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VSB Seeks Public Comment on Amendments to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14 Re: diminished capacity

Posted on 5/29/2026
The proposed amendments to Rule 1.14 add or expand comments to the rule to provide specific guidance on representing a client who has an agent, guardian, or conservator in place, a client who is a minor, and a client with diminished capacity.

  

VSB Seeks Comment on Proposed Legal Ethics Opinion 1902

Posted on 5/27/2026
The proposed opinion (LEO 1902) addresses whether a lawyer’s duties of diligence and competence require the lawyer to identify misstatements of law or fact in an opponent’s court filing and advise the court.

  

VSB Seeks Comment on Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Provisions or Agreements

Posted on 3/23/2026
The VSB seeks comment on the use of nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions or agreements pursuant to or contained in settlement agreements reached in civil actions for personal injury.

  

VSB Seeks Public Comment on Amendments to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5 Re: contingent fees

Posted on 5/20/2025
The proposed amendment to Rule 1.5(d) would remove the strict limits on charging a contingent fee in domestic relations cases.

  

VSB Seeks Comment on Raising the Required Minimum Balance Threshold for a Dues Increase

Posted on 7/1/2024
The Virginia State Bar seeks comment on amending Part 6, Section IV, Paragraph 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia to raise the required minimum balance threshold of the state bar fund and administration and finance account.

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