The Virginia Law Foundation

The Virginia Law Foundation has provided more than $28 million in grants since its inception to support law-related projects throughout the Commonwealth that further its mission to facilitate access to justice and promote an understanding of the Rule of Law.

The VLF Fellows Program encourages civic-mindedness and recognizes excellence in the practice of law and public and professional service.

Virginia CLE® is conducted through the Foundation’s Education Division and is the recognized leader in providing continuing legal education for Virginia lawyers.

The Old Dominion Bar Foundation

Spawned from the need to confront a policy that offended personal and professional dignity, from the need for African-American lawyers to associate for personal and professional growth, and from a need to encourage African-American lawyers to participate in the Virginia State Bar, the Old Dominion Bar Association grew into an organization that filled not only those particular needs but one that also has provided continuity of leadership and support with respect to the various concerns of particular interest to African Americans and other people of color.

The Virginia Bar Association

The Virginia Bar Association is the commonwealth’s first and largest statewide voluntary organization of lawyers and judges. As the independent voice of the Virginia lawyer, the VBA advances the highest ideals of the profession through advocacy and volunteer service.

In 2022, the VBA established a Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The group consists of leading attorneys and jurists recruited by Roanoke lawyer Victor O. Cardwell, the VBA’s first Black president. The committee’s mission is to “elevate the necessity of inclusion in the legal profession and the VBA.” Its vision is: “A bar reflective of Virginia’s entire legal community.”

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation was incorporated in 1923 to preserve Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Today, the Foundation seeks to bring history forward into national and global dialogues by engaging audiences with Jefferson’s world and ideas and inviting them to experience the power of place at Monticello. Monticello is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a United Nations World Heritage Site and a Site of Conscience. As a private, nonprofit organization, the Foundation’s regular operating budget does not receive ongoing government support to fund its twofold mission of preservation and education.