                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GRANTING CERTIFICATES WITHOUT EXAMINATION; LAW PROFESSORS (§ 54.1-3931)

A. The Supreme Court shall have discretion to grant a certificate without
examination to any attorney who has been admitted to practice law before the
court of last resort of any state or territory of the United States or the
District of Columbia for at least five years. The certificate shall entitle the
holder, after paying his license tax, to practice in the courts of this
Commonwealth.

B. The Supreme Court shall also have discretion to grant a certificate without
examination to any person connected with any foreign embassy or legation to
appear in the courts of this Commonwealth in all matters connected with his
official duties, provided that the person has been admitted to practice in the
court of last resort of the jurisdiction of the embassy or legation to which he
is attached or he has received a degree from a law school approved by the
American Bar Association.

C. The Supreme Court shall have the authority to promulgate rules and
regulations allowing professors in law schools located in the Commonwealth,
which are accredited by the American Bar Association, to become associate
members of the Virginia State Bar. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
granting of a certificate without examination to a professor who is otherwise
eligible for such a certificate under any other provision of this section.

D. The Supreme Court may authorize the Board or any committee thereof to
administer the provisions of this section.

E. All other persons shall take the examinations and comply with the applicable
provisions of this chapter.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-67; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 796; 2013, c. 396.