Virginia Bar
Exam Details

• Constitutional Law
• Contracts/Sales
• Criminal Law/Procedure
• Evidence
• Federal Civil Procedure
• Real Property
• Torts

• Contracts
• Domestic Relations
• Professional Responsibility
• VA Civil and Criminal Procedure
• Business Organizations
• Evidence
• Real and Personal Property
• Creditor's Rights
• Federal Practice and Procedure 
• Torts
• Criminal Law
• Local Government Law
• Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 2, 3A & 9A)
• Wills
• Trusts and Estates 

• A scaled score of 85 or higher is required and must be achieved within two calendar years of the time the candidate passes the Virginia Bar Exam.

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• Applicants may transfer an MBE scaled score of 133 or greater, taken within the preceding 3 years, to be able to sit for only the essay portion of the exam.
• For attorney applicants who hold an active license to practice law, are in good standing, and passed the bar exam in a jurisdiction other than Virginia; no MBE score is required. These applicants can take only the essay portion of the exam and will need to achieve a minimum passing score of 64 raw points out of a possible 100.

• A member in good standing of a reciprocating jurisdiction may be admitted on motion in Virginia if the applicant has engaged in the full-time active practice of law for three of the five years preceding application. Additional requirements apply.
• Application for Admission without Examination with Character and Fitness Questionnaire: $2,500

• The dependent spouse of an active duty service member stationed in the Commonwealth of Virginia who has been admitted to practice law before the court of last resort of any state or territory of the United States or District of Columbia, and who meets all other requirements of Rule 1A:8, may apply to the Board for Military Spouse Provisional Admission. A Military Spouse Provisional Admission filing fee applies. This fee covers the cost of processing the Application, investigating matters contained in the applicant’s completed Character & Fitness Questionnaire, and preparing of the Character Report.