Rule 1302 - Selection Of Date For Arbitration And Selection Of Board Of Arbitration(a) Upon receipt of a Certificate of Readiness, certifying there are no motions outstanding, discovery is completed and the case is ready for trial, the Office of the Court Administrator of Clearfield County shall select a date for arbitration which shall be sixty (60) to seventy-five (75) days from the date of filing of the Certificate of Readiness. The Certificate of Readiness shall also include the estimated time needed for the arbitration hearing.(b) The Office of the Court Administrator of Clearfield County shall send notification to all counsel and/or pro se parties in the case, to verify they have no conflict with the arbitration date. Contact shall be made via regular USPS mail, and, in the case of pro se participants, also by USPS Certified mail with return receipt. Additionally, an e-mail can be sent to all parties that have provided their e-mail addresses. A deadline for reply as to acknowledgement of the arbitration date shall be included in the notice.(c) When the arbitration date is set, the Office of the Court Administrator of Clearfield County shall contact members of the Clearfield County Bar Association with the date of the arbitration and case captions in order to obtain the services of four (4) to six (6) potential members for a Board of Arbitration. This contact can be made via regular mail or via an e-mail.(d) The Office of the Court Administrator of Clearfield County shall send the list of potential members of the Board of Arbitrators to counsel and/or pro se participants, via regular mail or e-mail, if e-mail addresses are available, requesting a reply in writing by a date certain as to name of one potential arbitrator that counsel and/or the pro se participant wishes to strike from the Board.(e) Once the date certain for response has passed, the Office of the Court Administrator shall eliminate from the potential Board of Arbitration those individuals who have been stricken and then shall select for appointment by the Court the three Bar Association members, in order of seniority within the Bar Association, with the most senior member being designated as Chairperson.(f) In the event of extraordinary circumstances, the President Judge, .in the exercise of the Court's discretion, may directly select and appoint a Board of Arbitration without the input of the parties or their counsel.(g) The Office of the Court Administrator shall mail or e-mail a certified copy of the Court Order setting the date of Arbitration and appointing the individual Board members to all counsel, pro se participants and members of the Board.