HB117:

Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses, requirements.

Bill Summary:

Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses;
requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to take
the Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board of
Bar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completed
legal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalent
of at least five semesters on a system other than a semester system,
of full-time study at a law school approved by the American Bar Association
or the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant is
required to have completed all degree requirements of such law school.