Get Involved

Get Involved | Donate

Want to support the National Association of Women Judges’ Informed Voters, Fair Judges Project? Your tax-deductible donation is critical to the success of IVP’s mission in educating the public about the constitutional role of the judicial branch and protecting our courts from outside influences. Through your contribution, you will help provide quality educational resources and programming for protecting our nation’s courts.

Get Involved | Judges & Lawyers

Judges and lawyers play a vital role in protecting judicial independence and strengthening civic education. This section highlights how legal professionals can get involved with the Informed Voters Project through tools like the Presentation Toolkit, Conference in a Box, and the Speaker’s Bureau. By sharing expertise and engaging with communities, members of the legal profession help voters understand why fair and impartial courts are essential to democracy.

Welcome! You are about to join a project that involves some of the nation’s foremost thought-leaders and legal professionals with a dual function: to educate the public and to protect fair and impartial courts. In fact, if you are involved in civic education or if your state has a merit retention election or contested election this year, IVP is tailor-made for you.

The Informed Voters Fair Judges Project has several programs and resources for your community of legal educators:

Presentation Toolkits

Here you can request presentation materials such as slide decks, messaging guides, activity overviews, and evaluation forms to make your presentation planning easy and impactful. Also available are checklists, suggested contact lists, sample letters, logos, everything you need to organize an event around judicial fairness and civic education.

Conference in a Box

As an Informed Voters Fair Judges Project partner, you will gain access to a “Conference in a Box”. This turn-key program has been developed to help project partners request, organize, and present a panel discussion on fair and impartial courts at your own Conference.

Speaker’s Bureau

The Informed Voters Fair Judges Project Speaker’s Bureau brings civic education to citizens nationwide. We connect audiences with speakers in a variety of ways, including keynotes, panel discussions, and joint presentations. In joining the Speaker’s Bureau, you become a part of a community of educators committed to teaching voters about the judicial system and the importance of judicial independence. You will only be contacted to present if a speaker request is made in your area, and you will be provided with nonpartisan educational materials before the presentation.

Get Involved | Invite a Speaker

Looking to bring civic education to your next meeting, classroom, or community event? The Speaker’s Bureau connects you with knowledgeable legal experts and civic leaders who can deliver engaging presentations on judicial independence and fair courts. Whether you need a keynote, panelist, or guest lecturer, this resource makes it simple to host an informed, nonpartisan discussion.

Get Involved | Become an Informed Voter

Strong democracies depend on informed citizens. This section gives you the tools to understand how judicial selection works in your state, evaluate judges fairly, and spot misleading ads or special interest influence. With fact sheets, state-by-state resources, and guidance on judicial accountability, you’ll be equipped to make confident, informed choices at the ballot box.

This site is created to provide accurate, up-to-date information to help you protect our fair and impartial justice system. The most important step is to fully understand the threats special interests pose to our judicial system. Before you decide how you stand on judicial elections in your community, consider these tips:

Judicial Selection Interactive Map

Learn more about how judicial selection and courts work in your state. Check out this interactive state map provided by the Brennan Center for Justice.

IVP Handouts & Palm Cards

The Informed Voters Fair Judges Project has developed a variety of one-page informational handouts designed for use with public presentations. Each document is one page (front and back) and can be printed in advance for distribution during your presentations. Not all handouts may be appropriate for your specific audience or program, so please review and select the ones most applicable to your planned presentation.

Evaluate Judges’ Experience

Judicial Accountability
Evaluating Judicial Candidates

Did you see an ad that seemed over the top? Find out who is behind the ad.
It’s critical to understand the agenda organizations have when they create ads designed to shock and sway voters. Can you verify what they say is true?

Get Involved | Become a Partner

Partnership with the Informed Voters Fair Judges Project is an opportunity for nonpartisan organizations to take a leadership role in civic education. As a partner, you gain full access to exclusive resources like the Presentation Toolkit and Conference in a Box, along with opportunities to co-host events and symposia. Together, we can expand the reach of voter education and protect the independence of our courts.

Who Can Become a Partner?

Educational Resources Available to Partners

Project partners gain full access to our Presentation Toolkit: a ready-made civic education package designed to maintain a fair and impartial judiciary.
We will gladly work with our partners to co-host a Symposium using our educational materials, videos, slide presentations and speakers.

Conference in a Box

As an Informed Voters Fair Judges Project partner, you will gain access to a “Conference in a Box”. This turn-key program has been developed to help project partners request, organize, and present a panel discussion on fair and impartial courts at your own Conference.

Online Community

Partnership Form

Are you interested in learning more about becoming a partner with the Informed Voters Fair Judges Project?
If so, please fill out the form below, and an Informed Voters Project representative will be in touch with your organization or firm shortly.

Project Partners

We are pleased to have as current or former partners: 

Justice at Stake
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters of Florida
League of Women Voters Miami-Dade County
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Bar Association
National Bar Association Judicial Council Division
National Constitution Center
National Center for State Courts
Our Courts America Project