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Committee Seeks Applicants for Public Member Seat on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 1:01 PM | Nakia Ruffin (Administrator)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 6, 2018
CONTACT: Darla Marsters, dmarsters@floridabar.org
The Florida Bar

TELEPHONE: (850) 561-5667

COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR PUBLIC MEMBER SEAT ON THE FLORIDA BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS

TALLAHASSEE – Members of the public are invited to volunteer on or before March 26, 2018, for one three-year term on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, the administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Florida that handles matters of bar admission. The Supreme Court of Florida will appoint one public member to serve on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. The Board ensures that applicants have met the requirements of the Rules with regard to character and fitness, education and technical competence prior to recommending to the Supreme Court of Florida an applicant’s admission to The Florida Bar.

A public member volunteer should possess education or work-related experience such as educational testing, accounting, statistical analysis, medicine, psychology, or related sciences. A bachelor’s degree is required. Lawyers are not eligible. 

Board members of the Bar Examiners must be able to attend approximately ten meetings a year in various Florida locations, with travel and subsistence expenses reimbursed. Board members should be willing and able to devote the equivalent of 3-4 days’ work a month, or up to 350 or more hours per year on Board business, depending on committee assignments. 

Board members should be interested in seeking to improve the examination and its administration, and to evaluate carefully the character and fitness of applicants seeking admission to the Bar. Board members should be free of adverse interests, conflicting duties, or inconsistent obligations that may interfere or appear to interfere with the proper administration of the Board’s mandate from the Court.

The vacancy will occur on Nov. 1, 2018, with the expiration of the term of Robert D. Shaw, Jr., of Orlando.

Persons interested in applying for this vacancy may click here to download the Questionnaire for Public Member Vacancy or should call Bar headquarters at (850) 561-5757, to obtain the questionnaire. Completed applications must be received by the Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2300 or submitted via e-mail to specialapptapp@floridabar.org no later than the close of business on Monday, March 26, 2018. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the required application. A joint committee of The Florida Bar Board of Governors and the Florida Board of Bar Examiners will review all applications and may request telephone or personal interviews.

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