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Virginia stakeholders hope new bar exam brings back test-takers
Virginia will implement the NextGen UBE in 2028 to address declining bar exam participation among law graduates, improving score portability and exam relevance.
July bar exam pass rate nearly 80%
Nearly 80% of candidates passed the July 2025 Virginia Bar Exam, the highest rate since 2008. U.Va. Law led with a 95% pass rate among test takers.
Virginia February bar exam pass rate over 61%
Virginia’s February bar exam saw a 61.11% pass rate, a drop from 2024’s 66%. Top schools had strong showings. The July exam filing deadline is May 12.
Bar pass rate highest since 2011
The success rate for those taking the Virginia bar exam this summer was the highest since 2011, the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners reported. Of the 637 who sat for […]
A tale of two tests: Bar pass rate rebounds
2018 was a tale of two bar exams. While February saw Virginia bar exam takers pass at the lowest rate since 2009, July test-takers passed at the highest rate since […]
Law grad sues for extra time on bar exam
A recent law school graduate is suing to get extra time to complete the essay test of the Virginia Bar Exam. The 2016 University of Richmond law grad is asking […]
Panel adjusts mental health questions for bar applicants
Responding quickly to an inquiry from a Virginia lawyer, the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners has revised questions asked of bar applicants about mental health treatment and past conditions. The […]
810 pass July 2015 bar exam
A total of 810 applicants passed the July 2015 Virginia bar examination, according to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners. The overall pass rate was 71.05 percent, which is up […]
A little ditty about Jack and Diane
The 2015 Virginia bar exam is in the books. As this column noted last week, 1,143 lawyer wannabes took the exam in Roanoke the week of July 27. Here is […]
Numbers show decline in bar exam applicants
The latest figures from the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners show a 12 percent drop in the number of prospective attorneys taking the February bar exam. The VBBE released the […]
Virginia lowers a barrier for out-of-state lawyers
The Supreme Court of Virginia quietly has opened the door a bit wider for out-of-state attorneys seeking to practice in Virginia without taking the bar examination. In a rule change […]
325 pass February bar exam
Nearly 60 percent of applicants who sat for the February 2014 bar exam have passed, according to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners. Of the 547 applicants, a total of […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
- Negligence and Tort -Hit by hockey puck, camper sustains TBI
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Ineffective assistance of counsel claim is rejected
- Criminal – 21-year-old MS-13 gang member receives five mandatory life sentences
- Appeals – Plaintiff lacks standing after he voluntarily settles his individual claims
- Appeals – Defendant’s release from prison moots his appeal
- Environmental – Injunction limiting release of chemical compound is vacated
- Fraud – False Claims Act suit against hospital is dismissed
- Constitutional – Suit over abuses in West Virginia foster care system is reinstated
- Prisons – Inmate’s suit was improperly dismissed
- Criminal – No dismissal of indictment despite Brady violation
- Sanctions – Contempt vacated because party wasn’t properly served
- Search & Seizure – Police had reasonable suspicion to search defendant’s bag
- Parent and child – ‘Best-interests of child’ standard isn’t unconstitutional
