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Members of the public are invited to volunteer on or before May 30 for a three-year term on the Florida Board of Board Examiners.
The Supreme Court of Florida will appoint two public members to serve on the board, which ensures that lawyers 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, and lawyers are not eligible.
Public Board members should be willing and able to devote about three days’ work a month. Service requires travel to various Florida locations to attend board meetings and the examination, with travel and some expenses reimbursed.
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, 2008, with the expiration of the terms of Loretta Fabricant of Miami and Veronica White of Winter Park.
Persons interested in applying for the position should contact Michele A. Gavagni, executive director of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, by fax at (850) 414-6822, or by mail at 1891 Eider Court, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1750, to obtain an application, which must be completed and filed in the board’s office by the close of business on May 30, 2008. The application may also be obtained from The Florida Bar’s Web site at www.floridabar.org.