Primary Goals

• Promote the continuing education of local government attorneys in matters of common interest. LGA has been approved as an Accredited Sponsor by the MCLE Board of the Virginia State Bar since 1986.
• Provide a forum through which members can exchange ideas and professional experiences of importance to local government attorneys.
• Provide member resources and benefits to help local government attorneys.

LGA membership categories

Active Members

• Cities, counties, towns, and school districts of Virginia, which are represented by their civil legal counsel; and
• Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties, which are represented by their respective civil legal counsel.

Associate Members

• The Commonwealth of Virginia, represented by the Attorney General or his/her designee.
• Other local or regional government entities and departments of local government, or entities concerned with municipal law, who are represented by their attorneys; and
• Firms that have attorneys who engage in a practice specializing in one or more facets of municipal law.

Individual Members

An attorney who was formerly engaged or employed on a sustained basis to represent one or more cities, counties, or towns, who wishes to maintain an affiliation with the LGA, and, if employed, whose employer, business, firm, agency, or practice is not eligible to be an active or associate member. The LGA Board of Directors may, on a case-by-case basis, allow a person who does not meet this definition to maintain an individual membership

Judicial Members

A state court judge or federal judge in Virginia. Judicial membership is complimentary and includes the electronic monthly newsletter, the electronic Handbook of Virginia Local Government Law, and attendance at LGA CLE sessions at no charge.

Membership renewal

Membership in the LGA coincides with the LGA’s fiscal year, September 1 through August 31. LGA automatically sends all previous year’s members an invoice for the coming year each August.

Aggregate Membership Program

Private firms representing multiple localities can choose to participate in this program to help add to our membership directory and to list all of the localities that the firm represents.

If a firm selects this option:

• they should send an email request by July 1 including all localities that are represented by the firm and the chief counsel for each locality;
• their dues will be based on the total population of all the localities represented by the firm and fees will coincide with the current active member dues rates listed on the membership application; and
• they can also maintain an associate membership with LGA, so the localities represented will be listed in the profiles of the firm’s attorneys, and the attorneys’ firm affiliation would be included in our programs and on our website.