Court of Common Pleas of Union County, Pennsylvania Junior Lawyer Participation Incentives
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Rules encouraging junior lawyer participation in oral arguments and court proceedings.
The Court Administrator must apportion arbitration assignments between attorneys with more than five years’ experience and those with less than five years’ experience.
A. Upon receipt of a Praecipe, the Court Administrator shall nominate, from the list of attorneys, a board of potential arbitrators. The nominations shall be made in a rotational fashion from the members of the bar eligible for assignment, except where an attorney is excused by reason of incapacity, illness, or other disqualification. The Court Administrator shall further be responsible for apportioning assignments between members with more than five years’ experience and those under five years. No more than one member of a family, firm, professional corporation or association shall be nominated to serve on one potential board.
Does Court of Common Pleas of Union County, Pennsylvania encourage junior lawyer participation?
Yes. Court of Common Pleas of Union County, Pennsylvania rules include a junior lawyer participation incentive. The Court Administrator must apportion arbitration assignments between attorneys with more than five years’ experience and those with less than five years’ experience.
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