October 21, 2025

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendments to

Rule 37a of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Family Court

By Order entered on September 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is seeking public comments on the provisionally adopted and proposed amendments to Rule 37a of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Family Court. All comments must be filed in writing with the Office of the Clerk on or before Thursday, October 30, 2025.

CLICK HERE to review the ORDER

Request for Public Comment on Proposed Amendments to Rules 10.11 and 10.12 of the WV State Bar Administrative Rules

By Order entered on October 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is seeking public comments on the proposed amendments to Rules 10.11 and 10.12 of the Rules of WV State Bar Administrative Rules. All comments must be filed in writing with the Office of the Clerk on or before Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

CLICK HERE to review the ORDER

THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA has Approved and Adopted the following:

September 30, 2025 - Adopted Amendments to Rule 1 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure

CLICK HERE to review the Order approving Appellate Rule amendments

October 2, 2025 - Adopted Amendments to Bylaws 1.01, 2.02, 3.02, 3.03, 5.08 and 13.02 of the West Virginia State Bar Bylaws

CLICK HERE to review the Order approving Bylaws amendments

October 3, 2025 - Approval of Amendment to Rules 3.02, 4.04, 10.02, 10.09, and 13.10 of the West Virginia State Bar Administrative Rules

CLICK HERE to review the Order approving Administrative Rule amendment

NEWS

What is the National Constitution Center Scholar

Exchange Program?

The West Virginia State Bar is partnering with the National Constitution Center’s Scholar Exchange program to educate middle school and high school students in West Virginia in the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year about the U.S. Constitution.

The Scholar Exchange Program provides lawyers, judges, and constitutional experts to join teachers in their classrooms for 45-minute virtual classes hosted by the National Constitution Center to discuss various constitutional topics with teachers and students from across the country.

With help from the National Constitution Center, the West Virginia State Bar is looking to partner with local educators in West Virginia to have lawyers from the Mountain State speak to their classes about the Constitution.

Click Here for more information on how to get involved

This is an informational session only. No CLE credit is offered.

CLICK HERE to register for the informational session

TOYS FOR TOTS

2025

The West Virginia State Bar's Veteran and Military Affairs Committee has adopted Toys for Tots as its 2025 Service Project. If you want to make a child's Christmas happier, please consider participating in the Service Project. The boxes will be picked up on December 1 and December 2. If you wish to make a monetary contribution, make your check payable to Toys for Tots and mail to or drop off at the State Bar.  Monetary contributions must be received by December 2.

CLE

We are more than HALF-WAY through the 2024-2026 CLE reporting period.

Are you on track to complete your CLE credits?

• The CLE reporting period ends June 30, 2026.
• Active members must report a minimum of 24 CLE credits, including at least 3 credits in one of the four ethics categories. Lower CLE requirements apply to attorneys admitted to practice during the reporting period. Those attorneys should refer to Administrative Rule 6.04(a).
• No more than half of the total CLE requirements may be satisfied by pre-recorded presentations with no interactive component.
• Live/interactive webinars (i.e. Zoom with a live chat component) qualifies for live attendance CLE credit.
• Over 40 FREE online CLE credits are available on the WV State Bar website. These are recordings of previously presented State Bar courses. These courses/credits may be used to meet your CLE requirements if you have not previously completed and reported the course in a prior reporting period. Click here for a list of courses and credits.
• CLE must be reported via the online member portal at www.mywvbar.org.
• Check your CLE transcript for accuracy. Correction requests must be submitted in writing to compliance@wvbar.org  
• Confirm any credits that have been imported for you by CLE providers – such credits are “pending” on your CLE transcript. Credits are not part of your CLE total until they are confirmed.

CLE Rule Spotlight

Submitting Course for CLE

When submitting a course for CLE approval, do not submit each session in the course separately. For example, if a CLE program begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 4:00 p.m. and is comprised of six 50-minute sessions, it should be submitted as one request for 300 instructional minutes, or 6 credits. Do not submit six separate requests for one credit each. There is a separate filing fee for each submission, so it will cost more, and it is less efficient to approve.  

CLICK HERE for Rule 6 - Mandatory Continuing Legal Education

EVENTS

October 22, 2025

WV Court Improvement Program -

Live Lunch and Learn Webinar

Update on the Law (Child Abuse and Neglect Law)

Host: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Court Improvement Program

Time: 12:00 - 12:50 p.m.

CLE: 1 credit

Platform: Live WebEx Webinar

Cost: Free

The Honorable Judge Courrier, Twenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit and Chair of the CIP, will discuss case law that has come out in the past year regarding Child Abuse and Neglect.



Click Here to Register

Questions, contact Kandi Greter at kandi.greter@courtswv.gov

Join your colleagues and earn 3 CLE credits including 1 credit in ethics! Lunch will be provided. Registration Fee is $150.00 per regional meeting.

Click Here for Additional Regional Meeting Information

All newly admitted members of the State Bar are required to complete a mandatory Bridge the Gap program sponsored by the State Bar within twenty-four months after admission to the West Virginia State Bar per State Bar Administrative Rule 6.03(a).  Attendance to Bridge the Gap is free to newly admitted members of the State Bar. Continuing legal education is available for completing Bridge the Gap program.

Host: WV State Bar Young Lawyer Section 

Date: October 30, 2025

Location: Bridgeport Conference Center, Bridgeport, WV

Cost: Free

CLE: 7 credits including 5 in ethics

CLICK HERE for Bridge the Gap requirements

CLICK HERE to Register for Bridge the Gap

November 10, 2025

2025 Veterans & Military Affairs Annual CLE

Live In-Person at State Bar Center and via Live Webinar

Host:  The West Virginia State Bar's Veterans & Military Affairs Committee.

Location: State Bar Center "Live In-Person" and "Live Virtual" Webinar

Time: 9:00 a.m. - noon

CLE: 3 credits

Speakers: Department of Veterans Assistance Cabinet Secretary Ryan Kennedy, Co-Director of the WVU Veterans Advocacy Clinic, Ashley Talbott, and veterans disability lawyer, Victoria Gorby.

Topics: Discharge updgrades, VA Disability Benefits, liberal consideration, and more.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for Live In-Person

Click HERE TO REGISTER for Live Webinar