News & Updates

IAALS, Innovation for Justice, and Community Justice Advocates of Utah have relaunched an expanded version of the U.S. Justice Worker Program Index, a comprehensive national resource mapping how “Community-Based Justice Worker” programs are structured, authorized, and implemented.

Elisa “Emo” Overall discusses her passion for access to justice, representing system users, and what it means to receive the Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award.

In a time when public trust in institutions is fraying, IAALS remains steady in its dedication to people-centered solutions that improve how civil justice functions.

The five individuals receiving the Rebuilding Justice Award share their unique perspectives and insights on our civil justice system.

Over the past year, judges faced an unprecedented number of threats. Minimizing these attacks as just another indication of our polarized society is shortsighted.

Colorado's new policy softens unauthorized practice of law prosecution for technology that expands access to legal services while maintaining consumer safeguards.

The Community Justice Advocates of Utah and Innovation for Justice, in partnership with IAALS, have launched a new index tracking how Community-Based Justice Worker programs are designed and implemented.

At IAALS’ recent judicial webinar, judges learned strategies to effectively enact change and collaborated to improve their courthouses.

The adversarial model was never meant to hold the delicate threads of a family together. It is time to shift our perspective from "winning" a divorce to restructuring a family.

Most people and small businesses struggle to find affordable legal help when they need it, but innovation across the legal services landscape is bringing new models and providers to the market.

Over the past 20 years, IAALS has built a national reputation for advancing bold, practical solutions across our justice system by cutting through division with data and dialogue.

IAALS gathered partners and friends at the University of Denver to celebrate twenty years of accomplishments and look towards the urgent work ahead.

The award showcases innovators, risk takers, visionaries, and emerging leaders who bring a unique perspective to the improvement of our justice system.

In 2025, IAALS connected experts and leaders to help build innovative solutions that address the most pressing challenges facing our justice system.

The Uncomplicated Courts Initiative provides a national blueprint to simplify high-volume court processes, integrate legal help, and build people-centered systems.

At IAALS' recent judicial webinar, judges stressed how critical communication and persistence are for judges trying to innovate in their courts.

IAALS announced the five recipients of its 2026 Rebuilding Justice Award: Dave Byers, William C. Hubbard, Stacy Rupprecht Jane, Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht (Ret.), and Sateesh Nori.

Insights from A Blueprint for Judicial Innovation lay out how judges can be catalysts for change in their courts.

IAALS and the Berkeley Judicial Institute today released A Blueprint for Judicial Innovation, which offers concrete guidance for judges who are ready to drive people-centered reform across our justice system.

Logan Cornett and Ericka Byram gave presentations at the International Access to Justice Forum on expanding community participation in research and AI.