September 19, 2017 | Madison, Wisconsin
Mini-Seminar attendees: Margaret McGee (SC), Nancy Vincent (IL), Mary Patterson (NJ), Greg Bordelon (LA), Andrea Spillars (MO), John Sammon (GA), Emily Eschweiler (MN, CBAA chair), Troy Wood (OR), Andy Strauss (VT)
NCBE hosted a mini-seminar for new bar admission administrators at its Madison headquarters on September 19, 2017. This marks the tenth such mini-seminar offered by NCBE since 2008. These mini-seminars are designed to educate new administrators about significant issues pertaining to bar admissions, including the need for test security, and to familiarize them with the NCBE resources available to them.
Program content included the following: NCBE’s services related to testing, investigations, and technology; test administration and security; ADA testing accommodations; scoring, grading, and the basics of measurement; NCBE educational opportunities and publications; and the function of the Council of Bar Admission Administrators (CBAA). The program ended with a question-and-answer session and open discussion.
Attending the mini-seminar were new administrators from eight jurisdictions:
- Gregory R. (Greg) Bordelon, Executive Director, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions
- Margaret McGee, Deputy Clerk for Bar Admissions & Disciplinary Matters, South Carolina Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners
- Mary Patterson, Bar Administrator, Assistant Secretary to the Board of Bar Examiners, New Jersey Board
of Bar Examiners - John C. Sammon, Director of Admissions, Georgia Office of Bar Admissions
- Andrea Spillars, Executive Director, Missouri Board of Law Examiners
- Andrew R. Strauss, Licensing Counsel, Vermont Board of Bar Examiners
- Nancy L. Vincent, Director of Administration, Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar
- Troy Wood, Admissions Manager, Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners
Also in attendance was Emily J. Eschweiler, director of the Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners, who, as 2017–2018 chair of the CBAA, welcomed the new administrators to the CBAA.
