JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION
STATE OF HAWAIʻI
JUDICIAL RETENTION EVALUATION FORM, FORM JS-P-081
General Information and Instructions:
The Commission thanks you for taking the time to fill out the evaluation form, and for your valued and
significant contributions to the judicial retention process.
Through the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program, the form is available online through a fillable Portable Document
Form (PDF) file. The form is sent to your computer as a temporary fillable form and does not allow you to save
the information you entered. Filling out the form online does not send the information electronically to the
Commission’s office. You must therefore print out each page as you complete it, and sign the printed form.
Please mail [you are encouraged to use a standard 4 " by 9 ½" envelope] or deliver the original form to the
Judicial Selection Commission, 417 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 96813. You may fax the original
form to (808) 538-5205. If you fax the form, you are not required to mail the original form to the Commission.
The due date is stated on the Notice of Petition for Retention in Judicial Office available on the Commission's
home page. Late evaluations will not be considered.
All evaluations received by the Commission are CONFIDENTIAL and reviewed only by the Commission
members/staff. The petitioner does not review your evaluation.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE EVALUATION FORM:
Click the Highlight Existing Fields button on the top right corner of the form to highlight the fields to enter
your answers. Use the “Tab” key to advance to the next highlighted field or check box. Do not use the
enter/return key, as these keys do not advance you to the next highlighted field or check box.
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If you continue typing, the additional information will not print on the form. If you need more space, for your
written comments, please attach a separate page setting out the question and your answer.
WARNING: If you exit or close the form or the Commission’s website goes down and is temporarily
unavailable, all the information you entered will not be saved and will be deleted. If you print each page as you
complete the page, you will not have to reenter lost information. If the Commission’s website is temporarily not
available, please try the Commission’s website later in the day or the next day.
Pursuant to the Commission’s Rule 10, please consider the petitioner’s background, professional skills and
character, and give consideration to the following qualities:
(1) Integrity and moral courage
(2) Legal ability and experience
(3) Intelligence and wisdom
(4) Compassion and fairness
(5) Diligence and decisiveness
(6) Judicial temperament
Judicial Selection Commission, State of Hawaiʻi Instruction Page 1
Judicial Retention Evaluation Form, Form JS-P-081
Revised 08/2013
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JUDICIAL RETENTION EVALUATION FORM
EVALUATION FORM:
Date:
Your name:
Address/City/State/Zip Code:
Telephone Number:
Justice/Judge seeking retention (“Petitioner”) name:
Support/Grant Petitioner’s Request for Retention Oppose/Deny Petitioner’s Request for Retention
1. Which of the following best describes the basis for your evaluation of this candidate?
Direct Professional Experience
[Note: this is limited to direct contact with the Petitioner’s professional work. This usually
involves the Petitioner presiding over a court matter. (i.e., defendant, plaintiff, witness, defense counsel, prosecutor, staff, etc.)]
Professional Reputation Other Personal Contact
2. If you checked “Direct Professional Experience,” which of the following best describes the amount of experience?
Substantial and recent (within 5 years) Moderate and recent Limited
3. The Commission requests your absolute candor and fairness, and not necessarily your advocacy on behalf of the
petitioner. The tendency to rate a petitioner excellent” or “poor” on every trait should be avoided since each
person has strengths and weaknesses. If you cannot rate the petitioner on any one quality, you may leave it blank. Please
rate the petitioner on each of the following qualities that best represents your evaluation.
CATEGORIES: 1 - POOR 2 - DEFICIENT 3 ACCEPTABLE 4 GOOD 5 - EXCELLENT
PROFESSIONAL
COMPETENCE/
LEGAL ABILITY
lacking in legal
knowledge and/or
effectiveness
below-average
performance
occasionally
possesses
sufficient legal
knowledge and
required skills
above-average
in legal knowledge
and effectiveness
meets your
highest standards
for legal knowledge
and ability
INTEGRITY
AND
MORAL
COURAGE
unconcerned
with propriety
and/or appearance,
or acts in violation
of codes of
professional
conduct
appears lacking
in knowledge of
codes of
professional
conduct and/or
unconcerned with
propriety or
appearance at times
follows codes of
professional
conduct, respects
propriety and
appearance of
propriety at all
times
above-average
in both; holds self
to higher
professional and
ethical standards
than most, makes
courageous
decisions
outstanding
integrity and
highest standards of
conduct; makes
exceptionally
courageous
decisions in your
experience
FAIRNESS
often shows
strong bias for or
against some
person or groups
displays,
verbally or
otherwise, some
bias for or against
groups or persons
free of
substantial bias or
prejudice towards
groups or persons
above-average
ability to treat all
persons and groups
impartially
outstanding
fairness and
impartiality to all
groups
COMPASSION
often lacks
compassion,
humility, or
courtesy
sometimes lacks
compassion,
humility, or
courtesy
possesses
appropriate
compassion,
humility, and
courtesy
above-average
compassion,
humility, and
courtesy
outstanding
compassion,
humility, and
courtesy in your
experience
DILIGENCE &
DECISIVENESS
does not meet
deadlines and/or
avoids decision-
making
occasionally
misses deadlines
and shies away
from hard decisions
consistently
meets deadlines,
makes decisions as
necessary
a self-starter on
decision-making,
sets and meets own
deadlines, makes
hard decisions
outstanding in
planning ahead, a
proven leader of
peers, makes
excellent strategic
case decisions,
always diligent
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JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION
417 South King Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813
JUDICIAL RETENTION EVALUATION FORM
If you wish to submit additional written comments, please enter them below.
Date:
Your name:
Justice/Judge seeking retention (“Petitioner”) name:
WRITTEN COMMENTS:
Your signature: ____________________________________________________
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