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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Looking for information about the Cook County judicial retention ballot?

Scroll down this page or consider any of the following links:
  • Comparing bar evaluations on certain retention candidates;
  • Chicago Bar Association finds more than 50 judges qualified for retention;
  • Nine judges singled out as "Well Qualified" for retention by Chicago Council of Lawyers;
  • Chicago Council of Lawyers releases 2012 judicial retention ratings;
  • ISBA provides explanations for all of its Cook County judicial ratings;
  • Alliance of Bar Associations releases retention grids;
  • Retention Judges: The default vote is 'yes';
  • Tribune urges "no" vote on six retention judges;
  • Can any of the retention judges really lose?;
  • A few words about "judicial temperament"; or
  • 2012 Cook County Retention Judges Website.
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