Virginia State Bar; allows full-time law school professors to be admitted as an active member. (SB44)

Introduced By

Sen. Henry Marsh (D-Richmond)

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Virginia State Bar admission for full-time law school professors.  Allows a full-time law professor to be admitted as an active member of the Virginia State Bar without examination provided that (i) he has been engaged in the full-time practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding application for membership to the Virginia State Bar; (ii) he is employed as a full-time professor at an American Bar Association accredited Virginia law school; and (iii) he meets all other requirements for admission to the Virginia State Bar. The bill provides that membership is limited to the period of employment as a full-time professor. Amends § 54.1-3931 (“Granting certificates without examination; law professors.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

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