The JPC’s Work Continues After the Election

For most of us, as the adrenaline rush of watching a close election wears off, we forget about the returns and put aside the research into candidates we did prior to the election. But at the Judicial Performance Commission (JPC), our work continues. All judges on the retention ballot were retained....
November 10, 2010

Judicial Perfomance Commission Nears Completion of Evaluation

The Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County Pilot Project has nearly completed the evaluation phase of the project. Following an appeals process for those judges who have not been recommended for retention, the recommendations will be released to the public in mid-September for their referenc...
August 27, 2010

We want you…to volunteer

We’ve very excited about the progress the Judicial Performance Commission is making. Our email survey of attorneys that have appeared before judicial retention candidate has garnered more than 1,200 responses already, and we anticipate hundreds more will be collected as the commission’s work progres...
June 29, 2010

Judicial Performance Commission Pilot Project

There are 73 Cook County judges up for retention in the November election. Because voters have no real opportunity to independently evaluate such a large slate of candidates, unfortunately, many voters either abstain from the retention vote or make decisions based on familiar ballot cues (e.g. ethni...
June 15, 2010
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