Help shape tomorrow’s judiciary!

Fill out the performance evaluation surveys on judges by Oct. 24.

By KENT WAGNER

FALL 2015

Attorneys last month received letters followed by an email, requesting their participation in performance evaluation surveys on judges eligible to stand for retention in 2016. 

An email invitation from the Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation provides the needed information (survey link, username, and password) to complete online surveys for certain judges before whom attorneys have appeared.  The Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation uses court data to identify potential attorneys to be surveyed.  If an attorney feels they do not have sufficient experience before a particular judge, the survey provides an opportunity to opt out of the evaluation on that judge. 

By completing the surveys, attorneys help shape tomorrow’s judiciary. The combined attorney and non-attorney responses make up the judicial performance report used by judges for self-improvement and judicial performance commissions to complete their evaluations and ultimately make retention recommendations for voters.

See the Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation website for more information http://www.coloradojudicialperformance.gov/. 

Kent Wagner is the Executive Director of the Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation.