Judge Painter’s application for a license to practice law. Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, applications for examination and for license to practice law, 1910-1950. Accession 30885, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond. 

Before taking the bar exam, candidates were required to submit references from members of their local bar.

Court order – certificate authorizing Mary R. Painter to apply for a license to practice law. Board of Bar Examiners records, Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, applications for examination and for license to practice law, 1910-1950.