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Supreme court justice Michael Eakin, who is standing for retention in November, has so far raised $427,000 to keep his seat. Even though the race is uncontested, his campaign may be preparing for a last-minute attack. (Pennsylvania judges are first… MORE
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A subcommittee of the judicial branch in Connecticut is reviewing whether the state's evaluation system, which includes surveys to jurors and attorneys, is achieving its goal. The subcommittee is considering ways to revise the existing questionnaire… MORE
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State legislatures are increasingly eyeing court budgets as they try to make deep cuts into their budgets, leaving state courts woefully underfunded and causing delays and concerns about the abilities of state courts to dispense justice. Here, Mary… MORE
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Rebecca Love Kourlis was interviewed on Colorado Public Radio about the "failing grades" she gave civil courts in Rebuilding Justice.
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With the launch of Rebuilding Justice, which hit the shelves this week, Rebecca Love Kourlis wrote a guest post for Justice at Stake's Gavel Grab.
We live in a world where problems are everywhere and attention spans are short. We also live in a… MORE
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October 3 marks the first day of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011-12 term, which is expected to steal some news headlines. But as we prepare for an eventful term in constitutional law, Rebecca Love Kourlis and Dirk Olin remind readers that the civil… MORE
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State courts, which carry millions of cases per year across the country, are increasingly being targeted by state legislatures looking to make cuts.
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In a recent presentation, Professor Daniel Martin Katz of Michigan State University College of Law promoted a new law school model that, among other things, blends practice skills with doctrine and favors students with undergraduate majors in… MORE
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Senator Barbara Boxer continues to push the American Bar Association to require law schools to produce accurate job statistics and called the ABA's actions to date "half measures."
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When we discuss legal education reform, some of the more jaded members of our community often ask, “Why is this time any different?” They rattle off a list of dust-covered reports about proposed reforms for legal education, often dating back… MORE