Judicial Evaluations
Judicial Questionnaires Cook County
Judicial candidates for 2012 primaray election in Cook County please download and submit the appropriate files (Deadline is December 22nd):
Sitting Judges
Associate Judges Evaluated
All associate judges in Illinois are subject to re-appointment in June 2011. The associate judges are elected by the full circuit judges in each circuit. The Illinois State Bar Association has conducted a poll among its members on associate judges outside of Cook County.
View the results of the ISBA Judicial Advisory Polls - Associate Re-appointment.
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.
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.