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The following is a list of subjects which have appeared on the essay section of the last six Virginia Bar Exams, along
with a chart of how often each subject has appeared on the essay section of the Virginia Bar Exam since 1994:
FEBRUARY 2010 JULY 2009
AM Session PM Session AM Session PM Session
1. VA Civil Procedure 6. Domestic Relations/VA Civil 1. Wills 6. Partnership
2. Trusts Procedure 2. Creditors’ Rights/Real Property 7. Federal Jurisdiction
3. Criminal Law/Torts 7. Personal Property 3. Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure 8. Secured Transactions
4. Sales/Federal Jurisdiction 8.Torts/VA Civil Procedure 4. VA Civil Procedure 9. Domestic Relations
5. Ethics 9. Torts/VA Civil Procedure 5. Personal Property
FEBRUARY 2009 JULY 2008
AM Session PM Session AM Session PM Session
1. Wills/Taxation 6. Agency/Ethics 1. Equity 6. Federal Jurisdiction
2. VA Civil Procedure 7. Contracts/Sales 2. Real Property/Domestic 7. Wills/Trusts/Taxation
3. Domestic Relations 8. Secured Transactions Relations 8. Criminal Procedure
4. Commercial Paper/VA Civil 9. Personal Property 3. Partnership 9. VA Civil Procedure
Procedure 4. Contracts/Sales
5. Real Property/Sales 5. Creditors’ Rights
FEBRUARY 2008 JULY 2007
AM Session PM Session AM Session PM Session
1. VA Civil Procedure 6. Trusts/Real Property/Creditors’ 1. Real Property 6 Personal Property/Sales
2. Wills Rights 2. Federal Jurisdiction/Ethics 7. Domestic Relations
3. Agency/VA Civil Procedure 7. Sales/Agency/Personal Property 3. Partnership 8. Ethics
4. Commercial Paper 8. Domestic Relations/VA Civil 4. Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure 9. Wills
5. Federal Jurisdiction s Procedure 5. VA Civil Procedure
9. Personal Property