The Legal Services Corporation of Virginia (LSCV) was founded and established in 1975 by the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Department of Human Services, and the Virginia Legal Aid Association to develop, fund, coordinate, and oversee the provision of civil legal services to the poor of Virginia. LSCV has overseen the implementation of numerous legal aid technology improvements, including the establishment of a national legal helpline for clients in four languages (1-866-534-5243), a national web-based client database, and a comprehensive client and volunteer legal information website that links you to your local legal aid office. LSCV and national lawyers` organizations have built an extensive network of pro bono lawyers, which has enabled more than 3,800 volunteer lawyers to close cases through their local legal aid programs last year. This unique public-private partnership has significantly improved the delivery of civil justice services to the poor and demonstrates the commitment of Virginia lawyers to the concept of equal justice for all Virginians, regardless of economic status. We need more pro bono lawyers and encourage potential volunteers to contact their local legal aid program. Since then, the Virginia State Bar has entered into an annual contract with LSCV to provide civil law services to the poor with a state general revenue allocation and state filing fees. With this support, LSCV funds and oversees the work of nine regional legal aid programs and a statewide support center, the Virginia Poverty Law Center, which operates from 35 offices and serves every city and county in Virginia. We have heard reports from other parts of the country that legal aid clients have been scammed – they have been tasked by their local legal aid program to send money to a post office box to pay for legal aid for their services. Don`t fall for it! Legal aid programs NEVER charge our clients for our services. We offer free legal advice to low-income people – we don`t charge our clients any fees! Blue Ridge Legal Services is the nonprofit legal aid company that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of the Shenandoah Valley and Roanoke Valley in Virginia.
LSCV is also legally responsible for administering the Interest on Lawyers` Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program, whose revenues are added to government funds to fund civil legal services to the poor. E – Roanoke Valley Legal Aid Society (LASRV)Roanoke H – Legal Aid Society of Southwestern Virginia (SVLAS)Marion, Castlewood, Christiansburg B – Central Virginia Legal Aid Society (CVLAS)Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville F – Northern Virginia Legal Services (LSNV)Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, Manassas, Route 1 A – Blue Ridge Legal Services (BRLS)Harrisonburg, Winchester, Roanoke, Lexington In addition to helping individual client files, managed by Legal Aid has fueled the economy for all Virginians. A 2011 Economic Impact Report found that for every dollar of support, Legal Aid work brings at least $5.27 to our communities – an amount that includes benefits that are difficult to quantify such as savings for banks and investors through foreclosures avoided, improved court efficiency, and payment to health care providers who, otherwise, should have removed legal aid clients as indigent. not registered. LSCV oversees programs through a nationally recognized performance reporting and audit system that includes capture of benefits related to case results and significant financial controls. G – Legal Aid Works (LAW)Fredricksburg, Culpeper, Tappahannock J – Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC)Richmond, landesweites Programm D – Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (LASEV)Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Belle Haven I – Virginia Legal Aid Society (VLAS)Lynchburg Danville, Farmville, Suffolk LSCV-finanzierte Programme erhalten auch direkte Unterstützung von Bundes-, United Way-, lokalen und privaten Spendern. C – Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC)Charlottesville, Falls Church, Petersburg, Richmond.