R356-2-5. References

  (1) Applicants who are engaged in an adversarial practice shall submit the following types of references as specified in the application:

  (a) lawyers adverse to the applicant in litigation or negotiations;

  (b) lawyers with whom the applicant has had a substantial professional interaction within the previous two years;

  (c) judges assigned to cases in which the applicant acted as a lawyer; and

  (d) judges who know the applicant.

  (2) Applicants who are engaged in a non-adversarial practice and who are not judges shall submit the following types of references as specified in the application:

  (a) lawyers with whom the applicant has had a substantial professional interaction within the previous two years; and

  (b) judges who know the applicant.

  (3) Applicants who are judges shall submit the following types of references as specified in the application:

  (a) lawyers with whom the applicant has had a substantial professional interaction within the previous two years;

  (b) judges who know the applicant; and

  (c) lawyers who represented parties in cases over which the applicant presided as judge.

  (4) CCJJ shall select which references will be contacted and requested to complete a standard reference form established by CCJJ.