Bill seeks bar membership for law profs, court won’t block 
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Published: January 12, 2012
Tags: Ethics, General Assembly, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar
Some Virginia law professors would be eligible to practice law even though they have not passed the bar exam under a bill introduced at the General Assembly.
The proposal has been advanced by Washington & Lee University law Prof. A. Benjamin Spencer with the backing of the Virginia State Bar Council and several statewide bar groups. ...
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