Media Center
Find press releases, impact reports, media contacts, and updates on our fight for a fairer Virginia.
Welcome to Virginia Poverty Law Center’s Media Center: your source for the latest on our advocacy, legal work, and community impact. Here you’ll find press releases, featured news stories, data-driven reports, and downloadable materials for journalists, partners, and the public. Whether you’re covering a breaking issue, researching policy change, or highlighting our work, this is where you’ll find trusted, timely information about our mission and movement.
News and Insights
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A Tradition Continues: ASC 2026 Registration Opens
Since its earliest days, VPLC has believed that a stronger legal aid community leads to greater access to justice. That belief took shape in November 1979, when VPLC hosted the first Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference (ASC) in Skyland, Virginia, just fifteen months after the organization was founded.
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VPLC Joins 2026 Interfaith Justice Revival Tour Across Southwest Virginia
For the second year in a row, Virginia Poverty Law Center is proud to once again partner with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) and the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP for the 2026 Interfaith Justice Revival […]
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The Work Continues: New Virginia Laws and the Pursuit of Justice
As the nation reflects on 250 years of striving toward its founding ideals, new Virginia laws taking effect July 1 represent meaningful steps toward justice, dignity, and opportunity for all.
Press Releases
See all the latest news from VPLC in our Press Release library.
Latest Stories
Justice in Real Life: Maria
Elevating tenants’ voices to drive lasting housing reform across Virginia.
Justice in Real Life: Carlos
A $32 mistake cost him everything.
Justice in Real Life: Lena
When tenants say enough is enough.
How We Drive Change Across Virginia
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Directors
Valerie L’Herrou, Esq.
Deputy Director of the Center for Family Advocacy
Staff Attorney, Family & Child Welfare
Susheela Varky, Esq.
Director of the Center for Family Advocacy and Legal Assistance for Victim-Immigrants of Domestic Abuse (LA VIDA)
