Judicial Evaluations
2010 Primary Election
Rating Judicial Candidates
Since Illinois voters have the responsibility to elect judges, the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) feels it has an obligation to share with the public information about qualifications of judicial candidates. The lawyers who practice alongside candidates for judicial office are in a unique position to assess the professional qualities that are necessary for good judges.
Check here for ISBA’s ratings and poll results on judicial candidates prior to each primary and general election.
- Download the ISBA Voters Guide for Cook County Judicial Candidates
- VoteforJudges.org has a grid of judicial evaluation results for Cook county by members of the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening available for download.
- Download the ISBA Voters Guide for Judicial Candidates for all counties outside of Cook
Methods ISBA uses to rate candidates
For most judicial offices, ISBA will provide either an evaluation or a poll rating; in the case of Supreme and Appellate court candidates outside of Cook County, ISBA will provide both an evaluation rating and poll results. NOTE: Evaluation ratings, which are the result of an in-depth review of candidates, are the opinion of the Illinois State Bar Association; the Judicial Advisory Poll ratings do not reflect the opinion of ISBA, but rather the opinion of those attorneys who participated in the poll.