Central Virginia Legal Aid Society

[8] The geographical area it covers includes the cities of Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights and Charlottesville, as well as the counties of Albemarle, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Nelson, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George and Surry.

[18] CVLAS hosts a local radio show titled It's Time for Justice, broadcast every Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. on WRIR-LP.

The show includes news, interviews, and answers to listeners' questions about consumer, employment, family, housing, public benefits, and other civil law.

[23] CVLAS is also involved in the Medical-Legal Partnership, Richmond (MLP-R), a collaboration with the VCU Health System (part of Virginia Commonwealth University), the University of Richmond School of Law, the Legal Aid Justice Center, and the Legal Information Network for Cancer.

[24] JusticeServer, a database used to make pro bono work easier and more accessible in Virginia, was created with help from CVLAS.

to provide certified navigators to offer application assistance for the health insurance marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act.

He is also a fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the only legal aid attorney to be so honored.

Doris Henderson Causey formerly served as the managing attorney in Richmond, as well as the first African-American and first legal aid lawyer to fill the top elected post for the Virginia State Bar.