VIRGINIA

1. Create an Account

• Register online using the link at the top right of the website’s homepage.
• After registration, check your email (including spam) for an activation message from noreply@barexam.virginia.gov.

2. Complete the Online Application

• Complete all forms online. You will not be able to submit your Application until every required answer is complete.
• A red exclamation mark (!) signals a missing answer. Click it to review which sections are missing answers.

3. Upload Required Documents

• Upload all required documents (see Required Documents for more information).
• Once you are certain that your Application is complete and you have uploaded the required documents, press "Submit" to finalize your Application.

4. Mail Completed Application Forms, Fee, and Required Documents

• Once successfully submitted, click the View/Print Form button to print a copy of your submitted online Application.
• Mail your completed Application, with fee and all required documents in to the Board’s office:

  Office of the Secretary
  Virginia Board of Bar Examiners
  2201 W. Broad Street, Suite 101
  Richmond, VA 23220

Due to confidentiality limitations, the Board will not confirm receipt of an Application over the phone. To ensure we have received your Application, send it using a delivery method that you can track or include with your Application forms a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard which we will return to you date-stamped with the date we received your Application.

Certain items are required to be submitted with your Application. Before you begin completing the Application, request the documents you are required to submit. Requesting the items in advance will ensure you can submit a complete Application.

Required documents can be uploaded by clicking the "Upload Documents" link located on your User Home page in the Documents section. You must also mail a copy of the required documents with your printed Application forms.

The following documents are required with every Reinstatement Application. Click the links below for additional information regarding each requirement.

• Application Fee (Money Order, Cashier's Check, or Certified Check. No personal or company checks.) One or multiple check(s) are acceptable. Checks must be made payable to "Virginia Board of Bar Examiners."
• Photo ID
  
• Supreme Court of VA Order approving the Reinstatement
  

The following items may be required depending upon your response to certain questions.

• Petition for Non-Standard Testing Accommodations
• Certificates of Good Standing - for all jurisdictions in which you are/have ever been licensed to practice law (electronically generated forms accepted). Must come from the Court of Last Resort (i.e., Supreme Court, Court of Appeals - NOT State Bar).
• Certificates of Discipline - for all jurisdictions where you are/have ever been licensed to practice law (electronically generated forms accepted)

To Amend/Update your Application, go to your User Home Page, select "Amend Application," edit the Character & Fitness Questionnaire, and click "Submit Addendum."