Construction Law Certification.

AuthorPittman, Jayne
PositionAnnual Reports of Committees of the Florida Bar: 2018-2019

The committee has continued to pursue additional initiatives to improve the quality of the construction law certification exam for 2019. As of this date, there are 387 board certified construction lawyers. We have 51 applications to take the 2019 exam in May, which is one of the highest number of applicants to date.

The committee has spent countless hours working on this exam to ensure it addresses concerns brought up earliest this year. The committee created new multiple-choice questions and revised our test bank questions to address certain past concerns. We have also tailored the 2019 exam to test more evenly those subjects described by the specifications with the goal of testing examinees on whether they have "walking-around" knowledge of construction law that would justify their board certification.

As of last year, the pass rate was 13 percent when only 38 individuals took the exam. This year our exam will consist of multiple-choice questions and essay questions and will be further edited and evaluated prior to the May exam to ensure the finished product is one we all feel confident releasing to 51 examinees as they take the exam, some...

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