What are the consequences of asap non compliance in Virginia?

Answer 1

I'm a paralegal who got regrettably caught in this system due to a head injury and initially not a 'real' lawyer. They're out to meet their quotas. I'm not kidding and am myself facing jail time for non-compliance because I confused the time of appointments twice. I showed up both times, one hour late because, as a result of the head injury, I can't keep a thing straight and thought, on both occasions for whatever reason, that my meeting was at 10:30 not 9:30 - in spite of the fact that I was clearly trying to participate, and even paid them on the 2nd visit even though I don't have a job they sent me to court for non-compliance. Watch out. I've heard over and over again that they double charge people and their 'classes' are pretty much having you read out of the book or watch videos. As a paralegal, having worked mostly in the medical malpractice field (I screened cases for those worth millions of dollars, no joke). They have and quota of 'failed' people to meet and a vested interest in people staying in the program because they're essentially for profit. If you don't put up with every iota of their b/s ie let nothing literally short of near death keep you from a class you'll be OK. God help you if you have to deal with child care. One drink in VA at happy hour and you could lose custody of your child because of ASAP policy. Seriously.