August 22, 2017 – A toll-free legal aid hotline is now available for victims of the recent storms and flooding in West Virginia. The service, which allows callers to request the assistance of a lawyer, is a partnership between the West Virginia State Bar, Legal Aid of West Virginia, the American Bar Association Young Lawyers […]

The ABA Retirement Funds Program is hosting free  informational webinar titled: The Role of Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts within Employer-sponsored Retirement Plans.  Click Here to register. http://www.cdstudiohost.com/ABA/Webinars/2017_0822/

The upgraded WV Online Legal Help is here!  The website’s new name is West Virginia Free Legal Answers.  It is the state of West Virginia’s site as part of the ABA Free Legal Answers national site. Volunteers will find it similar to WV Online Legal Help, but much more user friendly.   We hope you’ll enjoy […]

CHARLESTON, WV—May 22, 2017 – Members of the West Virginia State Bar who have a valid WV driver’s license are now able to complete the application for their Bar Membership ID card online. With this new service, Bar members will be able to submit an application and pay for their membership ID card application electronically. […]

The Importance of Law Day and the 14th Amendment Lawyers, let’s share our passion for constitutional democracy By Linda A. Klein President, American Bar Association Here are four legal puzzlers: An African American student wants to attend the same school as white children. Can she? A man is charged with burglary, but he can’t afford […]