Judgepedia

Judgepedia

URL	Judgepedia.org
Slogan	An interactive encyclopedia of courts and judges.
Commercial?	No
Type of site	Wiki
Registration	Required for editing
Available language(s)	English
Owner	The Lucy Burns Institute
Launched	October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01)
Alexa rank	232,109 (April 2013)
Current status	Active

Judgepedia is a wiki-style website billed as an "interactive encyclopedia of courts and judges".

Mission

The mission of Judgepedia is to help readers find useful information about judges, judicial elections/appointments and court systems in the United States at both the state and federal level.

Projects

Judgepedia is designed to provide collaboration between staff members and users through content. The wiki covers the following topics:

State courts:

• Judicial elections
• Supreme Courts and justices
• Intermediate appellate court and judges
• Trial courts across the nation
• Judicial selection by state
• State disciplinary agencies

Federal courts:

• Federal courts and judges
• Presidential judicial appointments
• Vacancies on the federal courts

History

Judgepedia was founded by the Sam Adams Alliance in 2007, along with Ballotpedia and Sunshine Review. In 2009 sponsorship of Judgepedia was transferred to the Lucy Burns Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Work on Judgepedia started in 2007 with creating pages for all of the federal courts and judges in the United States. Once that project was complete, the focus shifted to state courts and judges, which includes in depth coverage of judicial elections since 2010.

In the spring of 2008, Judgepedia changed its settings to require registration prior to editing the wiki.

See also

• Ballotpedia

External links

• Judgepedia
• Lucy Burns Institute
• Lucy Burns Institute at GuideStar