Judicial Evaluation in United States

Judicial Evaluation

Resources

Further Reading

• Acting Responsibly: Journalists and Judicial Performance Surveys, Dolch, Norman A. and Provizer, Norman W., 71: 47-51 (Jun.-Jul. ’87, AJS Judicature)
• After California, What’s Next for Judicial Elections? (panel discussion), Discussion, Panel, 70: 356-364 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
• AJS representatives consult on process for assessing performance of Turkish judges (focus), Reddick, Malia, 94: 140 (Nov-Dec ’10, AJS Judicature)
• Alaska’s Judicial Evaluation Program: A Poll the Voters Rejected, Rubinstein, Michael L., 60: 478-485 (May ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Anonymous Smears (letter), Miller, Mary Alice, 61: 100 (Sep. ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Anti-Incumbency’s Threat to Judicial Merit Selection (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 76: 56 (Aug.-Sep. ’92, AJS Judicature)
• Arizona Adopts Process For Judicial Performance Reviews, Author, No, 77: 109 (Sep.-Oct. ’93, AJS Judicature)
• Assessing the Functions of Judicial Conduct Organizations, Miller, Benjamin K., 75: 16-19 (Jun.-Jul. ’91, AJS Judicature)
• Author’s Answer (letter), Rubinstein, Michael L., 61: 100, 145 (Sep. ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Awareness of Trial Court Judges, Champagne, Anthony and Thielemann, Greg, 74: 271-276 (Feb.-Mar. ’91, AJS Judicature)
• Bar Polls: What They Measure, What They Miss, Meidinger, Errol E., 60: 468-477 (May ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Beyond accountability and independence: Judicial selection and state court performance, Cann, Damon, 90: 226-232 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
• Bias in the bar? ABA ratings and federal judicial nominees from 1976-2000, Koeing, Dustin, 95: 188-195 (Jan.-Feb. ’12, AJS Judicature)
• Cider to Vinegar (letter), Wilbert, Paul L., 76: 214 (Dec.-Jan. ’93, AJS Judicature)
• Citizen Evaluation of Judicial Performance: The Colorado Experience, Mahoney, Anne Rankin, 72: 210-216 (Dec.-Jan. ’89, AJS Judicature)
• Colorado celebrates 40 years of merit selection (brief), Eckley, Timothy S., 89: 350 (May-June ’06, AJS Judicature)
• Conference considers judicial reform (focus), Reddick, Malia and Albertsen, Joanne, 92: 80-83 (2, AJS Judicature)
• Congress Hears Proposals for Performance Reviews of ALJs (news), Author, No, 63: 144 (Sep. ’79, AJS Judicature)
• The Consumer and the Courts, Abrahamson, Shirley S., 74: 93-95 (Aug.-Sep. ’90, AJS Judicature)
• A conversation about judicial independence and impartiality, Author, No, 89: 339-343 (6, AJS Judicature)
• A correction (letter), Author, No, 83: 38 (July-Aug. ’99, AJS Judicature)
• Could Jurors Reach A Verdict On Judges, Too? (query), Douglas, Charles G., III, 62: 57, 102 (Aug. ’78, AJS Judicature)
• David Souter’s First Term on the Supreme Court: The Impact of a New Justice, Johnson, Scott P. and Smith, Christopher E., 75: 238-243 (Feb.-Mar. ’92, AJS Judicature)
• The Defeat of the California Justices: The Campaign, the Electorate, and the Issue of Judicial Accountability, Wold, John T. and Culver, John H., 70: 348-355 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
• Demystifying the Judicial Process: How Can Judges and Journalists Really Help?, Author, No, 67: 448-457 (Apr. ’84, AJS Judicature)
• Designated Judges: How Well Do They Perform?, Green, Justin J. and Atkins, Burton M., 61: 358-370 (Mar. ’78, AJS Judicature)
• Does the Bar Have An Obligation to Help Ensure the Independence of the Judiciary (query), Raven, Robert D., 69: 66-67, 115, 117-118 (Aug.-Sep. ’85, AJS Judicature)
• Evaluating Judges Selected By Merit (letter), Handberg, Roger, 63: 43 (Jun.-Jul. ’79, AJS Judicature)
• Evaluating Judges: How Should the Bar Do It?, Flanders, Steven, 61: 304-310 (Feb. ’78, AJS Judicature)
• Evaluating the performance of judges standing for retention (panel discussion), Discussion, Panel, 79: 190-197 (Jan.-Feb. ’96, AJS Judicature)
• Independence or Accountability (letter), Johns, Doyle T., Jr., 70: 141 (Oct.-Nov. ’86, AJS Judicature)
• Insure Impartiality (letter), Gracianette, Cyril J., 60: 110 (Oct. ’76, AJS Judicature)
• An Ironic Analogue (letter), Sullivan, Joseph A., 70: 140-141 (Oct.-Nov. ’86, AJS Judicature)
• Judge’s Campaign Ad Wasn’t Misleading, Commission Rules (news), Hoelzel, Bill, 61: 142 (Sep. ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Judges Judge the Supreme Court, Caldeira, Gregory A., 61: 208-219 (Nov. ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Judges, Critics and the Public Interest: Balancing Competing Values, Author, No, 72: 226-234 (Dec.-Jan. ’89, AJS Judicature)
• Judging in a Democracy: The Tension of Popular Participation, Nejelski, Paul, 61: 166-175 (Oct. ’77, AJS Judicature)
• Judicial accountability (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 89: 4, 6 (July-Aug. ’05, AJS Judicature)
• Judicial accountability the right way: Official performance evaluations help the electorate as well as the bench, Esterling, Kevin M., 82: 206-215 (Mar.-Apr. ’99, AJS Judicature)
• Judicial Elections: The California Experience, Grodin, Joseph, 70: 365-369 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
• Judicial qualifications and judicial performance: is there a relationship?, DiPietro, Susanne, Carns, Teresa W., and Cotton, William T., 83: 196-204 (Jan.-Feb. ’00, AJS Judicature)
• Judicial Retention Elections: Are They Serving Their Intended Purpose?, Carbon, Susan, 64: 210-233 (Nov. ’80, AJS Judicature)
• Looking Back and Looking Forward, Frankel, Jack E., 75: 83-85, 113 (Aug.-Sep. ’91, AJS Judicature)
• Maryland’s Retention Elections (letter), Adkins, William H., II, 64: 298 (Feb. ’81, AJS Judicature)
• Merit Retention Elections: Can The Bar Influence The Voters?, Stookey, John A. and Watson, George, 64: 234-241 (Nov. ’80, AJS Judicature)
• Merit Selection of Federal Administrative Law Judges, Sharon, Amiel T. and Pettibone, Craig B., 70: 216-222 (Dec.-Jan. ’87, AJS Judicature)
• A Mistaken Impression (letter), Nelson, Gary K., 64: 299 (Feb. ’81, AJS Judicature)
• The Need for Judicial Performance Evaluations for Retention Elections (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 75: 124, 178 (Oct-Nov ’91, AJS Judicature)
• Practicing Attorneys and Judicial Retention Decisions: Judging the Judges in Wyoming, Griffin, Kenyon N. and Murdock, Margaret Maier, 69: 36-42 (Jun.-Jul. ’85, AJS Judicature)
• Preventing Judicial Misconduct: Defining the Role of Conduct Organizations, Gardiner, John A., 70: 113-121 (Aug.-Sep. ’86, AJS Judicature)
• The Problem of Bias in Judicial Evaluation Surveys, Koebel, C. Theodore, 67: 224-233 (Nov. ’83, AJS Judicature)
• Promoting judicial independence (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 80: 152 (Jan.-Feb. ’97, AJS Judicature)
• The relationship between judicial performance evaluations and judicial elections, Brody, David C., 87: 168-177, 192 (Jan.-Feb. ’04, AJS Judicature)
• Retention Elections And Judicial Behavior, Aspin, Larry T. and Hall, William K., 77: 306-315 (May-Jun. ’94, AJS Judicature)
• Rose Bird and the Politics of Judicial Accountability in California, Culver, John H. and Wold, John T., 70: 81-89 (Aug.-Sep. ’86, AJS Judicature)
• Roving Judges (letter), Griswold, Erwin N., 62: 6 (Jun.-Jul. ’78, AJS Judicature)
• The Senate’s Role in Judicial Appointments, Simon, Paul, 70: 55-58 (Jun.-Jul. ’86, AJS Judicature)
• Should We Judge All Judges By the Misdeeds of the Few? (query), Curry, Richard L., 67: 472-473, 509 (May ’84, AJS Judicature)
• Simplifying the Maze of Nevada’s Courts, Boersema, Craig, 78: 299-303 (May-Jun. ’95, AJS Judicature)
• Using judicial performance evaluations to promote judicial accountability, Kourlis, Rebecca Love and Singer, Jordan M., 90: 200-207 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
• The Voting Behavior of Judges Appointed by President Bush, Carp, Robert A., Songer, Donald R., Rowland, C.K., Stidham, Ronald, and Richey-Tracy, Lisa, 76: 298-302 (Apr.-May ’93, AJS Judicature)
• What Judges Think Of Performance Evaluation: A Report On
  The Colorado Survey, Sterling, Joyce, Stott, E. Keith, Jr., and Weller, Steven, 64: 414-424 (Apr. ’81, AJS Judicature)
• What Twenty Years of Judicial Retention Elections Have Told Us, Aspin, Larry T. and Hall, William K., 70: 340-347 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
• Who Will Control the Judiciary? (query), Adams, Arlin M., 70: 142-143, 174-175 (Oct.-Nov. ’86, AJS Judicature)