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TO ALL JULY 2012 BAR EXAM APPLICANTS:
• Application Processing Procedure for the July 2012 Bar Exam
Once the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners receives an application for the Virginia bar exam, it is opened, date stamped, entered into our database and assigned to an Application Processor for review and for investigation of the character and fitness questionnaire. After your Processor has completed an initial review of your application, an Email will be sent notifying you that your application has been received and will list any items outstanding. The initial processing of applications may take up to six-weeks after the filing deadline. All Applicants will NOT receive their Email at the same time. If one of your fellow applicants receives his or her email, do NOT call our office over concern that you did not receive your email unless you do not receive your Email by June 22, 2012.
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The Virginia Board of Bar Examiners (the "Board") is an agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia. In addition, its statutory authority is found in § 54.1-3919 et seq. of the Code of Virginia. The Board is responsible for ascertaining the qualifications of applicants for admission to the Bar of Virginia and licensing those applicants who meet those requirements as established by the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Virginia General Assembly, and the Rules and Regulations issued by the Board.
We can be contacted at the address and phone number above. We try to respond to all correspondence within 48 hours of our receipt, workload permitting. In order to give our staff time to perform all of their required duties, our voice telephone lines are open between the hours of 10:00 AM and Noon and 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Monday - Friday. At other times (or if all lines are busy during those hours), you will hear a recording. Before telephoning, please see if your questions can be answered by the information on this site.
We want to provide you with as much information as possible on the bar admission process in Virginia. On this website, you will find:
- Frequently Asked Questions about admission to the Virginia Bar.
- Information about the Bar Examination and all its components, including the Character & Fitness Questionnaire.
- Information on Admission on Motion (without examination for persons who may be qualified by virtue of their years of experience in the full-time licensed practice of law in a reciprocal jurisdiction.)
- Information on the Law Reader Program.
- Information on Military Legal Assistance Attorney, Foreign Legal Consultant, and Virginia State Bar Reinstatement.