Justice architects and planners face increasing pressure to ensure that courthouses meet the functional, aspirational, and security needs of many different user groups, as well as building performance and efficiency standards. These groups include, among others, the agency that owns the building, court staff, judges, litigants, attorneys, public visitors, jurors, and inmates—each with unique concerns, requirements, and expectations for the building. One way to learn about the features that are responsive to these needs and requirements is to evaluate the courthouse’s performance through conducting a post-occupancy evaluation—or “POE” for short (pronounced as individual letters: P-O-E).