President’s Message Legalcare and Legalaid continued from page 10 assist in law students having jobs upon completion of law school and passing the bar. Individual citizens would have a variety of places to receive services. The courts would have more represented lit-igants. On the other hand, many would think before fi ling lawsuits if the other side was also represented. They would do the right thing. The legal need will still be great. Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) were all created to assist with medical needs. They have not solved the medical needs or insur-ance gaps. Moreover, legal insurance will not solve all the legal needs. Your help is still greatly needed. Until everyone is entitled to an attorney in both civil and criminal cases, we must live up to Rule 6.1. Sign up for Virginia.freelegalanswers .org. Support your local legal aid society. Free and Low Cost Legal Resources Pamphlet A guide for helping low-and modest-income Virginians obtain legal services. See: http://bit.ly/2xdBBM6 The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation wishes to thank its loyal volunteers, donors, community and corporate part-ners, Firms In Service — Richmond and the Virginia Law Foundation for supporting our eff orts to close the justice gap. In 2016, our Richmond Pro Bono Promise participants (listed below) provided over 38,000 hours of pro bono service and over $200,000 in monetary support of pro bono service programs. GRBF Pro Bono Promise Participants (Richmond area only): Capital One Christian & Barton Dominion Goodman Allen Donnelly Hirschler Fleischer Hunton & Williams LeClairRyan McCandlish Holton Morris McGuireWoods Richmond Bar Association -Board of Directors Sands Anderson Spotts Fain ThompsonMcMullan Troutman Sanders Williams Mullen www.grbf.org 12 VIRGINIA LAWYER | October 2017 | Vol. 66 www.vsb.org