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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 35. Board of Bar Examiners
Chapter 20. Law Reader Program Rule
12/31/2024

18VAC35-20-40. Responsibilities.

The board will make decisions regarding:

1. Acceptance or rejection of an application for enrollment in the program;

2. Acceptance or rejection of a lawyer to act as a supervising attorney;

3. A petition for advance standing;

4. A direction to the reader to change supervising attorneys;

5. Termination of a reader's enrollment in the program;

6. A petition for readmission;

7. Changes in course contents, course descriptions, or program completion requirements;

8. Any exceptions to the running of the six-year rule; and

9. Any other matter related to the program or referred to the board by the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-3922 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR168-01-04 § 2.1, eff. March 1, 1993.

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