                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROOF OF CHARACTER AND FITNESS REQUIRED OF APPLICANT; CHARACTER AND FITNESS
COMMITTEE; FEES (§ 54.1-3925.1)

A. Before issuing to any applicant a license or certificate to practice law in
Virginia, the Board shall have found from satisfactory evidence produced by the
applicant in such form as the Board may require that the applicant is a person
of honest demeanor and good moral character, is over the age of eighteen and
possesses the requisite fitness to perform the obligations and responsibilities
of a practicing attorney at law.

B. In making such determinations, the Board shall conduct such further
inquiries, interviews and hearings as the Board may deem necessary. At the
request of the Board, the Supreme Court may appoint a separate character and
fitness committee, some of the members of which may be persons who are not
licensed attorneys, to assist in reviewing character and fitness evidence and to
make recommendations to the Board based upon standards adopted by the Board;
however, no applicant shall be denied a license on character and fitness reasons
except by action of a majority of the Board, after notice to the applicant and
an opportunity for the applicant to be heard before the Board.

C. The Board shall from time to time set character and fitness application fees
sufficient to cover the costs of the character and fitness process.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 734; 1998, c. 796.