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1994 SESSION

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CHAPTER 30 An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-3900 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice of law; eligibility for student internship program. [H 426] Approved March 4, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-3900 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-3900. Practice of law; student internship program; definition.

Persons who hold a license to practice law under the laws of this Commonwealth and have paid the license tax prescribed by law may practice law in the Commonwealth.

Any person authorized and practicing as counsel or attorney in any state or territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, may for the purpose of attending to any case he may occasionally have in association with a practicing attorney of this Commonwealth practice in the courts of this Commonwealth, in which case no license fee shall be chargeable against such nonresident attorney.

Nothing herein shall prohibit the limited practice of law by military legal assistance attorneys who are employed by a military program providing legal services to low-income military clients and their dependents pursuant to rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Nothing herein shall prohibit a limited practice of law under the supervision of a practicing attorney by (i) third-year law students under the supervision of a practicing attorney or (ii) persons who are in the final year of a program of study in the office of an attorney as authorized in subdivision 2 of § 54.1-3926, pursuant to rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Further, nothing herein shall prohibit an employee of a state agency in the course of his employment from representing the interests of his agency in administrative hearings before any state agency, such representation to be limited to the examination of witnesses at administrative hearings relating to personnel matters and the adoption of agency standards, policies, rules and regulations.

As used in this chapter "attorney" means attorney-at-law.