Nominations are due no later than November 1st Nominees and Recipients will be honored at the 2022 Children's Law Institute Conference.
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Nominee Email(Required) Attorney For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves an award of excellence as a Children’s Court Attorney; Respondents Attorney; Youth Attorney; Guardian ad Litem, or Juvenile Public Defender. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Zealous Representation/Diligence. Attorneys are required to “zealously represent” their clients. This means that they must bring energy and commitment to their efforts for their client, by for example, actively preparing for and participating in meetings, negotiations, mediations, and court hearings; taking active steps to move cases forward; telling a compelling story about his or her client; and conferring with service providers, foster parents, and other professionals and volunteers. Please provide specific examples of times when your nominee has demonstrated zealous representation in their work.
2. Knowledge of the Law/Uses Legal Tools Effectively. Please describe your nominee’s knowledge of the law and effectiveness in using legal tools on behalf of their clients. Does your nominee regularly bring evidence before the court, make objections in court, file motions, seek mediation and actively prepare for and participate in mediations, etc.? Does your nominee know how to get the best results (that is, when to be collaborative and when to use the adversarial process)?
3. Compassion/Empathy. Describe how the nominee demonstrates compassion and empathy for their clients and for other parties in the case (particularly parents and children).
4.Integrity/Professionalism/Respect. How does your nominee demonstrate integrity, professionalism, and respect toward colleagues and the Court?
5. Responsiveness. How does your nominee show that they “have their client’s back?” For example, do they respond to phone calls/emails/texts promptly? Meet regularly with clients between court hearings (not just in the court hallway before a hearing)? Other?
6.***For Children’s Court Attorneys only: Scrupulous Fairness. In what ways does your nominee ensure scrupulous fairness toward the other parties, especially Respondents?
7. Other Attributes. What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Behavioral Health Worker For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Behavioral Health worker on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Empathy Describe a specific time or times when your nominee demonstrated and/or modeled empathy for the children, youth, families, and other community partners with whom they work.
2. Engagement Describe one or two recent situations in which you nominee created and or encouraged an atmosphere of engagement with children, youth, families, and other community partners.
3. Advocacy Provide a recent example of a time when your nominee advocated for children, youth, families, and the community as a whole, and/or encouraged children, youth and families in self advocacy.
4. Knowledge Using specific examples of their practices, describe how the nominee demonstrates a high degree of knowledge in their practice through proper assessment, use of specific skills and techniques, providing the appropriate level of care, being trauma informed, and having a working understanding of the systems of care.
5. Professionalism Using specific examples, describe how your nominee shows a level of professionalism appropriate to their position through their actions and word, abides by their ethical code of conduct, and understands and practices privacy laws and confidentiality norms. Tell us about a time their professionalism shined.
6. Relationships Tell us about a time the nominee built and modeled appropriate relationships and boundaries with the children, youth, and families with whom they work.
7. Leadership Provide examples of times your nominee has shown leadership in their field and/or community which was focused on improving practice in the community or awareness of the needs of the child welfare community to policy makers and/or the broader public.
8. Collaboration Describe the specific ways in which the nominee successfully collaborates with children, youth, families, schools, CPS, JJS, and other community partners to assist in achieving positive outcomes for the children, youth, families, and communities in New Mexico. Provide examples of individual and or community collaboration.
9. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been mentioned? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
CASA Volunteer For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a CASA Volunteer on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Open mindedness Please describe with specific examples how your nominee exhibits the ability to think critically and rationally, is able to consider other perspectives and is able to step out of their comfort zone to implement/consider new and diverse concepts.
2. Exceptional commitment CASA Volunteers exhibit strong intent and focus to promote the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect. Please describe your nominee’s exceptional commitment to the children they serve using specific examples of your nominee’s extra effort, perseverance, or creative problem-solving on behalf of a child or children.
3. Integrity Nominees exercise integrity and ethical behaviors, some of which are: maintaining confidentiality, credibility, and reliability by conducting all interactions in a fair and respectful manner. Please describe the nominee’s professional integrity in their work and provide recent examples of times the nominee acted with integrity.
4. Independent thought Nominees exercise independent thought, some examples of which are: the ability to listen to other opinions, to recognize connections between ideas, and to challenge others to rethink positions when opinions differ. Please provide us with specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities as a CASA Volunteer in this area.
5. Impartiality CASA Volunteers must demonstrate impartiality by remaining fair, unbiased and objective to all parties on the case. Please give specific examples of instances in which your nominee acted with impartiality.
6. Significant Contributions Describe one or two significant contributions the nominee has made to the CASA organization, to the child welfare system, and/or to the families/youth they serve, and include a description of the impact their contributions have made.
6. Other What else should the committee know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Youth/Young Adult with Lived Experience in the State or Tribal Foster Care System For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a youth/young adult with lived experience in the state or tribal foster care system. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Leadership Please describe a recent situation in which your nominee was a role model for other children, youth or young adults in the child welfare system and/or a recent example of how your nominee demonstrated leadership amongst other youth/young adults in child welfare.
2. Commitment Provide a specific example of when your nominee has shown commitment to others who are currently or who were previously involved in the child welfare system.
3. Self-Advocacy Please provide a recent example of a time when your nominee effectively advocated for themselves.
4. Resiliency Describe a current example of when your nominee showed great resiliency when they had to deal with a difficult situation.
5. Improving the child welfare system Please describe how your nominee has made a difference for other Protective Services/Tribal children, youth and families. Please provide a specific situation where your nominee used their experiences with foster care to improve the child welfare system. Please provide examples of the skills your nominee utilizes with others to increase positive outcomes in the child welfare system.
6. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Youth/Young Adult with Lived Experience in the Juvenile Justice System For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Youth or Young Adult who was previously involved with the state or tribal Juvenile Justice system. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Leadership Please describe a recent situation in which your nominee was a role model for other children, youth or young adults involved in or at risk of involvement in the Juvenile Justice system. Describe specific ways in which they have made a difference for others involved in the Juvenile Justice system either by their actions, or by sharing their experiences in the system, and/or provide an example of how this youth/young adult has excelled in a leadership role for system-involved or at-risk children, youth or young adults.
2. Advocacy Provide an example of a recent time when the nominee effectively advocated for themselves and/or for others in their community.
3. Resiliency Describe a recent time when the nominee showed great resiliency when they had to deal with a difficult situation.
4. Hope/Growth Describe a recent time when the nominee expressed hope for their or their family’s future, and the positive growth the nominee experienced as a result.
5. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been demonstrated? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Resource Parent – (Provider of regular, specialized, or respite foster care) Please answer the following sections below using descriptions and specific examples of why you think your candidate is deserving of the award of excellence as a Resource Parent on behalf of the children, youth and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Indicate the kind of foster care your nominee provides. Regular foster care is day-to-day care. Specialized foster care is day-to-day care for children who require extra time and attention due to a medical, behavioral or emotional problem. Respite foster care provides short term foster care for children placed primarily in another foster home.
2. Exceptional Dedication Describe how the nominee has demonstrated exceptional dedication in the duties of fostering children that may include: compassion for children, families and preserving culture; flexibility with arranging demanding schedules, including the impact of COVID restrictions and procedures; and the willingness to learn the individual needs of the children in their care. Please include specific examples that will illustrate his/her distinctive qualities.
3. Normalcy and Prudent Parenting. Please describe how your nominee applies prudent parenting so that ‘normalcy’ is maintained for the children in their care. Provide specific examples of sensible parental decisions that were made that encouraged the children’s emotional and developmental growth.
4. Integrity and Ethical Behaviors. Please give a specific example of a time the nominee demonstrated a high level of ethical conduct and respect for others when advocating for the best interest of a child.
5. Supporting Community and Cultural Connections. Please give specific examples of times the nominee actively supported or advocated for a child to remain connected to their community and maintain cultural connections.
6. Supporting Family Connections. Please give specific examples of times the nominee supported the biological family when the permanency goal was reunification, advocated for a child to remain connected to his/her family, supported sibling relationships when separated or directly provided support to a biological parent in safely parenting their child.
7. Other What else should the committee know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Juvenile Justice Worker For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Juvenile Justice worker on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Empathy Please describe a specific time when your nominee demonstrated and modeled empathy for the youth, families, and other community partners with whom they work.
2. Engagement Describe one or two recent situations in which your nominee created and or encouraged an atmosphere of engagement with youth, families, and other community partners.
3. Advocacy Provide a recent example of a time the nominee effectively advocated for youth, families, and the community as a whole and/or encouraged youth and families in self advocacy.
4. Balance Describe the specific ways in which the nominee has been able to balance advocating for youth and families while also holding them accountable to orders of the Court and their community.
5.Hope Describe the specific ways in which the nominee shows hope, and fosters hope for the youth and families with whom they work.
6. Relationships Describe the ways in which the nominee has built and modeled appropriate relationships with the youth and families with whom they work and tell us about a time they did this well.
7. Leadership Provide recent examples of situations in which your nominee showed leadership, and situations in which they helped create leadership opportunities for the youth and families with whom they work.
8. Collaboration Provide a recent example of a time when the nominee successfully collaborated with youth, families, attorneys, the Court, schools, CPS, and or other community partners to assist in achieving positive outcomes for the youth, families, and communities in New Mexico.
9. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been mentioned? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Non-profit Service Provider For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Non-profit Service Provider on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Dedication Nominees demonstrate a deep and ongoing commitment to providing important, effective services to children, youth, and families affected by the child welfare and/or juvenile justice system. Please give one or two examples of your nominee’s efforts to improve the quality and/or availability of the services they provide to promote the health, well-being and strength of our families.
2. Leadership Nominees have a record of providing outstanding leadership to their peers and others in their field. Please give one or two examples of your nominee’s exceptional level of performance, their efforts to help other providers achieve a high level of performance, and/or their collaboration with other individuals and agencies or service on committees or other public forums that influence policy or practices that promote the welfare of children, youth and families.
3. Knowledge Nominees exhibit a deep knowledge of the challenges faced by children, youth and families and the ways their professional experience can best be used to help others. Please give one or two examples of your nominee’s efforts to enhance their own knowledge through participation in training relevant to their area of service and/or their participation in activities that further the knowledge of others.
4. Significant contributions Nominees have made significant and effective contributions in their field and/or for the families/youth they serve, such as development of innovative solutions to identified needs and/or improved procedures, practices or methods which have facilitated or created positive outcomes for children, youth, families, their own service provision, or the services provided by other non-profit service providers. Please give one or two examples of your nominee’s contributions to the field in which they work and/or for the families/youth they serve.
5. Integrity Nominees demonstrate the highest integrity, ethical conduct, and respect for others. Please give one or two examples of instances in which the nominee demonstrated exemplary ethical behavior and/or treatment of clients, co-workers, or other individuals under challenging circumstances.
6. Other Attributes What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Parent/Guardian with lived experience in child welfare system For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence, as a system-involved Parent or Guardian, on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Dedication/Leadership Nominees demonstrate a deep and ongoing commitment to using the knowledge and experience they have gained through involvement in the child welfare and/or justice system to continue to improve their lives and the lives of other parents and children. This can be demonstrated by providing support for or advocacy on behalf of other parents, a willingness to share their experiences to facilitate better understanding among stakeholders of the strengths and needs of parents/guardians affected by the child welfare and/or justice system, and/or service on committees or working groups tasked with assessing and proposing improvements to local, state, or national child welfare policy or practice. Please give examples of your nominee’s efforts to use their knowledge and experience to improve the child welfare system for themselves and others.
2. Knowledge Nominees exhibit a commitment to enhancing their knowledge of the challenges faced by families and the ways their personal experience can best be used to help others. Please give one or two examples of your nominee’s actions to gain insight in to their own and other parents/guardians challenges and knowledge about services or interventions to help to address those challenges and/or actions to improve their own ability to use the knowledge of their lived experience to assist other parents/guardians in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems.
3. Significant contributions Nominees have made significant contributions to the child welfare or juvenile justice systems and/or families in which they are engaged. Please give one or two examples of the impact the nominee has had on these systems or on positive outcomes for a family, themselves, or their peers.
4. Integrity Nominees demonstrate the highest integrity, ethical conduct, and respect for others. Please give one or two examples of instances in which the nominee demonstrated exemplary ethical behavior and/or treatment of peers, agency or court personnel, service providers, or other individuals under challenging circumstances related to their involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice system.
5. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Tribal Social Services Worker For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Tribal Social Services case worker on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Empathy Please provide a specific time when your nominee demonstrated empathy for children, youth, parents, and/or foster and adoptive care providers in child welfare.
2. Engagement/Teamwork Describe a recent situation in which your nominee meaningfully and productively engaged children, youth, parents, foster and adoptive providers and/or other partners in the child welfare system. Share a time when the nominee explained information in a family friendly manner that children, youth, parents, foster and adoptive parents and other partners understood. Provide a specific example when the nominee engaged children, youth, parents, foster and adoptive parents and other partners in case planning. Provide an example when the nominee actively engaged a parent, guardian, custodian and child or youth to achieve timely permanency. Please describe a recent time when your nominee engaged a parent, guardian or custodian to maintain a child or children in the home, or to prevent a child or children from coming into care. Describe a specific recent opportunity when the nominee effectively engaged a child or youth to maintain their placement.
3. Accountability Describe a recent situation in which your nominee accepted responsibility for their actions in a difficult situation within their work with children, youth, birth/biological parents, foster or adoptive parents and/or other partners in the child welfare system.
4. Assessment Provide an example of a specific time when your nominee assessed safety in a difficult or unique situation that impacted a child, youth and/or family in a positive manner.
5. Advocacy Provide a current example in which your nominee strongly and effectively advocated for children, youth, parent, guardian, custodians and/or foster or adoptive parents.
6. Leadership Provide a current example in which your nominee strongly and effectively advocated for children, youth, parent, guardian, custodians and/or foster or adoptive parents.
7. Professionalism Provide a recent example of a time when your nominee showed a high level of professionalism by acting with patience, respect, courtesy, and fairness in their interactions with a child, youth, parent, guardian, custodian, foster or adoptive family and/or service providers in a difficult situation.
8. Collaboration Please provide a specific example of when your nominee collaborated with a child, youth, parent, guardian, custodian, foster or adoptive parent, or child welfare partner to assist in achieving positive outcomes for New Mexico children, youth, and families.
9. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
CYFD Protective Services Worker For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Protective Services case worker on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Empathy Please provide a specific time when your nominee demonstrated empathy for children, youth, parents, and/or foster and adoptive care providers in child welfare.
2. Engagement/Teamwork Describe a recent situation in which your nominee meaningfully and productively engaged children, youth, parents, foster and adoptive providers and/or other partners in the child welfare system. Share a time when the nominee explained information in a family friendly manner that children, youth, parents, foster and adoptive parents and other partners understood. Provide a specific example when the nominee engaged children, youth, parents, foster and adoptive parents and other partners in case planning. Provide an example when the nominee actively engaged a parent, guardian, custodian and child or youth to achieve timely permanency. Please describe a recent time when your nominee engaged a parent, guardian or custodian to maintain a child or children in the home, or to prevent a child or children from coming into care. Describe a specific recent opportunity when the nominee effectively engaged a child or youth to maintain their placement.
3. Accountability Describe a recent situation in which your nominee accepted responsibility for their actions in a difficult situation within their work with children, youth, birth/biological parents, foster or adoptive parents and/or other partners in the child welfare system.
4. Assessment Provide an example of a specific time when your nominee assessed safety in a difficult or unique situation that impacted a child, youth and/or family in a positive manner.
5. Advocacy Provide a current example in which your nominee strongly and effectively advocated for children, youth, parent, guardian, custodians and/or foster or adoptive parents.
6. Leadership Provide a recent example of a situation in which your nominee showed leadership skills in their work with children, youth, parents, guardians, custodians and/or foster or adoptive parents.
7. Professionalism Provide a recent example of a time when your nominee showed a high level of professionalism by acting with patience, respect, courtesy, and fairness in their interactions with a child, youth, parent, guardian, custodian, foster or adoptive family and/or service providers in a difficult situation.
8. Collaboration Please provide a specific example of when your nominee collaborated with a child, youth, parent, guardian, custodian, foster or adoptive parent, or child welfare partner to assist in achieving positive outcomes for New Mexico children, youth, and families.
9. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Leader at CYFD (PSD, JJS, BHS) or Tribal Social Services Leader – (Manager, director, or other leadership position at the county, district, regional, or statewide level) Please describe below, including specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as a Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD – Protective Services Division, Juvenile Justice Services, Behavioral Health Division) and/or Tribal Social Services manager or other leadership position on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Dedication Provide some examples of how nominee demonstrates consistent and ongoing commitment to providing effective services, best practices, achieving positive outcomes and making a difference in life of children, youth, and families. Please share examples of nominee’s efforts to provide support or advocacy on behalf of children, youth and parents; willingness to facilitate a better understanding of the strengths and needs of children, youth and parents/guardians; service on committees or working groups tasked with assessing and proposing improvements to local, state, or national child welfare policy or practice.
2. Knowledge Provide some examples of how nominee is knowledgeable in their role and how their knowledge has assisted in improving outcomes, advocating, or leading others to achieve better practices for children, youth, and families. Share how nominee’s knowledge has been utilized to make a difference for a child, youth, or family.
3. Leadership. Provide an example within the last six months where nominee showed leadership skills in their role to achieve a high level of performance in their field. Share how nominee has provided coaching, mentoring, and modeling to improve others or to ensure others are achieving best practices and achieving positive outcomes for children, youth, and families.
4. Integrity. Share an example of how nominee has reflected integrity through ethical standards/conduct/behaviors and/or treatment of others. Reflect how this has improved the life of a child, youth, or family.
5. Accountability Describe a recent situation when nominee assisted their unit and/or agency in achieving positive outcomes for children, youth, and families of New Mexico. Reflect how nominee’s standards of practice hold the system accountable to children, youth and families.
6. Collaboration/Teamwork Describe a recent situation where nominee engaged and collaborated with their staff, children, youth, families, and/or community partners to assist in achieving positive outcomes for children, youth and families of New Mexico.
7. Professionalism Please provide a recent example of when nominee showed professionalism in their interactions with other partners such as resource parents, CASA staff, biological families, therapist, community provider, etc.
8. Advocacy Please provide a current example where nominee advocated for their staff, agency, community partners, and/or children, youth, and families for New Mexico. Share how nominee advocated for children, youth and families through committees and/or public forums to influence policy and practices within New Mexico.
9. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or repeat any of the above qualities already mentioned.
SCAC Member/Volunteer For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves the award of excellence as an SCAC Volunteer on behalf of the children, youth, and families of New Mexico. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Dedication/Knowledge Nominees demonstrate a high level of commitment to the work of the SCAC, including consistent participation in meetings and other SCAC activities, ensuring that they are knowledgeable about the mission and goals of SCAC and about the processes and participants in the child welfare system, work to stay informed about developments in assessing the needs of and services for children, youth and families, and to stay informed about developments in child welfare law. Please provide specific examples of ways in which your nominee has demonstrated a commitment to and understanding of the work of SCAC.
2. Leadership Nominees demonstrate leadership by being a positive role model, mentoring and encouraging other volunteers, taking on additional responsibilities within the organization, and being a positive representative of and advocate for the organization to other professionals and participants in the child welfare system. Please provide specific examples of ways in which your nominee has demonstrated leadership in their work as an SCAC volunteer.
3. Integrity Nominees act with integrity towards all parties, are honest and ethical, and are diligent about maintaining the confidentiality of the information they receive regarding children, youth, and families in their SCAC role. Please provide specific examples of challenging situations in which your nominee has acted with integrity in their work in the child welfare system.
4. Professionalism Nominees act in a professional manner, including by: treating the other volunteers, professionals, and families with whom they work with respect and courtesy; not personalizing others’ responses or projecting personal values or judgments on others; following through with commitments; being timely and organized. Please provide specific examples of the ways in which your nominee acts in a professional manner in their work as an SCAC volunteer.
5. Independent and open-minded Nominees are open-minded and exercise independent thought. For example, they are able to think critically and rationally, to listen to other opinions and consider other perspectives, to recognize connections between ideas, to challenge others to rethink positions when opinions differ, and to step out of their comfort zone to consider new and diverse concepts. Please give one or two specific examples of times when your nominee has demonstrated independent thought and open-mindedness in their work in the child welfare system.
6. Other What else should the committee know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo the above qualities.
State or Tribal Judge or Hearing Officer For each area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves an award of excellence as a state or tribal judge. *Note: if an area below is not relevant or does not apply to your nominee, please enter “N/A” or leave it blank.
1. Impartiality/Fairness. How does your nominee demonstrate impartiality and fairness to all parties?
2. Respect. Please provide an example of how your nominee treats everyone with respect, especially the parents and children.
3. Communication/Engagement of the Parties. How well does your nominee communicate with all of the parties? Does your nominee explain things in a way that parents, children, and volunteers can understand? How does the nominee engage all of the parties in the courtroom? Please give specific examples of how your nominee communicates with and engages the parties.
4. Court/Docket Management. Please provide example(s) of ways your nominee manages the courtroom and the docket so that everyone is heard and no one’s time is wasted.
5. Holding others accountable. In what ways does your nominee set high expectations of everyone in the case and hold participants accountable (parties, professionals, and volunteers)?
6. Knowledge and application of the law. Does your nominee understand the law, stay up to date on the law, and apply the law appropriately? Please provide examples.
7. Other What else should we know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
Other: For any area below please describe, using specific examples that will illustrate your nominee’s distinctive qualities, why you think your candidate deserves an award of excellence. Please reference values of Leadership, Integrity, Dedication, Knowledge, Fairness, and Accountability.
What else should the committee know about your nominee that has not yet been revealed? Please do not summarize or echo above qualities.
