Human Resource Services Department

Applicants for this position are required to submit responses to the following supplemental questions.  Your completed responses to the supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated to determine your qualifications and must be completed properly in order to be given full consideration for the next phase in the selection process. Additionally, your responses will also be evaluated and used in the selection process in order to identify the best qualified applicants. 

Responses should be thorough and specific.  A lack of detail and explanation in the supplemental questions and in your application may result in failure or disqualification for this position.  Clarity of expression, content, experience, grammar, spelling and the ability to follow instructions will be considered in the evaluation process.  A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for properly completed responses.

Information provided in your responses to the supplemental questionnaire regarding your employment experiences must also be detailed in the Work Experience section of the application for this recruitment.  Please be sure to list all employers and required information, on your application, especially if you are referencing those employers in your responses to the supplemental questions.

The supplemental questions were designed to elicit your experience as it relates to the current recruitment in order to identify the best qualified candidates for this position.  Only the best and most suitably qualified candidates will be invited to participate in the oral interviews. 

By selecting yes below, you certify your understanding that all applicants who meet minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to move forward in the process.  Do you understand the above statement?

The Office of the County Counsel practices in diverse fields of law.  We particularly need lawyers experienced in land use, CEQA, employment, health care, litigation and civil rights fields. Because this list may last up to one year, these needs may change over time. Provide a description of the full scope of your legal practice experience.  Keep in mind that we seek to understand how your experience will enhance our ability to serve our diverse client base of County Agencies.  We intend to fill more than one position from this list.

Describe how your work experience demonstrates increased proficiency, responsibility and skills that are applicable to the practice of civil law.

Describe three matters you have handled as a lawyer that have impacted your approach to practicing law.  Include your role in handling the matter and discuss the specific impact.

Please describe your career goals and how your accomplishments thus far have brought you closer to those goals.  How would working as a Deputy County Counsel for the County of Alameda, Office of the County Counsel meet your career objectives and goals?

Explain how your work experience qualifies you to work for a public law office.

Please submit, along with your application and supplemental questionnaire, a sample of your legal writing (e.g. an opinion or legal analysis of an unusual problem, trial brief, points and authorities, etc.).  This sample should demonstrate your ability to research and analyze legal issues.  

Please attach your writing sample under the RESUME TAB.  Do you understand this statement?

Note: The Resume Tab is located at the top of the screen after you have completed this supplemental questionnaire.  Please remember to upload ONE document with all your files and NOT multiple files of your document.