Virginia lawyer Bradford Jacob serves as the president of EPC Consulting, a company that provides consultation and services that ensure effective contract execution. A member of the Virginia Bar Association (VBA), Bradford Jacob is skilled in the areas of contract negotiation, confidentiality agreement preparation, and legal training. New attorneys and active members of the VBA must complete a mandatory professionalism course in order to maintain their position on the board.

2.  Virginia lawyer Bradford Jacob serves as the president of EPC
Consulting, a company that provides consultation and services
that ensure effective contract execution. A member of the
Virginia Bar Association (VBA), Bradford Jacob is skilled in the
areas of contract negotiation, confidentiality agreement
preparation, and legal training. New attorneys and active
members of the VBA must complete a mandatory
professionalism course in order to maintain their position on the
board.
Implemented after the 2000 enactment of the Virginia Supreme
Court’s Rules of Professional Conduct, the course consists of a
7.5-hour program worth 5.0 continuing legal education (CLE)
credit hours.

3.  Fulfillment of the requirement includes attending a
general workshop and a specialty workshop that
focuses on a particular practice. Registrants may
choose which specialty workshop to attend.
Completion of the course must occur within 12
months of becoming an active VBA member, and
substitutions with other ethics courses are not
permitted. Furthermore, professionalism courses
offered by other states do not fulfill the VBA’s
professionalism course requirement. Registrants
must attend the class in person.

4.  Registration for the professionalism course costs $150.
Course programs begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 4:00
p.m. Check-in registration takes place 30 minutes prior the
program’s start time, and all registrants may attend a
luncheon. Dates and locations vary, although space is
limited for all available programs. Registrants may indicate
up to three date/location preferences from the list provided
by the VBA.
For more information or to register for the professionalism
course, see the Professional Course FAQ guide at
vsb.org/site/members/professionalism-course-faqs.