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Former Soviet country studies Virginia bar exam
ROANOKE — As more than 1,600 candidates sat down for the Virginia bar exam in Roanoke this summer, a group of observers from an Eastern European nation were closely watching […]
February 2013 Virginia Bar Exam Results
Editor’s note: Below are the names of the successful candidates who sat for the February 2013 Virginia bar examination. Of the 564 applicants who took the exam, 324 passed, for […]
Virginia bar exam ranks as one of the toughest
The numbers don’t lie. Virginia lawyers are right when they claim they face one of the toughest bar exams in the country. In fact, we’re number six, according to a […]
Here’s to this year’s New Lawyers!
Virginia Lawyers Weekly salutes the 1,136 new lawyers who passed the July 2012 Virginia Bar Exam. They were sworn in yesterday in a ceremony in Richmond. Our new lawyer coverage […]
Get off on the right foot
Editor’s Note: Barbara Rabinovitz, a former reporter at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister paper of Virginia Lawyers Weekly, interviewed veteran prosecutor Christina E. Miller of Boston, seeking her advice to […]
July 2012 Virginia Bar Exam Results
Editor’s Note: Below are the names of the successful candidates who sat for the July 2012 Virginia bar examination. Of the 1,533 applicants who took the exam, 1,136 passed, for […]
Bar Exam passers become Virginia’s newest lawyers
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 […]
Court proposes to drop full-time rule for waived-in lawyers
Following angry reactions prompted by examination of the rules for “waived in” lawyers, the Supreme Court of Virginia is proposing to drop its full-time practice requirement. The change would affect […]
1,136 pass July 2012 Bar Exam
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 […]
1,136 pass July 2012 Bar Exam
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 […]
294 pass February 2012 Bar Exam
The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners has released the names of the 294 applicants who passed the February 2012 exam. The list includes a section for exam-takers who passed but […]
July 2011 Virginia Bar Exam Results
Editor’s Note: Below are the names of the successful candidates who sat for the July 2011 Virginia bar examination. Of the 1,513 applicants who took the exam, 1,156 passed, for […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
Opinion Digests
- Freedom of Information – Exemption 5 protects draft PTAB written decision
- Fraud – Homeowners’ RICO claim is dismissed
- Criminal – Sex-offender convicted of providing false information
- Evidence – Defendants must respond to post-judgment discovery
- Patent and trademark – Several claims found to be ineligible for patent protection
- Criminal – Evidence supports robbery conviction
- Administrative – Internal Communications Among Patent Judges – Withheld Materials
- Criminal – Denial of continuance wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Criminal – Felony eluding conviction violated Double Jeopardy clause
- Criminal – Defendant was wrongly convicted of two counts of hit-and-run
- Criminal – Sexually-violent predator denied conditional release
- Constitutional – Redistricting effort violated Virginia Constitution
