VACDL's Annual Meeting and Fall CLE 2024 will be held at the Hotel 24 South, located at 24 South Market Street, Staunton, VA 24401 on Friday, November 8, 2024.
This program will be presented as a hybrid event: we will allow up to 100 in-person attendees in Staunton, and an unlimited number of virtual attendees, via Zoom. Breakfast, lunch and other refreshments will be provided to attendees throughout the program.
Featured Speakers:
Peter Greenspun, Esq. of Greenspun Shapiro, PC
Alan Silber, Esq., of Counsel with Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
Anne Coughlin, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Professor of Law at UVA
Kyle Richards from Envista Forensics
and VACDL's Special Guest, William H. "Billy" Murphy, Jr. a civil rights advocate, civil litigator, former judge, and criminal defense attorney who has fought for justice and reform in Baltimore for over 50 years
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Board Meeting and Reception: On Thursday, November 7, 2024, the VACDL Board of Directors will meet at the Hotel 24 South in Staunton from 4-5:30 p.m. All VACDL members in good standing are welcome to attend the Board Meeting, but please inform our Executive Director, Danielle Payne, if you plan to attend so that she can ensure sufficient seating in the meeting room.
We will also host a "happy hour" style awards reception in the Colonnade Ballroom of Hotel 24 South in Staunton from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 7, 2024 which will be open to all Annual Meeting registrants, speakers, and special guests. Around 7:00 p.m., VACDL will announce the recipient of the B. Leigh Drewry, Jr. Defender of Justice Award. Please make every effort to attend!
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: has reserved a block of rooms at the Hotel 24 South for Thursday, November 7, 2024 (the night before our seminar), at a rate of $139 per night (plus tax). Please make your reservations before October 7, 2024 by utilizing the link below:
Details - Hotel 24 South (windsurfercrs.com)
PUBLIC DEFENDERS: Group discounts are available for attendees! If 3 PDs from the same office wish to attend, a 4th attorney can be registered to attend for free! Office Managers are asked to please contact VACDL's Executive Director at vacdlawyers@gmail.com before registering any individual attorneys so that a group invoice can be generated.
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SEMINAR SPONSORS: Many thanks to Deborah Caldwell-Bono PC, Cook Attorneys, Envista Forensics, The Law Office of Christopher Leibig, Lantagne Legal Printing, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance, Metadata Forensics, The Ram Law Firm, and Sensei Enterprises, Inc. for their support of our educational programming.
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Materials will be emailed (via Dropbox link) to attendees during the week of the seminar, along with the Zoom Link for virtual attendees.
This course is pending approval for 6.0 live-interactive CLE credits, including 1 ethics credit.
Breakfast, Lunch and refreshment breaks on Friday, as well as the Thursday evening Awards Reception, are all included with the tuition fee.
All cancellation and refund requests must be made in writing only, by email to vacdlawyers@gmail.com, no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 31st to receive a refund of the tuition less a $25 administrative fee.
Registrants may pay by credit card online or by check payable to VACDL and mailed to 3126 W Cary Street, #615, Richmond, VA 23221. However, we can only accept mailed payments until October 31, 2024. There will be limited walk-in registrations, and registration fees must be paid in advance of entering the seminar room.
Questions? Please contact VACDL's Executive Director, Danielle Payne, at vacdlawyers@gmail.com
