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States Get New Tools to Help the Civil Justice System Reform Process

Sep 5, 2017
Brittany Kauffman
Across the nation, states are reforming the civil justice system. They are taking action in response to the Conference of Chief Justices' (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators' (COSCA) endorsement of 13 recommendations focused on ensuring our courts are affordable, efficient, and fair for all. States are...

Strong Support for Civil Justice Reform

Aug 31, 2017
Brittany Kauffman
A recent study conducted for Voices for Civil Justice, with support from the Public Welfare Foundation, found that voters strongly favor reform of the civil justice system. Overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important to “ensure that everyone has access to the civil justice system” and “strongly support a...

LawyerSlack: An Informal Survey of Career Paths, Helpful Jobs, What to Avoid

Aug 30, 2017
Keith Lee
A while back, Alli Gerkman wrote about the importance of life experience for new lawyers. But lawyers often don’t discuss these experiences on resumes or in interviews. They try to keep their background “strictly legal.” But the Foundations for Practice survey indicates that employers are looking for new hires that...

IAALS Advances Justice with Family Law Attorney Bill Howe

Aug 29, 2017
Partner Profile
Rebecca Love Kourlis
Bill has been involved with IAALS since 2012, when we launched the Honoring Families Initiative Advisory Committee on which he serves. We have worked together on our original vision-paper, on the Center for Out-of-Court Divorce, the Family Bar Summit, The Modern Family Court Judge, and now our online dispute...

Seven Recommendations for Building a Diverse Bench

Aug 24, 2017
Guest Post
Douglas Keith
Laila Robbins
This month, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the American Bar Association Judicial Division released Building a Diverse Bench: Selecting Federal Magistrate and Bankruptcy Judges, a resource that offers practical steps the federal judiciary can take to promote a more diverse bench. A diverse...

Igniting Innovation: First Day Presenters Announced for 2017 ETL Conference

Aug 23, 2017
Caitlin Anderson
The 6th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference is right around the corner! In addition to our fantastic lineup of program speakers, we are excited to have fifteen Ignite presentations from a broad swath of law schools and legal organizations. As you may know, it has become ETL Conference tradition to kick off...

ABA Adopts Resolution Supporting Trial Experience for Young Lawyers

Aug 17, 2017
Brittany Kauffman
At its annual meeting this week in New York City, the ABA House of Delegates adopted Resolution 116 urging courts to implement plans that provide meaningful courtroom experience to new lawyers. The resolution—recognizing the important role law firms and clients play in the experience, or lackthereof, that young...

IAALS Talks Modernizing State Courts in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

Aug 15, 2017
Heather Buchanan
In a recent article for Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis and Rule One Initiative Director Brittany Kauffman discuss how state court and bar leaders across the country are gearing up for major civil justice reforms using the recently released Roadmap for Implementation. The...

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