Agency 35. Board of Bar Examiners
- Preface
- Agency Summary
- Chapter 10
- Rules of the Virginia Board of Bar ExaminersRead all
- Part I
- General Provisions
- Section 10
- Examinations
- Section 20
- Academic Requirements
- Section 30
- Character Requirements
- Section 40
- Applicant Eligibility
- Part II
- Filing Procedure
- Section 50
- Procedure for Completing and Filing Application
- Section 60
- Fees
- Section 70
- Filing Deadline
- Section 80
- Form Required
- Part III
- Attachments Required of All Applicants
- Section 90
- Educational Certificates
- Section 100
- Character and Fitness Investigation
- Section 110
- Fingerprints
- Section 120
- Photographs
- Part IV
- Attachments Required of Some Applicants
- Section 130
- Certificates of Good Standing
- Section 140
- Applicants with Foreign Legal Training
- Section 150
- Certification of Study for Reexamination
- Section 160
- Supplementary Sheets
- Section 170
- Applicants with Disabilities
- Part V
- Reexaminations
- Section 180
- Requirements for Reexamination
- Part VI
- Filing an Application But Not Taking the Examination
- Section 190
- Procedure for Taking Examination
- Part VII
- Additional Information
- Section 200
- Applicant Requirements
- FORMS
- Forms (18VAC35-10)
- Chapter 20
- Law Reader Program RuleRead all
- Part I
- General
- Section 10
- Definitions
- Section 20
- Purpose of Regulation
- Section 30
- Special Considerations
- Part II
- Board of Bar Examiners
- Section 40
- Responsibilities
- Section 50
- Filing
- Part III
- Application Procedures
- Section 60
- Applicants
- Section 70
- Notification
- Part IV
- Advanced Standing
- Section 80
- Eligibility
- Section 90
- Prescribed Courses
- Section 100
- Special Application Procedures
- Section 110
- Determination
- Part V
- Supervising Attorneys
- Section 120
- Responsibility
- Section 130
- Qualifications
- Section 140
- Duties
- Section 150
- Examinations
- Part VI
- Course of Study
- Section 160
- Structure
- Section 170
- Jurisprudence
- Section 180
- Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics
- Section 190
- First Year
- Section 200
- Second Year
- Section 210
- Third Year
- Section 220
- Fourth Year
- Section 230
- Recommended Approved Electives
- Part VII
- Board Evaluations
- Section 240
- Frequency
- Section 250
- Determination of Progress
- Section 260
- Materials
- Section 270
- Decision
- Section 280
- Other Evaluations
- Section 290
- Notice
- Part VIII
- Withdrawal
- Section 300
- Voluntary Withdrawal by Reader
- Section 310
- Involuntary Withdrawal by Reader
- Section 320
- Voluntary Withdrawal by Supervising Attorney
- Section 330
- Involuntary Withdrawal by Supervising Attorney
- Section 340
- Effect on the Six-Year Rule
- Part IX
- Course Descriptions
- Article 1
- First Year
- Section 350
- Basic Legal Skills
- Section 360
- Civil Procedure I
- Section 370
- Contracts
- Section 380
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Section 390
- Property, Real and Personal
- Section 400
- Torts
- Article 2
- Second Year
- Section 410
- Agency and Partnership
- Section 420
- Conflict of Laws
- Section 430
- Constitutional Law
- Section 440
- Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
- Section 450
- Evidence
- Section 460
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Article 3
- Third Year
- Section 470
- Equity (Remedies) and Equity Procedure
- Section 480
- Professional Responsibility
- Section 490
- Domestic Relations
- Section 500
- Wills, Estates, Trusts, Probate
- Section 510
- Basic Federal Income Tax
- Section 520
- Virginia Civil Procedure
- Article 4
- Fourth Year; Recommended Electives
- Section 530
- Administrative Law and Legislation
- Section 540
- Admiralty
- Section 550
- Antitrust
- Section 560
- Consumer Protection
- Section 570
- Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
- Section 580
- Environmental Law
- Section 590
- Insurance
- Section 600
- Intellectual Property
- Section 610
- International Law
- Section 620
- Labor and Employment Law
- Section 630
- Land Use
- Section 640
- Legal Accounting
- Section 650
- Local Government Law
- Section 660
- Modern Land Finance
- Section 670
- Securities Regulation
- Section 680
- Taxation of Estates and Gifts
- Section 690
- Trial Practice
- Section 700
- Jurisprudence
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