the Legal Aid Justice Center, and volunteer attorneys. MLP-R was created to improve health outcomes for low‐income patients by embedding lawyers in the healthcare clinic to address social determinants of health rooted in legal problems. “We are…
Video: The Supreme Court of Virginia’s Judicial Learning Center
In 2018, the Virginia Law Foundation proudly made a grant of $75,000 to the Supreme Court of Virginia. These funds supported the construction of a Judicial Learning Center in the Virginia Supreme Court building. “All too often, people learn their history through textbooks. Reading is a great way to learn, but the opportunity that this…
Video: Why Do I Support the Virginia Law Foundation?
Susan M. Pesner (Fellows Class of 2004) describes the enduring impact of the Virginia Law Foundation and Virginia CLE. “The Virginia Law Foundation is a unique organization that has been promoted for virtually the sole purpose of allowing Virginia lawyers to have the opportunity to learn more and learn better.”