Welcome to the Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations

Local and specialty bar associations in Virginia comprise the Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations. The conference was established to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship between the VSB and the local and specialty bar associations in the Commonwealth. It sponsors a Bar Leaders Institute each year to help new local and specialty bar officers plan their bar year and assists them with ethical issues, various programs and internal management policies and procedures; sponsors Solo & Small-Firm Practitioner Forums open to all VSB members; sponsors awards of merit, a Local Bar Leader of the Year Award, Specialty Bar Leader of the Year Award, and Bar Association of the Year Award; maintains an information database; and makes executive committee and staff members available for technical assistance or presentations to local and specialty bars.

The conference publishes The Connection online newsletter with information of interest to bar leaders. The CLSBA also edits, prints and distributes the So You're 18 handbook, which is used by many groups to inform young adults of their rights and responsibilities upon turning 18.

Upcoming Events

DateTitleLocation
Jun 14   |2023 VSB Annual MeetingVirginia Beach, VA061423AM

What's New?

  

Bruce H. Russell II Named 2023 Local Bar Leader of the Year

Posted on 5/24/2023
Bruce H. Russell, the longest-serving president of Southwest Virginia’s Russell County Bar Association, has been awarded the Local Bar Leader of the Year by the Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations (CLSBA).

  

The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia Named 2023 Bar Association of the Year

Posted on 5/19/2023
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia (APABA-VA) has been named the Bar Association of the Year by the Virginia State Bar Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations (CLSBA).

  

Welcome to the New VSB Website and Member Portal

Posted on 4/3/2023
The Virginia State Bar has just launched a new website and member portal to improve services and access to information for Virginia lawyers and the public. Sign in instructions for the new site included.

  

Historic South Hampton Roads Bar Association to Celebrate 100th Birthday

Posted on 3/6/2023
On April 15, 2023, the South Hampton Roads Bar Association (“SHRBA”), the nation’s oldest predominantly African American state bar association, will celebrate its centennial anniversary with a gala in Virginia Beach.

  

Daniel Frankl Receives 2022 Local Bar Leader of the Year Award

Posted on 5/31/2022
Daniel P. Frankl, a founder of Frankl, Miller, Webb and Moyers, LLP in Roanoke, has been awarded the Virginia State Bar Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations’ 2022 Local Bar Leader of the Year Award.