Judicial Excellence Awards Nominations Close Today
The Colorado Judicial Institute has opened nominations for the 2012 Judicial Excellence Awards. Please help us celebrate judges and magistrates across Colorado both by nominating a judge or magistrate and by spreading the word about the Judicial Excellence Awards. The only way we find out about the great judges across our state is by hearing from people like you! Nominations close for 2012 on May 17th.
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CJI Luncheon and Annual Meeting
We hope you will join us to acknowledge the work CJI has done to achieve judicial excellence in Colorado and share our vision for the future. All CJI Members in good standing may vote in the board elections. Registration is now closed. Please contact Amy Ostheimer at amy@coloradojudicialinstitute.org with questions.
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place, Denver
11:30 a.m. Registration
12:00pm—1:30pm
Lunch & Program Cost: $35 per person
Speakers: Jane Howell, Executive Director, Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance and
Brian Sanderoff, President, Research & Polling, Inc.
Know Your Judge Voter Education PSA – Not Campaigning, Judge Rules
The Colorado Judicial Institute (CJI) and its partners in a 2010 voter education effort called "Know Your Judge" have prevailed in a legal challenge filed by Matt Arnold of Clear the Bench Colorado (CTBC).
Shortly before the November 2010 election, Mr. Arnold filed a complaint against CJI, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, the Colorado Bar Association, and the League of Women Voters of Colorado alleging a violation of campaign laws when they partnered to produce a PSA and website that urged voters not to skip judges on their ballots. The website and PSA provided voters with the information necessary to review judicial performance evaluation information compiled for voters by the statutorily-created Colorado Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission. Administrative Law Judge Judith F. Schulman, on Tuesday, March 8th, granted the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, dismissing Arnold’s complaint against the "Know Your Judge" partners.
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Public Education Program OUR COURTS Wins National Honor
The Our Courts public education program, a joint program of the Colorado Bar Association and CJI, has been awarded the American Bar Association's 2010 Burnham "Hod" Greeley Award.
The award recognizes extraordinary outreach efforts that show the public the need for a fair and impartial judiciary. Judges evaluated the nominations for significant, positive impacts on public understanding of the role of the judiciary in a democratic society and for ability to convey the importance of the judiciary’s role in the rule of law. The award is named in honor of the late Hawaii attorney Burnham “Hod” Greeley, a dedicated ABA leader who was committed to promoting public trust and confidence in our justice system.
The award was presented at the ABA annual mid-year meeting in Orlando, Florida.
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