VA Legal Aid Society

Nonprofit law firm proving access to justice since 1977. Free civil legal aid in south-central & western Tidewater, VA.

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Update: Twitter has informed us that it has taken down the spoof acount.

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VLAS is being spoofed by another Twitter account, @LegalAidVA. This account is not associated with VLAS or anyone on our staff and does not represent our organization in any way. We are taking steps to remove the account.

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Facing Eviction, a documentary about COVID’s impact on evictions, will premiere tonight on PBS stations. The documentary will also be able to stream at https://t.co/jGFD0quHTe.
VLAS is dedicated to helping tenants and landlords find alternatives to eviction.

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We are eager to learn about the needs of low-income people in the communities we serve. Please take our short survey here https://t.co/i1uufCdDS2 by May 2 to let us know what you think. We will use your feedback to guide our strategic plan for the next five years.

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Due to the current surge of COVID-19, the Farmville & Suffolk offices of Virginia Legal Aid Society will be closed to the public until Jan. 24. Staff will still be working, phones will still be answered, and clients will still be seen by appointment. See https://t.co/7oQOvYJA8X

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@JoelAchenbach @ScienceMagazine Great piece! Almost miraculous job of balancing the need to present a narrative and the need to explain assorted branches (the lab/not lab origin debate, the controversy over US research funding, the politics)

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Starting Monday, August 30, our Suffolk office will be open to the public weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For those applying for our free legal services, our LawLine intake system (1-866-534-5243) remains open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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Tenants and landlords in Central, Southside and Western Tidewater Virginia who need help applying for the Virginia Rent Relief Program now have a toll-free number to call to receive that help: [phone].
https://t.co/DLppxiVkpe

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Our thanks to The News and Advance for its attention to the continuing problems at James Crossing Apartments in Lynchburg. We represent several tenants in the complex and have been fighting to improve conditions there.

https://t.co/VzIl91VaOF

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A new online tool helps Virginia tenants and landlords determine whether they are eligible for COVID-related assistance. The app can be found at https://t.co/0FH9tvdd8W or by visiting Virginia Legal Aid Society’s COVID-19 Resources page at https://t.co/9vebXPXO4i

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Virginia Legal Aid Society seeks Managing Attorney for our Suffolk office; see details at https://t.co/cUgrXtN0A2

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Help us save tenants from eviction and landlords from foreclosure! Come work for us; we need seven people, and two must be bilingual Spanish/English! See https://t.co/eKWFZwSKfy for details.

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Virginia Legal Aid Society seeks part-time volunteer coordinator to work with attorneys and law firms in Lynchburg area; see Employment Opportunities on https://t.co/7oQOvYJA8X for details. EOE https://t.co/KAPxs9CzNK

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VLAS is being spoofed by another Twitter account, @LegalAidVA. This account is not associated with VLAS or anyone on our staff and does not represent our organization in any way. We are taking steps to remove the account.

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Virginia Legal Aid Society will close at 1 pm on Friday, June 19, to honor Juneteenth. Please see executive director David Neumeyer’s statement on Facebook as to why we are doing so:

https://t.co/CvKE46qAuO #accesstojustice #legalaid

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@NewsTidewater Just sent to [email protected]: Suffolk City Public Schools sued over school discipline case. Release and lawsuit attached to email

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@mizunderstoodc So sorry! We never saw your Tweet until now - just slipped through the cracks. I know it's too late, but if you need us again, please try 1-866-534-5243

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Ideas from Central Virginia Eviction Solutions meeting: How to alert people new to Lynchburg to services available? One start: Call 211, a United Way service designed to tell people what's available

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We're excited to announce the opening of a new VLAS office in Martinsville/Henry County, thanks to a generous grant from The Harvest Foundation. For details, please see https://t.co/tFDWdFFauh

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Ideas from Central Virginia Eviction Solutions meeting: We have a lot of wrap-around support in Lynchburg. If we can find a way to work better together, we can solve a lot of eviction-related problems

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Ideas from Central Virginia Eviction Solutions meeting: Evictions force many people to start from zero, because they lose almost all of their personal property in the process.