A Message From the Chief
Drug Courts Save Lives
I had the pleasure of speaking in January at the third graduation ceremony honoring participants in the Southern Regional Drug Court in Mercer County. I have often said that drug courts save lives, and one of the lives the Mercer County program has saved was the life of a young woman who also spoke that day. I would like to tell you her story.(Read More...)
Legislation That Affects the Judiciary
The West Virginia Legislature passed several bills during the 2008 regular session that affect the court system and its employees.(Read More...)
Supreme Court Hears LAWS Docket in Princeton
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments in one civil case and three criminal cases on April 15 at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton in front of an audience of about 570 Mercer County high school and college students.(Read More...)
West Virginia Law Adventure Lets Students Write Their Own Mock Trial Scripts
Eighth-grade students from Cross Lanes and Point Pleasant launched the Supreme Court's new mock trial program for middle school students by writing original scripts about a spiked drink in a bar and a drug deal in a fast food restaurant bathroom.(Read More...)
Robes to Schools Update
Chief Justice Elliott E. "Spike" Maynard gave a brief update on the Robes to Schools program to the West Virginia Board of Education on February 14.(Read More...)
Justice Davis Receives a Graduates of Distinction Award
Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis received a Graduates of Distinction Award on June 10 from the West Virginia Education Alliance.(Read More...)
Judges Cookman, Gaughan Receive Bar Foundation Fellow Awards
Judges Donald H. Cookman and Martin J. Gaughan were among the 22 recipients of the West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow Awards for 2008.(Read More...)
Liberty Bell Award Given to Judge Robert J. Staker
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard presented the 2008 Liberty Bell Award to retired U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Staker during the West Virginia Bar Association's Past Presidents' Dinner on May 1.(Read More...)
Judge Stephens Hosts Law Day Celebration in McDowell County
McDowell County Circuit Judge Booker T. Stephens was host to about three hundred attorneys, judges, teachers, students, city and county elected officials, and law enforcement officers at the Twelfth Annual Law Day celebration at the McDowell County Courthouse on May 1.(Read More...)
Logan Court Employees Participate in Aracoma Story
A Logan County Circuit Court law clerk and court reporter and their spouses were participants in this year's production of The Aracoma Story outdoor drama at Chief Logan State Park.(Read More...)
Chief Justice Presents Bar Foundation Grants to Legal Aid, Other Programs
On April 14, West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard presented Bar Foundation grants to programs that provide legal services to low-income West Virginians.(Read More...)
Justice Starcher Presents J. R. Clifford Curriculum, Awards at West
Virginia All
Black Schools Sports and Academic Hall of Fame
Supreme Court Justice Larry V. Starcher and Charleston attorney Katherine "Kitty" Dooley presented the first draft of a complete curriculum on the life and legal cases of J.R. Clifford, West Virginia's first African-American attorney, to Capital High School on May 23.(Read More...)
Justice Starcher Speaks to Mountain State Bar
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher spoke to the Mountain State Bar Association on May 16 at Mountain State University’s Wiseman Hall, in Beckley.(Read More...)
Justice Starcher Judges University of Cincinnati Moot Court
Supreme Court Justice Larry V. Starcher was among the
jurists who judged the final round of the University of Cincinnati College of
Law's 21st Annual Rendigs National Products Liability Moot Court
Competition on April 5.
(Read More...)
Preston County Magistrates Get New Offices
During the last week in April, Preston County magistrates moved their offices to the Preston County Courthouse from space they have occupied on Tunnelton Street since the magistrate system began in Preston County in 1977.(Read More...)
Child Abuse and Neglect Training Scheduled for July
The annual West Virginia Court Improvement Program Child Abuse and Neglect Cross-Training conferences have been scheduled for mid-July in Morgantown, Parkersburg and Charleston. They will be available via distance learning broadcast in Martinsburg and Wheeling.(Read More...)
Law Library News
The West Virginia State Law Library presented a FREE workshop titled "Changing Your Name" at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 28, in the State Law Library. Topics included how legally to change your name due to marriage, adoption, and other situations.(Read More...)
Paperless Invoice Processing Begins
Michael Proops, Director of Finance for the Supreme Court of Appeals, has announced the introduction of paperless invoice processing.(Read More...)
Court Administrator Steve Canterbury Announces 2009 Calendar
Supreme Court Administrator Steve Canterbury has issued a memorandum to all West Virginia court system personnel listing the 2009 holidays(Read More...)
Prospective Retirees
Effective immediately, prospective retirees are to notify the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Division of Human Resources, two months prior to the date of retirement.(Read More...)
Transitions
Cabell County Magistrate Patricia Verbage-Spence resigned March 31 for health reasons. She has a heart condition and suffered a minor stroke in 2004. She had been a magistrate since January 1, 2001.(Read More...)
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