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ABA Task Force on Legal Needs Arising Out of the 2020 Pandemic launches informational website

April 3, 2020 By

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 – The American Bar Association’s Task Force on Legal Needs Arising Out of the 2020 Pandemic launched a website today to provide information about resources, changes in benefits and emerging legal issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The task force, which includes representatives from the top legal organizations in the country, […]

New Pro-Bono CLE Rule

March 31, 2020 By

Per Rule 6.05 (f) of the new State Bar Administrative Rules: A lawyer may obtain one credit hour for every three completed hours of pro bono legal service which satisfies Rule 6.1 of the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct and is performed during the reporting period through one or more of the following approved […]

State Bar Posts Medical Power of Attorney & Living Will Forms – Statutorily Approved

March 27, 2020 By

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEMINAR 2020

March 26, 2020 By

The WV State Bar held a Intellectual Property Seminar on March 24, 2020. Attorneys interested in watching the pre-recorded seminar and earning online CLE credit can view the video below. Click Here for the seminar materials

HOW TO SPOT A PHISHING EMAIL

December 3, 2019 By

Attorneys continue to be an attractive target for hackers due to the large amount of personal information they retain related to their clients. Increasingly more sophisticated phishing emails are one of the most common techniques hackers will use to access this information. 30% of phishing emails are opened, and 91% of hacking attacks begin with a […]

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The West Virginia State Bar

2 days ago

The WV State Bar offices will be closed Monday, July 5, 2021 in observance of Independence Day. The office will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. ... See MoreSee Less

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The West Virginia State Bar

1 week ago

The WV State Bar is pleased to honor Professor Vince Cardi as our Father’s Day MoreThanALawyer. Professor Cardi is nominated by his son, Michael Cardi, an attorney with Bowles Rice LLP. Read below about Professor Cardi’s devotion to his family, his students and the development of the law. ******************************************* In his 55th year as a faculty member of the West Virginia University College of Law, Professor Cardi is (we believe) the longest-serving legal educator in the College of Law’s history. Upon obtaining his law degree from Ohio State University and his LL.M from Harvard University in 1967, he arrived at the WVU College of Law where he continues to teach to this day. Motivated to be the best he can be for his students, Cardi continued to learn by practicing law on the side during his early years at the College of Law. In holding regular group study sessions, maintaining robust office visitation blocks, spending hours going over exams with his students and hosting student mentees for dinner, his dedication to his students never wavered. If you graduated from the College of Law in the last 55 years and were fortunate enough to have Professor Cardi in class, don’t be surprised when you run into him and he recounts your name and where you are from. Cardi’s son, Michael, said: “It is very common that my dad runs into students when I’m out with him. I am still surprised, as are his former students, when he invariably remembers the student’s name and some random fact about his or her life, even for students he had over 40 years ago.” Charles Hall, a 2012 WVU Law graduate, shared a common sentiment about our recipient. “If you were fortunate enough to have had Professor Cardi, then you know, as I do, why he is beloved on law school hill and beyond. He has unrivaled skill, style, and grace in the classroom and WVU Law students from six different decades have been incredibly lucky to learn from him.” Beyond the classroom, Professor Cardi continues to contribute to the legal community. He has served for almost 20 years as a West Virginia Commissioner on the Uniform Law Commission (“ULC”), a national non-partisan, non-profit, association serving states and their citizens by researching and drafting critical new legislation on which uniformity across the sates is desirable and practicable. Recently, through his work with the ULC, Cardi led an effort to codify civil remedies for victims of “revenge porn”, a type of cyberbullying where a hacker or ex-partner shares private, sexually explicit images of a person online without consent. The Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act is now law in Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas and South Dakota, and is under consideration in other states. The Honorable Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., inactive Senior United States District Judge, serves alongside Cardi on the ULC. “Professor Cardi has been an exemplary ULC Commissioner for West Virginia. He recently served as the chair of a drafting committee for an important uniform act which was adopted by the ULC and has already achieved passage by several states. Just as importantly, he chairs the legislative committee which is responsible for selecting uniform acts deemed important to our state and which are submitted to the West Virginia Legislature for passage.” Professor Cardi is a fellow of the West Virginia Bar Foundation and a member of the American Law Institute. He is Past President of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools and a former board member and President of Legal Aid of West Virginia. Thank you, Professor Cardi, for your service to the West Virginia legal community. Your students and your Bar are grateful. ****************************************************** What is our MoreThanALawyer campaign all about? It highlights all the ways West Virginia’s attorneys impact lives within and outside of their profession. West Virginia's lawyers are service members, volunteers, mentors, coaches, musicians and committed advocates. In all of these roles, they make a difference in their community. Each month we share a MoreThanALawyer story on West Virginia State Bar’s Facebook and Twitter pages. ... See MoreSee Less

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