Concerned About COVID At July Bar Exam, Virginia Cancels Requirement That Applicants Wear Ties

Virginia isn’t the worst off of any state right now, but COVID infection rates have crept up over the past couple of weeks as America continues its nationwide backslide into the pandemic. And yet Virginia remained one of the astoundingly non-zero number of states insisting on an in-person bar exam this month over every bit of public health advice.

But fear not, the state bar examiners have now heard the calls of applicants, doctors, and law school faculty and decided to cancel… the requirement that men wear ties to the...