John Whitfield
John Whitfield (Col ’77, Law ’81)
John Whitfield (Col ’77, Law ’81) has been appointed co-chair of the Virginia Access to Justice Commission by Chief Justice Cynthia Kinser. The commission seeks to promote equal access to justice in Virginia, with particular emphasis on the civil legal needs of Virginia residents, and expand access to civil justice for low-income and disadvantaged persons. Whitfield is the executive director of Blue Ridge Legal Services, a nonprofit legal aid society that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of the Shenandoah and Roanoke valleys of Virginia.
John Whitfield (Col ’77, Law ’81)
John Whitfield has been appointed co-chair of the newly created Virginia Access to Justice Commission by Supreme Court Chief Justice Cynthia Kinser. Supreme Court Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn will serve as the other co-chair of the 18-member commission, comprised of judges, lawyers, and other stakeholders. The mission of the Commission, created by order of the Supreme Court of Virginia in September 2013, is to promote equal access to justice in Virginia, with particular emphasis on the civil legal needs of Virginia residents. In establishing the Commission, Virginia joins 28 other states with Access to Justice Commissions charged with expanding access to civil justice for low income and disadvantaged persons. Whitfield is the executive director of Blue Ridge Legal Services, the non-profit legal aid society that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of the Shenandoah and Roanoke Valleys of Virginia.
John Whitfield (Col ’77, Law ’81)
John E. Whitfield (Col ’77, Law ’81) spoke at the April 17, 2012, White House forum, “The State of Legal Assistance.” Mr. Whitfield is the executive director of Blue Ridge Legal Services, the legal aid society serving the Shenandoah and Roanoke valleys of Virginia. He was one of six directors to participate in a panel discussion at the forum, chosen from among the 135 organizations nationally that receive federal funding through the Legal Services Corporation, which co-sponsored the event with the White House. The forum examined the state of civil legal assistance for low-income Americans. Mr. Whitfield began working at Blue Ridge Legal Services as a law student at the University. He has been the organization’s executive director since 1989.