The Law of Evidence in Virginia

Charles Friend is a former Professor of Law who taught evidence for many years at the University of Richmond Law School, where he served for a time as Acting Dean, and at George Mason University Law School. He has lectured extensively at CLE programs on evidence throughout the state, including many presentations on evidence on behalf of the Virginia Supreme Court for Virginia's trial and appellate judges. Since 1977 he has been the author and co-author of The Law of Evidence in Virginia, now appearing in its seventh edition. He is also author and co-author of Friend's Virginia Pleading and Practice, Personal Injury Law in Virginia and other works. A former editor-in-chief of the William & Mary Law Review, he also served for over twenty years as editor of The Virginia Bar Association Journal, and has written a number of articles on evidence and other subjects for law reviews and other professional publications.

Professor Sinclair is a full professor who has served as Associate Dean at the University of Virginia School Of Law, where he teaches Evidence and Procedure. Professor Sinclair served as a United States Magistrate Judge for seven years and has taught at Virginia for the past 30 years. He is reporter of decisions for the Supreme Court of Virginia, chair of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Court for the Commonwealth, reporter for the Boyd-Graves Conference Evidence Project, and a frequent lecturer on Virginia practice & procedure and the law of evidence to judges’ groups and lawyer CLE programs. He has served as an expert commentator for the LexisNexis legal research service, and is co-author of Sinclair & Middleditch, Virginia Civil Procedure, Friend & Sinclair, Virginia Pleading & Practice, and several other books. Professor Sinclair is editor and reporter for the four-volume Virginia Model Jury Instructions.