Updated Alliance grids -- filling in many of the blanks

The pace has quickened noticeably (and not a moment too soon).

The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is out this morning with "major updates" to its evaluation grids -- many blanks filled in and corrections on two AABAR ratings. For persons not familiar with the Alliance grids, here is the ratings key:

The hard one to spot, depending on the device on which you're viewing this, may be the superscript ¹ in several boxes. This symbol denotes that the particular group was unable to evaluate the particular candidate, and it's not the candidate's fault.

A complete list of all the Alliance bar groups and links to their respective websites follows at the end of this post. This may be an opportune moment to remind readers unfamiliar with the evaluation process that the Alliance does not include the Chicago Bar Association. CBA ratings are not yet out, but are expected shortly. When I have them, you will find them here on FWIW.

Enough preface.

Here are the updated Alliance grids (click on any image to enlarge or clarify):

The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Arab American Bar Association (AABAR), the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA), the Black Men Lawyers’ Association (BMLA), the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago (BWLA), the Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL), the Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), the Decalogue Society of Lawyers (DSL), the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois (HBA), the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI), the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association (LAGBAC), the Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA), and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI), working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.

In looking at these evaluations, keep this statement from the Alliance in mind: "Judicial candidates are rated by the Alliance members based on detailed information supplied by candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate. Ratings reflect the Alliance's opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service or ascension to a higher office and are not a reflection of the candidates' abilities as lawyers or judges."