2.1 Introduction

• Library: Virginia Law and Practice: A Handbook for Attorneys (Virginia CLE) (2020 Ed.)

2.1 INTRODUCTION ¹

The judicial power of the Commonwealth of Virginia is vested in the Supreme Court of Virginia and those other courts that the General Assembly may establish by statute. ² The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court serves as the administrative head of the judicial system. ³

The "other courts" established by the General Assembly are the Court of Appeals of Virginia, ⁴ and circuit courts, ⁵ which are courts of record, ⁶ and district courts, which are courts not of record. ⁷ Judges of the district courts are classified as either general district court judges or judges of the juvenile and domestic relations district courts, each with separate areas of limited jurisdiction. ⁸

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^[1] Counsel handling an appeal in either the...