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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 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
