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?

Describe any legal work experience you have had (e.g., internships, law clerk positions, etc.).

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

Briefly describe your career goals and how your accomplishments have brought you closer to those goals.  How will working with the Office of County Counsel, County of Alameda, meet your career objectives?

Explain how any work experience that you have had, along with your law school education, qualifies you to work for a public law office.

State any additional qualifications that you may have, or reasons that you feel you would be a good candidate for the position of Associate County Counsel.

Please submit, along with your application and supplemental questionnaire, a writing sample.

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.