Thursday, January 15, 2026

1:15pm to 2:15pm - Norfolk Courthouse First Floor Training Room

1 CLE Credit

Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

Presenters:  Tricia Batson, Legal Aid society of Eastern Virginia and Janet James, Esquire, Legal Aid society of Eastern Virginia

Tricia Batson: 

Tricia Batson is the Director of the Pro Bono & Private Attorney Involvement Program at Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (Legal Aid). Tricia started practicing law with Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia as a Staff Attorney in Norfolk and then as a staff attorney and managing attorney in the Hampton/Newport News office. For several years following, the military moved Tricia’s family outside of the Hampton Roads area where she continued to serve in numerous volunteer roles as well as a contributing author for Leading Practice Profiles for the Association of Corporate Counsel. She returned to the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia in 2020. 

Tricia has served in numerous volunteer roles throughout her local communities and is active in several Hampton Roads Bar Associations.  She received her undergraduate degree in Economics from DePauw University and her juris doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Janet James:

Janet James, Esquire is the grant-funded Pro Bono Expungement Grant Attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia. Ms. James has been licensed as an attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1999. In addition to working at Legal Aid, Ms. James has served in various capacities in state government and nonprofits for over 25 years.

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