Judicial Elections
Ask an expert: Bar association ratings, explained
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Judicial bar ratings are complex and important. We asked an expert to explain them.
Cook County Democratic Party
Cook County Democrats drop two judges from retention endorsement
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Party leadership voted overwhelmingly not to endorse judges Michael Toomin and Mauricio Araujo for retention.
Cook County judges
What’s a judicial retention election, anyway?
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Injustice Watch answers your questions about the upcoming judicial retention races in Cook County.
Cook County Judicial Primary Election March 2018
Cook County judicial candidate, colleague misled jury into wrongful conviction
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Cook County judge said judicial candidate Michael Gerber and his co-counsel’s statements in a recently overturned conviction “amounted to a purposeful due process violation that led to petitioner’s conviction.”
Judicial Election Guides
16 judge candidates fail to win bar support, but will voters care?
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Of the 81 candidates running, 16 have failed to be recommended for the bench by both the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and the Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL). Another 13 have received negative evaluations by one or the other.
Judicial Election Guides
Cook County judicial candidates: who’s running and how they’re rated
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Dozens are vying for judge’s seats in Cook County. Not all of them got recommendations from local bar groups.
Judicial Election Guides
Past blemishes no bar to seeking Cook County judicial seat
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If history is a guide, the principal attributes of the winners in Cook County’s judicial races will not be their qualifications — their legal experience, education, and temperament — but rather the ethnicity of their names, their skin color, gender, campaign financing, and ballot position.
Judicial Election Guides
Becoming a Circuit Judge in Cook County
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Becoming a circuit judge in Cook County is a complex process. Here’s an explanation of how it works.