Bill Text: VA SB44 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Virginia State Bar; allows full-time law school professors to be admitted as an active member.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-10 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [SB44 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-SB44-Prefiled.html
12100607D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §54.1-3931 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §54.1-3931. Granting certificates without examination; law professors. The Supreme Court shall have discretion to grant a certificate without examination to any attorney who has been admitted to practice law before the court of last resort of any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia for at least five years. The certificate shall entitle the holder, after paying his license tax, to practice in the courts of this Commonwealth. The Supreme Court shall also have discretion to grant a certificate without examination to any person connected with any foreign embassy or legation to appear in the courts of this Commonwealth in all matters connected with his official duties, provided that the person has been admitted to practice in the court of last resort of the jurisdiction of the embassy or legation to which he is attached or he has received a degree from a law school approved by the American Bar Association. The Supreme Court shall have the authority to promulgate rules
and regulations allowing professors in law schools located in the Commonwealth The Supreme Court may authorize the Board or any committee thereof to administer the provisions of this section. All other persons shall take the examinations and comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter. |