The Virginia Lawyer: A Basic Practice Handbook

Date

1970

Citation

A. E. Dick Howard, The Virginia Lawyer: A Basic Practice Handbook, Virginia State Bar Association (Revised ed. 1970).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

A. E. Dick Howard

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law and Legal History

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