Chap. 113.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3409, as amended, of the

Code of Virginia relating to when license to practice law may be granted with-

out examination ; {fH B 204]
Approved March 6, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section thirty-four hundred nine, as amended, of the Code
of Virginia be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 3409. When Supreme Court of Appeals may grant licenses
without examination.—The Supreme Court of Appeals shall have discre-
tion to grant a certificate without examination to any lawyer who has
practiced before the court of last resort of any State or territory of the
United States or the District of Columbia for three years, or to any
professor in any of the law schools in this State who has taught in said
school for a period of three years or more, which certificate shall entitle
the holder, after paying his license tax, to practice in the courts of this
State. The Supreme Court of Appeals 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 such 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 such person has
received a degree from a law school approved by the American Bar As-
sociation. All other persons shall stand the examinations and comply
with the provisions of the other sections of this chapter applicable thereto.