VALS Fall Institute

The VALS Fall Institute and Board of Governors Meeting was held the weekend of October 2-3, 2010 in Glen Allen, VA.

The format was a little different this year, starting at 10 am to allow for members to travel on Saturday morning to attend the legal education, instead of having to spend an additional night at the hotel. It worked out very well, and everyone there liked the 10 am start!

The format for the actual legal education was a little different as well. We had 5.5 hours of legal education, as usual, but it covered only 2 topics and a leadership/membership workshop, instead of several different topics. The two topics were: Fighting Elder Financial Abuse by Retired Richmond Police Officer William H. Lightfoot and Important Legislative Changes and Health Care Reform by Roy Ramthun of HSA Consulting Services, LLC. Our VALS President-Elect Linda Kelly, PLS and Vice President Kelly Hickey, PP, PLS, presented a leadership/membership workshop on Mentoring and Membership Tips.

I really liked the format as the two topics covered so much information. We didn’t have to rush through all. Both speakers were very good and I learned so much! BTW, I tweeted most of the facts/figures our speakers talked about as VALSUpdates, so if you are on Twitter, look up @VALSUpdates for more

information!