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The Official Web Site for Virginia’s Judicial System

Welcome to the Website of Virginia's Judicial System. Our aim is to assure that disputes are resolved justly, promptly, and economically through a court system unified in its structures and administration. This system is comprised of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, circuit courts in thirty-one judicial circuits ...

https://www.vacourts.gov/ The Official Web Site for Virginia’s Judicial System

Division of Legislative Services: Judicial Selection - Virginia

Judges in Virginia are selected for the bench by a process of legislative election. The judicial selection process begins when a vacancy occurs in the judiciary or when a new seat is created by the General Assembly. The Supreme Court (circuit and appellate levels) and the Committee on District Courts (district level) advise the General Assembly ...

http://dls.virginia.gov/judicial.html Division of Legislative Services: Judicial Selection - Virginia

Introduction to Virginia’s Judicial System – Virginia Rules

Learn how courts are organized in Virginia, what the different courts do, how cases are brought to and heard in local courts, and how judges are appointed in Virginia. What are courts? Courts are part of the judicial branch of government and responsible for interpreting laws when a law is broken or there is a dispute.

https://virginiarules.org/varules_topics/introduction-to-virginias-judicial-system/ Introduction to Virginia’s Judicial System – Virginia Rules

Virginia Judiciary Online Case Information System

The case information displayed on OCIS 2.0 is case information entered by the respective court clerks into the respective case management systems (CMS). The Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) of the Supreme Court of Virginia is the administrative office for Virginia's Judicial System and provides the technology support to operate CMS.

https://eapps.courts.state.va.us/ocis/landing Virginia Judiciary Online Case Information System