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2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17.1-706 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-706. Establishment and membership.
There is hereby established the Judicial Conference of
Virginia, which shall have as its active members the Chief Justice and justices
of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the chief judge and judges of the Court of
Appeals, all other judges of the circuit courts of the Commonwealth and all
retired justices and judges of such courts. The honorary membership shall
consist of the Attorney General of Virginia, the Chairmen of the Courts of
Justice Committees of the Senate and House of Delegates or their designees who
shall be members of the Courts of Justice committees, the president and
secretary of the Virginia State Bar, the president and secretary of the
Virginia Bar Association, the president and secretary of the Virginia Trial
Lawyers Association, the president and secretary of the Virginia Association of
Defense Attorneys, the president and secretary of the Old Dominion Bar
Association, the president and secretary of the Virginia Association of
Commonwealth's Attorneys, the president and secretary of the Virginia Women
Attorneys Association, the president and secretary of the Virginia
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the deans of the law schools of
the College of William and Mary, University of Richmond, University of
Virginia, Washington and Lee University, George Mason University, and
Regent University, Liberty University, and the Appalachian School of Law,
and the two attorneys appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as
members of the Judicial Council. The honorary members shall not have voting
privileges.