The Virginia Equality Bar Association

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Upcoming events

    • 23 Jan 2024
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Virtual (meeting info to be shared in final reminder email)
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    A message from Bary Hausrath, Interim President:

    Greetings!

    I hope you and yours had a pleasant holiday weekend.

    You may know me from my work with the Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic, the Virginia Equality Bar Association’s flagship program. I was a founding member of VEBA and an early board member and officer. I resigned from organizational leadership in 2018 to focus on running the clinics.

    Today, I reach out in a new capacity. The Friday before Thanksgiving, I was brought back onto the board and elected to the office of Interim President.

    My platform was simple: We need a new cadre of leaders with the energy and direction to move the organization forward, and I am willing to act in a caretaker capacity until the current board can elect that new slate of folks.

    For many, particularly our trans and nonbinary siblings, these troubled times demand more of us than VEBA has put forward.

    That changes now, but only if you and the others receiving this invitation step up. You can help shape this into whatever you want it to be.

    My goal over the coming months is simple: engage the membership to identify new directors for the board and new leaders eager to take on the offices of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and be involved in VEBA's standing committees.

    I have two requests:

    1) Check that your membership is active, your membership category is up-to-date, and your dues are paid. Then register. Put January 23, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. on your calendar and be there (virtually). Only members present for the meeting can be elected.

    2) Spread the word and ask your friends and colleagues to join. Only members who have registered to attend will receive the video conference link.

    Thank you!


    -Bary Hausrath

    Interim President

    P.S. Do you want VEBA to do more? Should it be involved in legislative advocacy? Judicial selection? Appellate Briefs? White papers and FAQ docs? Additional pro bono clinics? More CLE? Should it rebrand to a more appropriate name or reconsider the tax structure(s) of the association (501(c)(6)) and its related education foundation (a 501(c)(3))? Think about it, and what you can do to step up and help make it happen. You’ll be asked for your answer soon.


    Background:

    This is the 2024 board elections. Per the bylaws, 

    The Board shall consist of not less than six (6), and not more than twenty (20) members. Directors need not be residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Directors must be members of the Association in good standing and must maintain their membership in good standing during their term of office.

    All board seats are up for election. Three of the six existing board members will be seeking re-election. To get back on track with a flighted board, new and re-elected board members may seek election for a 1-year, 2-year, or 3-year term.

    Following board elections, officer elections will take place. Committee assignments will be made by consensus based upon interest. Standing committees exist because the board says they do.

Past events

21 Oct 2023 Fall 2023 Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
01 Apr 2023 GMU Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
14 Jan 2023 Side by Side Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
16 Aug 2022 Virtual Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic (August 2022)
27 Oct 2021 Virginia TIES: Training Webinar and Virtual Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
17 Oct 2020 Virginia TIES: Training Webinar and At-Your-Own-Pace Virtual Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
22 Feb 2020 Northern Virginia Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
01 Feb 2020 Charlottesville Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
19 Oct 2019 Virginia TIES: Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
27 Sep 2019 Celebrating Virginia Pride 2019!
21 Sep 2019 Charlottesville Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
24 Aug 2019 Staunton TIES Pop-Up: Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
10 Aug 2019 Fairfax TIES Pop-Up: Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
20 Jul 2019 Black Pride RVA: Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
13 Jul 2019 Norfolk TIES Pop-Up: Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic
24 Mar 2019 Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
16 Feb 2019 Northern Virginia Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
26 Oct 2018 CLE Webinar: Lambda Legal Annual Case Update
20 Oct 2018 2018 TIES Name and Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
09 Oct 2018 Ethics CLE Webinar: Cyber Security For Lawyers – Ethical Issues, Risks and Solutions
21 Sep 2018 Celebrating Virginia Pride 2018!
28 Jul 2018 TIES Pop-Up in Roanoke
21 Jul 2018 TIES Pop-Up in Norfolk
14 Jul 2018 TIES Pop-Up in Winchester
22 Jun 2018 Out at Work CLE with Lambda Legal
15 Apr 2018 Annual Brunch and Awards Celebration
07 Apr 2018 Name and Gender Marker Clinic (Williamsburg)
27 Oct 2017 Webinar: Equality Under the Law – LGBTQIA Family Formation, Protection and Preservation in Virginia
24 Oct 2017 Virginia House of Delegates Candidate Forum
21 Oct 2017 2017 Virginia TIES/TLC Name and Gender Marker Change CLE and Clinic
20 Sep 2017 LGBTQ Issues in Immigration Law (WEBINAR)
08 Apr 2017 Name and Gender Marker Clinic at Roanoke Diversity Center
25 Mar 2017 Equality Under the Law: Springtime CLE (POSTPONED)
17 Feb 2017 Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic in Charlottesville
16 Jan 2017 MLK Day of Service / Name and Gender Marker Clinic
22 Oct 2016 2016 Virginia TIES/TLC Name and Gender Marker Change CLE and Clinic
23 Sep 2016 A Celebration of Virginia Pride
26 Mar 2016 Equality Under the Law: VEBA Spring CLE
10 Oct 2015 2nd Annual Virginia TIES/TLC Name and Gender Marker Change CLE and Clinic
21 Mar 2015 Richmond Trans Legal Collaborative (Clinical Program with CLE replay)
18 Mar 2015 Making the Legal Transition: the Nuts and Bolts of Name and Gender Marker Change
04 Dec 2014 Virginia Equality Bar Association’s Northern Virginia Holiday Social
30 Oct 2014 After Bostic: What Marriage Equality Means for You
17 Oct 2014 Law: The Ultimate Power Tool - The Virginia Women Attorneys Association 2014 Conference
09 Oct 2014 Charlottesville Area VEBA Social
04 Oct 2014 Trans Law CLE & Clinical Program
18 Sep 2014 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
21 Aug 2014 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair
14 Jun 2014 The Changing Status of Marriage CLE
(c) 2016 Virginia Equality Bar Association


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