The Selection Process
Evaluation Criteria
The commissioners shall evaluate the applicants on the basis of the constitutional requirements and the following evaluative criteria:
- Empathy
- Emotional Intelligence
- Self-Awareness
- Critical And Analytic Thinking
- Impartiality
- Industry
- Integrity
- Professional Skills
- Community Involvement
- Social Awareness
- Collegiality
- Writing Ability
- Decisiveness
- Judicial Temperament
- Effective Communication Skills
- Leadership
Additional discussion of these criteria can be found in Chapter 5 of the American Judicature Society’s HANDBOOK.
