An effort to open Virginia State Bar membership to law professors with recent practice experience is advancing again in the General Assembly. The plan would allow law professors to become active members of the bar if they have engaged in ...

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Virginia welcomes 1,076 new lawyers after today’s admission ceremony. The number reflects those who successfully completed the July 2012 Virginia Bar Exam and met the licensing requirements needed to be sworn in this morning at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. ...

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The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners has released the names of the 1,136 applicants who passed the July 2012  bar exam. The list includes a section for exam-takers who passed but are not being licensed at this time due to ...

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The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners has released the names of the 1,136 applicants who passed the July 2012  bar exam. The list includes a section for exam-takers who passed but are not being licensed at this time due to ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE – If only President Obama had had Molly Bishop Shadel on speed-dial for that first presidential debate, things might have gone differently. During one of those podium pauses when Obama was looking down, Shadel could have texted back suggestions ...

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Gov. Bob McDonnell received one of the highest awards given by the University of Notre Dame last week. The Notre Dame Alumni Association presented the governor with the 2012 Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award. McDonnell graduated from the school ...

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ROANOKE – Blame demands for a more practical law school experience for at least part of the rise in the cost of legal education. So says Nora V. Demleitner, the new dean of Washington & Lee University’s law school. More ...

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Sobering new statistics illustrate the difficulty of turning a law degree into a full-time practice position, unless your degree comes from a top tier law school. The American Bar Association has – for the first time – provided numbers for ...

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Sobering new statistics illustrate the difficulty of turning a law degree into a full time practice position, unless your degree comes from a top tier law school. The American Bar Association has – for the first time – provided numbers ...

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A former Regent University doctoral student with Asperger syndrome will not have to pay almost $340,000 in student loans she accumulated during her almost 20-year pursuit of higher education, including a stint at law school, a Maryland federal bankruptcy judge ...

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