So welcome to our blog! First off, if you love reading about the adventures of the CVLAS Richmond interns, you should also follow our Petersburg counterparts at: http://cvlaspetersburg.blogspot.com/2011/06/inauguration-blog.html?spref=fb.
Kudos to Kevin and Julia for motivating us to start our own blog.
Also, Kevin posted a great description of what CVLAS does which I'm going to copy here, just so everyone has some background info on the organization providing me, Maggie, Catherine, Hillary, and Jake with awesome summer internships.
"CVLAS is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing civil (as opposed to criminal) legal services to low income individuals. There are 3 offices: Petersburg, Richmond, and Charlottesville. CVLAS provides a wide range of services including consumer law, bankruptcy, family law, and landlord tenant law. For more information please visit our website at http://www.cvlas.org/.
CVLAS relies heavily on federal grants to survive. But like most federally funded projects, CVLAS has been facing budget cuts. Luckily we have Steve Dickinson our fearless director to help get through these tough times. Steve has already begun working feverishly to raise private donations to make up for the federal funds being cut. Steve has arranged a matching grant through the Cameron Foundation. Any money that is raised will be matched by the foundation. CVLAS is working on some events to raise awareness for CVLAS and news about those events is forthcoming. In the meantime if you would like to donate money or your services (we are always looking for volunteers) please get in touch with us. Anything would help, whether it be an hour of your time or even a $1 (which really equals $2 since Cameron will match it).
Legal aid provides a very valuable service to the local community. The great thing about America is we believe that everyone should have access to the judicial system and a chance to have their day in court. Legal aid allows for those without the economic means to pay for a private attorney to have their day in court."
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