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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 35. Board of Bar Examiners
Chapter 10. Rules of the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners
12/22/2024

18VAC35-10-180. Requirements for reexamination.

Any applicant failing to pass an examination may, after such failure, be reexamined not exceeding four additional times, provided that no examination may be taken more than five times except upon conditions recited in § 54.1-3930 of the Code of Virginia. Upon seeking reexamination, the applicant shall:

1. File the Application for Reexamination, with all required attachments enclosed, in the place and by the deadlines described herein;

2. Pay the current application fee at the time of filing the application;

3. File a supplement to his character and fitness questionnaire, updating the information therein. The board may require a new character and fitness investigation if more that two years has elapsed since the applicant's graduation from law school or from the date of the completion of the original character and fitness investigation; and

4. Procure and file current certificates of good standing from the court of last resort of all jurisdictions to which the applicant has been admitted.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-3922 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR168-01-02 § 5.1, eff. October 1, 1993.

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