VPLC Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference 2026

The conference is held at Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.

The listed audiences include advocates, attorneys, community leaders, and service providers.

It is most useful for legal aid attorneys, advocates and service providers in Virginia who want to work on poverty law, since it is run by the Virginia Poverty Law Center, covers civil legal aid, policy change and racial equity, and offers CLE credits for qualifying sessions. Private-practice lawyers outside public interest work, or attendees from other states, would get less from it, because the focus is on low-income Virginians and statewide networks.

Legal aid attorneys and advocates at statewide conferences usually wear business casual, with suits reserved for those presenting or attending court the same week, and a light jacket suits Norfolk in October.