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

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Nov 27   |VSB-Sponsored Free and Low-cost CLE Webinars - ongoingVarious, VAWEB12345
Jan 11   |CLSBA Executive Committee MeetingVirtual, 2401CLSBA
Mar 07   |CLSBA Executive Committee MeetingHenrico, VA2403CLSBA
May 09   |CLSBA Executive Committee MeetingRichmond, VA2405CLSBA
May 17   |Solo & Small-Firm Practitioner ForumBig Stone Gap, VASSFBSG23

What's New?

  

Sherry A. Fox Awarded 2023 Specialty Bar Leader of the Year

Posted on 6/9/2023
Sherry A. Fox of Fox Family Formation in Glen Allen has been awarded Specialty Bar Leader of the Year by the VSB Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations (CLSBA).

  

Local and Specialty Bar Associations Receive 2023 Awards of Merit

Posted on 6/9/2023
The Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations has recognized six individual bars with eight projects between them and two multi-bar projects across the Commonwealth with Awards of Merit.

  

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.