LMAR 3.1      QUALIFICATIONS

              (a)  Arbitration Panel.  There shall be a
panel of arbitrators in such numbers as the Superior Court
Judge may from time to time determine.  A person desiring to
serve as an arbitrator shall complete an information sheet
on the form prescribed by the Court.  A list showing the
names of arbitrators available to hear cases and the
information sheets will be available for public inspection
in the Arbitration Administrator's Office.  The oath of
office on the form prescribed by the Court must be completed
and filed prior to an applicant being placed on the panel.

     (b)  Refusal; Disqualification.  The appointment of an
arbitrator is subject to the right of that person to refuse
to serve.  An arbitrator must notify the Arbitration
Administrator immediately if refusing to serve or if any
cause exists for the arbitrator's disqualification from the
case upon any of the grounds of interest, relationship, bias
or prejudice set forth in CJC Cannon 3(c) governing the
disqualification of judges.  If disqualified, the Arbitrator
must immediately return all materials in a case to the
Arbitration Administrator.