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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350215</law_id><section_number>17.1-706</section_number><catch_line>Establishment and membership</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="7">Judicial Policy-Making Bodies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Judicial Conference of Virginia</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby established the Judicial Conference of Virginia, which shall have as its active members the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia, the <span class="dictionary">chief judge</span> and <span class="dictionary">judges</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, all other <span class="dictionary">judges</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth and all retired justices and <span class="dictionary">judges</span> of such <span class="dictionary">courts</span>. The honorary membership shall consist of the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> of Virginia, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice or their designees who shall be members of the <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">Trial</span> 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&#x2019;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 <span class="dictionary">law</span> schools of The College of William and Mary in Virginia, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Washington and Lee University, George Mason University, Regent University, Liberty University, and the Appalachian School of <span class="dictionary">Law</span>, and the two attorneys appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> as members of the Judicial Council. The honorary members shall not have voting <span class="dictionary">privileges</span>.</p></section></text><history>1950, p. 69, &#xA7; 17-228; 1964, c. 9; 1970, c. 404; 1980, c. 447; 1981, c. 231; 1984, c. 703; 1989, c. 597; 1990, c. 249; 1998, cc. 38, 872; 2008, c. 115; 2012, c. 76.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
