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 325 successfully completed the exam, for an overall pass rate ...

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After a three-year process marked by protests from waived-in lawyers and several proposed rule rewrites, the Supreme Court of Virginia has dropped most special practice requirements for lawyers admitted in Virginia without examination. The rule for lawyers admitted “on motion” ...

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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 the testing process. As the now-independent former Soviet republic of ...

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As if bar candidates cramming legal knowledge didn’t have enough to worry about with the looming Virginia bar examination, word is out that bar examiners have been casting a critical eye on candidates’ writing ability. The Virginia Board of Bar ...

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State officials are bracing for a flood of new applications if the Supreme Court of Virginia approves relaxed standards for allowing out-of-state lawyers to practice in Virginia. Northern Virginia leaders say the rule changes proposed by the court would throw ...

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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 a pass rate of 74.1 percent. Congratulations! A Nael Antar ...

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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 University of Virginia law school again led the way in its Virginia bar pass rate for the July exam, but only by a slim margin. U.Va.’s overall bar pass rate was 89.8 percent, with William & Mary’s law school ...

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Virginia is losing out as a location for Washington-based law firms because of its restrictive rules for lawyer bar admission, according to a business representative and officials in Arlington County. A recent county economic development report claims major Washington law ...

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