judicial performance
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115 judges receive favorable recommendations for retention, 1 judge receives thumbs down
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Of the 116 judges and justices who are standing for retention this year, citizen-led performance commissions found the vast majority meets performance standards, with only one county court judge failing to get her commission’s approval. Each of Colorado’s 22 judicial districts has a commission of attorneys and non-attorneys who review survey responses from those who appear before…
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Colorado Supreme Court drops ‘catch-all’ question about prospective judges’ backgrounds from application
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Weeks before an Arapahoe County judge admitted he failed to disclose his affair with an employee when he was applying to be a judge, the Colorado Supreme Court dropped a question from the state’s judicial application form that asked candidates to disclose problematic information from their pasts – and provided grounds for discipline if they were…
