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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 622 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 559; in 1972, chapter 518; in 1975, chapter 334; in 1980, chapter 447; in 1981, chapter 231; in 1989, chapter 597; in 1990, chapter 249; in 2001, chapter 229<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 115<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1389785,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349536,"identifier":"16.1-218","token":"16.1\/9\/16.1-218","url":"\/16.1-218\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-218\/","token":"16.1\/9\/16.1-218","dublin_core":{"Title":"Established; active and honorary members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-218","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby established a Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts<\/span> whose active members shall be the judge<\/span> of every general district court<\/span> and juvenile and domestic relations district court<\/span> of the Commonwealth. The Attorney General<\/span> of Virginia, the Chairman of the House Committee for Courts<\/span> of Justice or his designee who shall be a member of the committee, the Chairman of the Senate Committee for Courts<\/span> of Justice or his designee who shall be a member of the committee, 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<\/span> Lawyers Association, 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 College of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and the president and secretary of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys shall be honorary members of the Conference without voting privilege<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHED; ACTIVE AND HONORARY MEMBERS (\u00a7 16.1-218)\n\nThere is hereby established a Judicial Conference of Virginia for District\nCourts whose active members shall be the judge of every general district court\nand juvenile and domestic relations district court of the Commonwealth. The\nAttorney General of Virginia, the Chairman of the House Committee for Courts of\nJustice or his designee who shall be a member of the committee, the Chairman of\nthe Senate Committee for Courts of Justice or his designee who shall be a member\nof the committee, the president and secretary of the Virginia State Bar, the\npresident and secretary of the Virginia Bar Association, the president and\nsecretary of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the president and secretary\nof the Old Dominion Bar Association, the president and secretary of the Virginia\nAssociation of Commonwealth’s Attorneys, the president and secretary of\nthe Virginia Women Attorneys Association, the president and secretary of the\nVirginia College of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and the president and secretary\nof the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys shall be honorary members of\nthe Conference without voting privilege.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 622; 1970, c. 559; 1972, c. 518; 1975, c. 334; 1980, c. 447;\n1981, c. 231; 1989, c. 597; 1990, c. 249; 2001, c. 229; 2008, c. 115.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}