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SB 1159 Virginia State Bar; granting certificate of admission to law professors.

Introduced by: Henry L. Marsh III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Virginia State Bar admission for full-time law school professors. Allows a full-time law professor to be admitted as an active member of the Virginia State Bar without examination provided that he is otherwise eligible to be admitted to the Virginia State Bar. A full-time law professor who is not so eligible for admission may become an associate member of the Virginia State Bar.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia State Bar admission for full-time law school professors. Allows a full-time law professor to be admitted as an active member of the Virginia State Bar without examination provided that (i) he has been engaged in the full-time practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding application for membership to the Virginia State Bar; (ii) he is employed as a full-time professor at an American Bar Association accredited Virginia law school; and (iii) he meets all other requirements for admission to the Virginia State Bar. The bill provides that membership is limited to the period of employment as a full-time professor.