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Shelbie Hampton Receives Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/15/2026
Shelbie Hampton of the University of Richmond School of Law has been awarded the 2026 Oliver White Hill Law Student Pro Bono Award.

  

Danny Zemel Receives 2026 Powell Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/11/2026
Danny Zemel has been awarded the 2026 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award, given by the Access to Legal Services Committee of the Virginia State Bar to honor an attorney who has made outstanding pro bono contributions in the Commonwealth.

  

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Receives 2026 Organizational Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/11/2026
The VSB Access to Legal Services Committee has awarded Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP the 2026 Frankie Muse Freeman Organizational Pro Bono Award.

  

The Virginia State Bar Launches Statewide Pro Bono Portal

Posted on 1/23/2026
The Virginia State Bar (VSB) announces the launch of a new Statewide Pro Bono Portal in partnership with pro bono management platform, Paladin.

  

Valerie L'Herrou Receives the 2025 Virginia Legal Aid Award

Posted on 9/2/2025
Valerie L'Herrou, Deputy Director of the Center for Family Advocacy at the Virginia Poverty Law Center, has received the 2025 Virginia Legal Aid Award.

  

David J. DePippo and Timothy L. McHugh Receive Military and Veterans Law Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/20/2025
The VSB Military Law Section has named David J. DePippo, managing counsel at Dominion Energy, and Timothy L. McHugh, partner at Troutman Pepper Locke, as the 2025 recipients of the Military and Veterans Law Pro Bono Award.

  

North Carolina Supreme Court Extends Temporary Membership for Hurricane Helene Pro Bono Cases

Posted on 10/4/2024
Chief Justice Paul M. Newby of the Supreme Court of North Carolina has signed an Order approving a temporary amendment to Rule .0905 to allow out-of-state lawyers to register and immediately begin providing pro bono legal services to indigent victims

  

David B. Neumeyer Receives the 2024 Virginia Legal Aid Award

Posted on 10/1/2024
David Neumeyer, the executive director of the Virginia Legal Aid Society (VLAS) who has worked for justice for the underserved for almost 50 years, has received the 2024 Virginia Legal Aid Award.

  

M. Bryan Slaughter Receives 2024 Powell Pro Bono Award

Posted on 10/1/2024
M. Bryan Slaughter has been awarded the 2024 Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award, given by the Access to Legal Services Committee of the Virginia State Bar to honor an attorney who has made outstanding pro bono contributions in the Commonwealth.

  

Military Law Section Presents 2024 Pro Bono Award

Posted on 5/22/2024
The Virginia State Bar Military Law Section has named James J. Ilijevich as the recipient of the Military Law Section Pro Bono Award.

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