The Women Lawyers Section of CABA is again offering this year a Mentorship Program for and by lawyers.  For more information, please click the following:

Mentor Information and Forms

Mentee Information and Forms

Following is a list of the pre-docket meetings for Albemarle County Circuit Court for the remainder of 2009.  Attorneys who want their case to be scheduled at the pre-docket meeting need to have a letter of AVOID dates to the office Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney no later than the end of the day before the pre-docket meeting.  If an attorney has a matter set at the pre-docket meeting they will still need to contact this office to see when the case is set but do not need to appear at docket call.  CLIENTS WHO ARE NOT IN CUSTODY MUST STILL APPEAR AT DOCKET CALL TO BE RECOGNIZED.
 

April 3, 2009
 

May 28, 2009
 

July 31, 2009
 

October 2, 2009
 

December 3, 2009
 

Denise Lunsford
Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney
434-972-4072

The Office of Commonwealth’s Attorney for Albemarle County has established policy guidelines for prosecutors handling larceny cases in Albemarle County General District Court.  For the full text of the guidelines, click on the following link:

Albemarle Prosecutor Larceny Guidelines for General District Court

Jeff Gould, Drug Court Administrator for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Drug Court, advises that the residency requirement for eligiblity has changed from 18 months to 12 months.  For summary of information regarding eligibility, disqualifying factors, entry procedures, legal benefits for participants upon successful completion, click here: Drug Court “cheat sheet”

The Albemarle County Circuit Court is no longer using a Post Office Box.  Therefore, the new mailing address for all correspondence is:

Albemarle County Circuit Court

501 East Jefferson Street

Charlottesville, VA 22902-5110