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1998 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-3926 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-3926. Preliminary proof of education required of applicant.
In addition to the certificate required by § 54.1-3925, before taking any examination under this article the applicant shall furnish to the Board satisfactory evidence that he has:
1. Completed all degree requirements from a law school approved by the American Bar Association or the Board; or
2. Received a bachelor's degree from a four-year accredited college or
university and studied law for three years, consisting of not less than
eighteen hours per week for at least forty weeks per year in the office
of an attorney practicing in this Commonwealth, whose full time is devoted to
the practice of law,; or
3. Studied law for at least three years partly in a law school
approved by the American Bar Association or the Board and partly, for not
less than eighteen hours per week for at least forty weeks per year, in
the practicing attorney's office of an attorney practicing in
this Commonwealth whose full time is devoted to the practice of law; or
4. Received a bachelor's degree from a four-year accredited college or university and studied law for three years, consisting of not less than eighteen hours per week for at least forty weeks per year, with a retired circuit court judge who served the Commonwealth as a circuit court judge for a minimum of ten years and who at the time of commencement of the three-year study period was retired for not more than five years.
The attorney in whose office or the judge with whom the applicant intends to study shall be approved by the Board, which shall prescribe reasonable conditions as to the course of study.