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The 18th Annual Legal Food Frenzy, a friendly competition of law firms, legal offices and law students, ran April 15-26.

Every state has such designations, and a number of the items in our Code actually make sense for Virginia: The official bird, for example, is the cardinal. And the official tree (and flower) is the dogwood. The official pony – with a hat tip to Misty – is the Chincoteague pony.

The statewide leaderboard and regional food bank leaderboards from the 2024 Legal Food Frenzy have been updated to the day before the content ended.

Nearly 200 takers of the February bar exam in Virginia passed the test and 131 became licensed today, the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners reported. An additional 58 test takers passed the exam but have outstanding requirements to fulfill before they can be licensed.

Sixteen of the 21 legislative proposals on the VBA's agenda have been signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. One received his recommendations.

Lawmakers reconvene April 17 to consider the governor's amendments and vetoes.

Four other VBA-backed bills did not pass both houses of the General Assembly.

In his 2005 confirmation hearing, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts famously promised that his job on the Supreme Court would be “to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.”

His baseball analogy was apt: If you look around, you’ll see that the game of baseball and law practice have many similarities.

Jasmine Yoon, who was born in South Korea and moved to the United States when she was 14, will be the first Asian American federal judge in Virginia. The Senate confirmed her appointment as U.S. district judge for the Western District of Virginia on March 12.

The General Assembly on March 7 elected Virginia Beach Circuit Judge Steven C. Frucci to a seat on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Frucci will succeed retired Judge Robert J. Humphreys, with his term beginning March 16.

Five members are speaking in Roanoke this week at the 2024 Women's Legal Professional Retreat, of which the VBA is a partner. They are:

Hetal Challa, wellness coordinator of the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Her topic is "A Solo Practitioner's Toolbox: Healthy Habits to Build a Successful Legal Practice.

A VBA resolution recognizes Life Member David Craig Landin for his many contributions -- to his clients, his alma mater, the legal community, The Virginia Bar Association and in particular his leadership of its Committee on Special Issues of National & State Importance.