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Virginia Law Foundation 2019 Annual Report Real People. Real Impact. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 CONTENTS Our Mission .....................................................................................3 Message from the 2019 President ..................................4 Looking Forward .........................................................................6 Our People .....................................................................................10 Officers & Board of Directors ...................................10 Board Members .................................................................10 Committee Chairs ............................................................10 Past Presidents ....................................................................11 Senior Staff ............................................................................11 Our Fellows .................................................................................... 12 Our 2019 Grants ....................................................................20 Our 2018 Donors ...................................................................29 Our 2018 Volunteers ........................................................... 32 Our Sponsors ..........................................................................35 2 Our Mission To promote through philanthropy the rule of law, access to justice, and law-related education. e believe that no resident of Virginia should ever be denied meaningful access to justice. Through our passion, people, and partnerships, the Virginia Law Foundation is determined and proud to support and Wpresent programs that serve and impact the lives of real people. Our grant program supports law-related projects throughout the Commonwealth that: • Offer improved access to legal assistance for the underserved, either directly or by facilitating coordination of integrated networks of competent, affordable legal representation; • Cultivate an appreciation and understanding of the Rule of Law in society as a foundation of peace, stability, and prosperity; • Provide education in support of these ideals. Our Fellows program encourages civic engagement and recognizes excellence in the practice of law as well as 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. 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 MESSAGE FROM THE 2019 President n behalf of our Officers and December 30, 2018). In February, we co-hosted Board of Directors, it is a great the first annual Virginia Law Student Wellness honor to report on the Virginia Law Summit in collaboration with the Virginia OFoundation’s state of condition. Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program Thank you for your continued support and (now aka JLAP and formerly Lawyers Helping enthusiasm for this mission. You make it all Lawyers). For National Law Day on May 1, we possible. Our accomplishments are due to a had an exceptional turnout in Richmond to large and growing army of Fellows, donors, celebrate the inaugural VLF Past Presidents customers, friends, volunteers, and professional Luncheon. Events such as these provided staff who bring a multiplier effect to our opportunities to reflect on the strong state of our collective work. Foundation while remaining forward-looking for our mission in the years ahead. The VLF celebrated its 45th anniversary this spring. During almost a half century of service to For the first time in more than two decades the Commonwealth of Virginia, our foundation has since our IOLTA funding ended, the VLF awarded enjoyed historic success. This past year has been in June more than $500,000 in new grants. no exception. Through the efforts of our VLF family, We also crossed the $26 million mark for total I am proud to say that the Virginia Law Foundation grants made since our inception. Our 2019 has perhaps never been in better shape. funding will support 19 very worthy projects The year began at a fast pace. In January, the VLF welcomed 22 new Fellows to the cause at our annual dinner, which was held in conjunction with the VBA’s annual Williamsburg meeting. Our festivities included a somber moment of respect when former VLF President David P. Bobzien was posthumously honored with the Executive Director’s Award (David passed away “... the Virginia Law Foundation has perhaps never been in better shape.” F. Anderson Morse, 40th President of the Virginia Law Foundation 4 “We also crossed the $26 again voted the leading source of continuing million mark for total grants legal education in Virginia by the readers of made since our inception.” Virginia Lawyers Weekly. This recognition is due in part to our Fellows, who continue to engage and organizations promoting the Rule of Law with Virginia CLE through teaching, writing, and access to justice in all corners of Virginia. and patronage of our program year round. The Grants Committee, led by Vickie Bibee, had Our board committee structure has also hard choices as there were many more worthy been modernized recently. The Grants, Finance, applications than there was money available to Donor Relations, Executive, and Personnel grant. There is growing demand for our grants, Committees all have been reinvented, and we are which was not the case just a few years ago. finalizing that process for the CLE Committee, led Let me thank our donors as well as the Donor by Harry Ware and the Fellows Committee, led Relations Committee, led by Jon Huddleston. by John McGavin. Our consolidated business Donations have become essential to our grant operation in Charlottesville is far more efficient making, as all of the annual unrestricted than ever. Net operating surpluses are reinvested donations to the VLF are applied to augment back into the VLF mission. In addition, our the following year’s grant funding. This support endowment is now only used for grant-making. is essential, as new charitable donations have Finally, as an organization, we are hardly in allowed us to significantly expand our grant isolation. The VLF is growing other relationships making. In fact, unrestricted annual support is statewide, all while we continue to value now yielding the financial equivalent of having tremendously our legacy ties with the Virginia an additional $3 million in our endowment. Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. Our educational division, Virginia CLE, As the Foundation successfully concludes continues to be the gold standard for continuing this year and prepares for the next, let me legal education, and it thrives despite intense reiterate our appreciation to everyone who has competition from for-profit providers in the contributed to these achievements. None of this statewide marketplace. During the Ray White could be done without you. It has been a true era of the past seven years, Virginia CLE has privilege to serve alongside so many talented, had a net surplus every year. We are inventing passionate, and devoted professionals. May the new programs and products all the time, raising dreams of our mission’s future be even brighter quality standards that competitors cannot than the noble history of our past. match. Our superior educational programs With gratitude, succeed due to creative leadership from our staff as well as engaged oversight by our board and its CLE Committee along with our talented F. Anderson Morse faculty and authors. Thanks to our more than 2019 President of the Virginia Law Foundation 28,800 loyal customers, Virginia CLE was once 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Looking Forward BY RAY WHITE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR hose of you who have heard me speak “Our relationship with about the essence of the Virginia Law Foundation have heard me express Virginia’s legal community Tmore than once: the VLF is not so is at the core of all we do.” much in the CLE business, the publishing business, or even the grant-making business. But as mentioned above, needs change with No, we are in the 50-year relationship business. time. Resting on our laurels is not, and never will Our relationship with Virginia’s legal community be, an option. We can learn from our past and is at the core of all we do. And we recognize that be pleased with our present, but we must always, for us to serve you properly, we cannot simply always, always be focused on the future. To apply look inward at who we are and what we do. a business context to the words of hockey great, Instead, it’s critical that we look beyond ourselves Wayne Gretzkty: we must skate to where the at who you all are and what you need from us. puck is going, not where it has been. This is not so much a business philosophy as Against this backdrop, I would like to unveil it is a human philosophy. If we can meet your a portion of my vision for the Virginia Law needs and sincerely demonstrate how much we Foundation over the next five years. But before value your interest in making us part of your doing so, it is important to briefly reflect on world, our business will be fine. But we also where we are as a profession, in order to recognize that needs can change and that new provide context for our best path forward. needs can emerge in ways that alter our practice and life dynamics—and not always for the best. It has been well documented in these pages and elsewhere that our present has exceeded all expectations and has given us the chance to make a significant difference in the lives of those we serve. Under the extraordinary leadership of the VLF presidents that I have had the pleasure of serving under—Manny
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