Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association |
Please send an email correspondence requesting the endorsement (“Request”). In the email, enclose a copy of the completed judicial application form and any pertinent writing samples to mnapaba@gmail.com and copying the President and President-Elect of MNAPABA. (The email addresses of the President and President-Elect may be requested by emailing mnapaba@gmail.com.)
The MNAPABA Board (“Board”) meets monthly on the second
Tuesday of every month. A candidate should submit the Request at least two
weeks prior to the date the endorsement is required. (Please note: MNAPABA may
consider a Request that is submitted less than two weeks prior to the date the
endorsement is required if an explanation is provided.)
Confidentiality: The names and application materials of all candidates shall be
kept confidential by the Board. Please note that the Board may contact any
person named in the candidate’s application materials as part of the
endorsement consideration process. If the candidate does not want the Board to
contact a particular person, the candidate must indicate this preference in the
Request.
The
President shall serve as the contact person for each request for endorsement.
The candidate has no input or involvement in selecting a contact person, or the
Board members involved in the evaluation of the candidate’s request for
endorsement.
The Board will consider the Criteria listed below in its evaluation.
The President or the President's designee will coordinate with the
candidate to arrange for an interview by phone or in person, by at least two Board members.
The Board will vote by majority rule as to whether endorse, decline to endorse,
or request additional information for the endorsement. The President will
communicate any requests by the MNAPABA Judicial Selection Committee or Board
for additional information.
Upon approval by the Board, the President or the President’s designee will
draft a letter of support for the candidate. The letter of endorsement will be
mailed directly to the designated address listed in the application material. A
copy of the letter of endorsement will also be provided to the candidate via
email or mail to the candidate’s home address.
If the Board declines endorsement of a candidate, the President will inform the
candidate of that fact.
The Board will make every effort to complete this process within two weeks. In
some circumstances, the President will inform the candidate if the endorsement
process is expected to take longer than two weeks.
The candidate must contact the President of any important changes in the
application or to discuss any questions the candidate may have regarding
his/her request for endorsement.
When
reviewing a candidate’s request for endorsement, the Judicial Selection
Committee and the Board will consider the following: