Get your kicks on VTLA's Route 26!
Ride along on our Route in ’26 toward adjusting, improving and even changing the way you handle your cases.

• Pre-Litigation Strategy Lab (recording available)
• July 17-18 - Auto Cases in a Changing World
• August 27 - Discovery is a Highway
• November 6-7 - Deposition College

View all the details here.

There’s no halftime in baseball, but a great afternoon was had at Nationals Park nonetheless! Last week, VTLA President Melissa Ray, Past President Tom Curcio, Legislative Counsel Matt Foster and VTLA Vice President Amy Griggs (not pictured) enjoyed catching a game with House of Delegates Courts Committee Chair Patrick Hope.

And our own VTLA member Aubrey Ford can prove it to you! Aubrey will facilitate a three-week online course that introduces mindfulness practices in a simple and clear progression. This course will be held on Mondays from 6-7:30 pm beginning August 3. He will help you guide you to reduce stress, control anxious thoughts, focus attention and experience more emotional balance through the evidence of mindfulness.

Join some major law firms and Fortune 500 companies who have included these practices in their business and see the changes in your own life and work!

Each session will incorporate instruction, discussion, evidence of efficacy and guided practice. For more information and to register, click here.

Effective May 1, you can earn 1 hour of CLE credit for every 4 hours of pro bono service for a maximum of 5 hours of credit each reporting period. For more info, check out the state bar website here.

Make a personal commitment with VTLA’s Pledge 2 campaign! Pledge just 2% of your professional time, in accordance with Rule 6.1 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct, to providing pro bono legal services. It’s a relatively small commitment that can create a big impact for those in need of legal services in our communities.

We’re making it easy for you with a dedicated page on our website with resources to help you find pro bono opportunities, access training, or donate money in lieu of time. Sign the pledge today. 

August 7 • Noon-1 pm
“Understanding the New Notary Laws in Virginia” will be presented by Sharif Gray, Esq., and Lara Bradshaw of Gray Broughton Injury Law, and moderated by Tammy Lynn of Monge & Associates. Register here.

November 17
You can register now for our annual seminar in Fredericksburg on November 17. It’s a packed day of learning, sharing, networking and perusing dozens of vendors ready and willing to help you and your firm. Don’t miss it!

July 30, 4-5 pm

Our Learning Lab this month reaches our family law members, providing a practical roadmap for navigating military retirement benefits in Virginia family law cases. After this one-hour webinar, you will be able to identify the benefit, gather the right documents, understand CRDP/CRSC, and draft enforceable orders with a focused update on recent changes affecting Concurrent Retirement and Disability Pay (CRDP) for Chapter 61 medical retirees. You will leave with concrete strategies, checklists, and drafting approaches to avoid common - and costly - mistakes.

Register here.

Halftime is here, and Team VTLA is having a championship season! From a productive General Assembly session and an outstanding Annual Convention to the launch of our year-long Route '26 CLE series and monthly Learning Lab webinars, we've already scored some big wins. Add in a record number of Business Partners ready to support your practice, and it's been an incredible first half of the year.

But we're far from the final whistle. The second half is packed with even more CLEs, events, and practice resources designed to help you stay ahead of the game. Thanks for being part of the team—we can't wait to see what we'll accomplish together in the months ahead.

As we noted in a previous Law Letter, we have made several changes to our standard listserve agreement governing all VTLA listerserves.

First, identifying information including - at a minimum - your name, firm and email should be in every message you post. This helps others know you!

Second, listserve messages may not be loaded into any open AI. You may keep messages in closed, internal applications, but sharing information in open applications is strictly forbidden.

For the entire document, please click here. These guidelines are posted and are effective immediately.

Did you know July 1 was the effective date of many legislative changes? Here's what you need to know:

• If you are an employer, there are a number of significant changes beginning tomorrow. View our webinar from last week so you can make sure you’re compliant (and get an hour of CLE too). Click here.

• Most VTLA Section members have legislation adopted or considered in the 2026 session posted in your communities on our website. Log in to MyVTLA, scroll down to the My Communities tab and select your section to view the current Bills of Interest. The Executive Summary for all members is posted here.

• Dalia Abdelbary
• Kaitlyn Herzig
• Adam Lambert
• David Lipcon
• Kate O’Konski
• Teela Wyman