Events

On October 7, as part of our Paths to Justice Summit Series, IAALS hosted a webinar on high-volume cases, which pose unique challenges and also great opportunity for improvement in terms of access to justice. What have we learned in this pandemic—and through this nationwide pilot project—on how to ensure access to justice in these high-volume cases?

Denver, Colorado

In this webinar, IAALS and HiiL brought together experts from across key justice institutions and perspectives to speak to the outcomes of the US Justice Needs report, as well as crucial policy implications for access to justice in the United States.

IAALS has launched a virtual summit series, Paths to Justice, comprised of multiple invite-only virtual convenings as well as a series of webinars focusing on the paths of the pandemic, the paths to access, and the paths to racial justice that our system must walk in our new normal.

On September 9, as part of our Paths to Justice Summit Series, IAALS hosted a webinar focusing on standard and complex litigation, both in our state and federal courts. What have we learned in this pandemic—and through this nationwide pilot project—regarding how to make litigation less expensive and more accessible?

The voices of over 10,000 people in the United States were heard with the launch of the US Justice Needs report on September 1, 2021. In this webinar, IAALS and HiiL shared the report, presented key data points, and spoke to the implications of this research—for those in the justice system, policymakers, and beyond.

As part of our Redesigning Legal Speaker Series, on August 24 IAALS and its partners hosted a discussion on how lawyers and other legal professionals can help to solve access-to-justice problems using new advances in technology—while building sustainable practices at the same time.

Across the country, more and more jurisdictions are reimagining how to deliver and regulate legal services. IAALS and its partners are hosting a quarterly speaker series to provide a forum to learn about and discuss the regulatory changes underway, the challenges they face, and the opportunities they provide.

As part of our Redesigning Legal Speaker Series, on June 9 IAALS and its partners hosted a discussion on how judicial leadership can play a critical role in expanding access to legal services and access to justice.

IAALS, The Chicago Bar Foundation, the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, and the Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) hosted a three-day virtual event that focused on the major hows and whys of supporting and implementing the practice of unbundled legal services both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

IAALS Spring Board of Advisors meeting.

Denver, Colorado

On March 25, IAALS hosted a webinar featuring Presiding Judge Clemens Landau of the Salt Lake City Justice Court and Sheriece Perry of the Massachusetts Trial Courts Office of Court Management, who discussed how their respective organizations were able to balance the necessity of remote services with their customers' in-person needs.

With the pandemic still ongoing, and in an effort to share lessons learned across jurisdictions, IAALS hosted a four-part speaker series to discuss best practices when implementing virtual services.

On March 11, IAALS hosted a webinar featuring Carolyn Kim and Renato Izquieta of the Orange County Superior Court and Jeannie Sato of the Alaska Court System, who discussed how their respective organizations were able to successfully transform their in-person legal services into virtual services amid the pandemic—without expending significant resources.

On February 17, IAALS hosted a webinar featuring Jonathan Pyle of Philadelphia Legal Assistance and Leanne Yoder of the Arizona Superior Court in Pima County, who discussed how their respective organizations worked with others both internally and externally to alleviate many obstacles that come with reform.

On February 3, 2021, IAALS hosted a webinar featuring Christine Miller of Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and Lollie Roberts of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, who discussed how their respective organizations successfully kept the public up to date on the changes they were making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

IAALS and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law co-hosted a speaker series—The Future of Legal Services—bringing together perspectives from the legal profession, academia, and state supreme courts—the regulators of legal services.

On December 9, IAALS co-hosted a virtual discussion with Dan Rodriguez, former dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, on why our balkanized system of professional regulation makes it much more difficult to meet the demand for legal services, and how states can join together and offer more legal services to those in need without opening up the public to the risk of harm.

Denver, Colorado