About Elizabeth Monkus

Elizabeth Monkus (she/her) is the Senior Attorney & Project Director for Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts. Elizabeth came to Chicago Appleseed in 2010 to manage the Judicial Performance Commission Demonstration project. She currently focuses on domestic relations and judicial elections in her program work.

Links of Interest, November 5-9, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance Here’s a round-up of stories criticizing outcomes in the judicial retention elections: The Chicago Tribune, Suburban Cook County Clerk of the Court David Orr at the Huffington Post, the Sun-Times and the ABA Journal. Rates of "yes" votes in Suburban Cook County...
November 9, 2012

Chicago Council of Lawyers Speaks Out on the Judicial Election Tomorrow

Chicago Appleseed has long been partnered with the Chicago Council of Lawyers, acting as a research institute for issues identified by Council members. We'd like to share the following editorial from the Chicago Council of Lawyers, regarding tomorrow's judicial retention election. Editorial Stateme...
November 5, 2012

Links of Interest, October 29 – November 2, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance The Midwest Democracy Network has the rundown on a new poll of American attitudes toward corporate money in politics. For the most part, Americans feel it’s damaging to the democratic process. Feministing ran a story about a group trying to mute the campaign adv...
November 2, 2012

Best Practices for Judicial Evaluations

Recently, the State Journal-Reporter published an article which briefly examined the Illinois State Bar Association’s voter recommendations for judicial retention in the 7th Judicial Circuit, where the State Journal-Reporter publishes. The brief article raises interesting issues about judicial evalu...
October 29, 2012

Links of Interest, October 22-26

Elections and Judicial Performance The Supreme Court upheld a Montana law setting donation limits to candidates for state office. SCOTUS blog has a rundown.   Criminal Justice Liz Watson and Peter Edelman at the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy released a report...
October 26, 2012
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