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1. Awaiting Change: The Impact of Implementing Federal Rules Changes

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   The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their potential impact continue to be on the forefront of 

2. Law Schools' Untapped Resources: Using Advocacy Professors to Achieve Real Change in Legal Education

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   If the current law school model is dilapidated, then the remodel requires more than a face-lift; it requires real structural and architectural changes. Legal education (finally) must cater to the needs of students. By most accounts, that means teaching students the knowledge, skills, and values required to serve clients and solve problems. However, to reinvent legal educati... MORE

3. Creating Momentum for Change: IAALS' Final Evaluation of Colorado Court Rule Changes

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   Denver, Colo. – IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, annou... MORE

4. Change the Culture, Change the System

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   IAALS and others have catalogued and documented the case for civil justice reform over the past ten years. The results of multiple nationwide surveys have found that cost is too high and it affects court access; delay increases cost; and discovery is responsible for much of the unnecessary cost and delay.

   The challenge in addressing these issues lies not only in crafting solutions—it is also overcoming lawyers’ and jud... MORE

5. Change the Culture, Change the System

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   Objective: To recognize and take into account the role of legal culture in our reform efforts to create a more accessible, efficient, and accountable legal system.

   IAALS and others have catalogued and documented the case for civil justice reform over the past ten years. Multiple nationwide surveys have found that the system takes too long and costs too much; discovery is responsible for much of ... MORE

6. The Top 10 Legal Culture Shifts Needed to Create the Courts of Tomorrow

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   For the last ten years, IAALS—the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System—has worked to rebuild the civil justice system. After much work, and through collaboration with some of the very best minds in the country, we are finally reaching a critical goalpost in that mission. Significant federal rule changes going into effect on December 1 will begin to shake the foundation of law practice a... MORE

7. New Report Highlighting States' Civil Justice Reform Efforts Provides Guidance for Change Management

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   The recommendations can provide critical support to courts facing unprecedented need for change during the COVID-19 pandemic.

8. Going Public with Innovation: What the ETL Survey Aims to Discover

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   In the first blog for Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, Bill Sullivan argued that legal education is more than meritocracy – that while academic merit is essential in the training of lawyers as professionals it is not enough. It is necessary, but not alone sufficient for professional excellence. Thi... MORE

9. Long-Awaited Results from Utah’s Statewide Rule Changes Reflect Positive Impact

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   The National Center for State Courts has released its final evaluation of 

10. Ten Years of IAALS: The Genesis of Rules Reform and the Call for Culture Change

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    IAALS is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Throughout the year, we will be featuring guest posts from our colleagues and partners to recap our accomplishments and national impact—and look to the future ahead. The full series of posts will be