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CANDIDATE QUALIFICATION
Please carefully review and respond to each of the following questions with detailed comments. In addition, please provide an overall numerical rating for each category of qualifications by circling the most appropriate answer in the provided scale, where:
5 means that the Candidate exhibits Exceptional attributes in all aspects of the particular area listed;
4 means that the Candidate is Highly Qualified and regularly exceeds expectations regarding the particular area listed;
3 means that the Candidate is Well Qualified, meeting and, at times, exceeding expectations regarding the particular area listed;
2 means that the Candidate is Qualified, meeting expectations regarding the particular area listed; and
1 means that the Candidate does not possess the Qualifications expected in all aspects of the particular area listed.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
(1) What is the extent of the Candidate's substantive knowledge of labor and/or employment law?
(2) To what extent has the Candidate engaged in scholarly writings (such as law journal articles) and other legal writings (including CLE presentation materials and papers, and articles in bar journals, trade magazines and newspapers), teaching or speaking?
(3) To what extent has the Candidate had a positive impact on the development of the law through litigation or policy advocacy?
(4) Do you have any knowledge of whether the Candidate exhibits sustained and exceptionally high professional services to clients? If so, describe the extent to which the Candidate provides such services.
ETHICAL STANDARDS
(5) What has been your experience is to the extent to which the Candidate adheres to the highest ethical standards in his or her daily practice?
(6) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate is a professional who can be trusted to honor his or her agreements and commitments?
(7) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate displays civility and professionalism in all aspects of his/her practice?
(8) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate demonstrates respect in his/her dealings with the bench and the bar, other dispute resolvers, and court and arbitration forum personnel?
(9) If the Candidate is an advocate, do you have any knowledge of whether the Candidate properly advises clients based on reasonable and good-faith interpretations of the law? If so, describe the extent to which the Candidate does provide such advice?
(10) If the Candidate is an advocate, do you have any knowledge of whether the Candidate represents clients with integrity and truthfulness in dealing with government agencies, courts, other tribunals, and with other advocates and parties?
(11) If the Candidate is an advocate, do you have any knowledge as to whether the Candidate has presented positions that are not advanced in good faith or in an intellectually honest manner, such as misrepresenting record evidence or applicable precedents ? If so, provide examples.
Standing in the Community
(12) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate stands out as a model of professionalism and a person whose professional actions and demeanor should be emulated?
(13) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate demonstrates qualities of leadership in the legal community and/or the general community in which he/she practices, serves in an appointed government position, or acts as a neutral or academician?
(14) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate has earned and retained the respect of judges or other dispute resolvers, adversaries, and the community in which he/she practices or serves in an appointed government position, or acts as a neutral or academician?
(15) To what extent does the Candidate actively participate in the labor and employment bar or other relevant activities and contribute to the advancement of the law and the legal profession?
(16) To what extent does the Candidate, without expectation of compensation, demonstrate collegiality by mentoring new lawyers, assisting a colleague seeking substantive advice, or other related activities?
FOR ADVOCATES: LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION PRACTICE STANDARDS
(17) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate seeks and agrees to reasonable accommodations at all stages of any negotiation or proceeding?
(18) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate engages in, or permits others to engage in, unreasonable or excessive discovery practices?
(19) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate demonstrates an interest in, and actively pursues or proposes, early resolution at the appropriate stage of any arbitration, agency, or court proceeding?
FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: COUNSELLING PRACTICE STANDARDS
(20) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate provides sound, practical and solutions-based legal advice?
(21) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate demonstrates an interest in, and actively pursues or proposes, early resolution at the appropriate stage of any dispute at the pre-litigation or arbitration stage?
SERVICE AS A NEUTRAL, IF APPLICABLE
(Respond Only If the Candidate Is a Judge, Government Official, Mediator, or Arbitrator)
(22) Are the Candidate's decisions and/or fact-finding recommendations well-reasoned and responsive to all issues raised by the parties in the proceedings?
(23) Do the decisions of the Candidate reflect a good-faith understanding and interpretation of the facts and the law?
(24) Do you have any knowledge of whether the Candidate acts with integrity and truthfulness in dealing with the bar and the public?
(25) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate effectively manages or responds to parties' inquiries, negotiations, discovery, motion practice, hearings, other court proceedings, and dispute resolution proceedings?
(26) What has been your experience as to the extent to which the Candidate acts in such a way as to facilitate the parties' resolution of disputes?
SERVICE AS A LAW PROFESSOR, IF APPLICABLE
(Respond Only If the Candidate Is a Full time Professor)
(27) Does the candidate through writing, talks and public advising and consulting contribute to the critical analysis and progress of labor and employment law?
(28) Does the candidate's scholarship demonstrate honest and respectful analysis of others' legal ideas?
(29) Does the candidate provide mentorship and professional guidance to students, graduates, and more junior colleagues?
(30) Does the Candidate's teachings and writings present reasonable interpretations of the law?
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