Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Elena Harman Founder and Principal, Vantage Evaluation In recent years, law schools have been the subject of great scrutiny—by media, by the profession, by law students, and even by legal educators within the …
Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Family court judges make significant decisions affecting our nation's families, yet these judges are often undervalued—even by their peers on the bench. And, there is insufficient acknowledgement of …
Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure This report details IAALS' final findings on the Colorado Civil Access Pilot Project (CAPP) , the state's experiment with new court …
Brittany Kauffman CEO Understanding how the courts and rulemakers have addressed the costs of discovery, including their allocation between the parties, provides important background and context for future recommendations. This report reviews the laws in …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS This report details the judicial nominating commissions used to select supreme court justices in 30 states and the District of Columbia. In …
IAALS and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor IAALS has a deep and abiding interest in protecting the quality and integrity of the judiciary. To that end, IAALS has worked closely with an extremely qualified Advisory Committee chaired by United States Supreme …
This publication answers many common questions about the court systems and judges in the United States: Why do we have both state and federal courts? How are they different? Are more cases filed in state or federal courts? Are there more state or federal …
In 2011, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers conducted a survey, gathering data about new programs from 118 law schools. The survey intended to determine whether external factors—namely, the economic downturn of 2008—were catalysts for institutional changes or …
Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS Brittany Kauffman CEO This publication provides a synthesis of the relevant empirical research on the civil justice process released from 2008 to 2013. In addition to IAALS research, it contains studies …
IAALS drafted this report coming out of its Forum for Understanding and Comment on the Federal Rules Amendments , which was held on December 5, 2013. The Forum brought together a group of approximately forty lawyers, academics, and judges from around the …
IAALS and ACTL IAALS and the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice submitted comments on the proposed Federal Rule Amendments. The comment provides a summary of the pilot project and rules reform activity around the …
IAALS and ACTL Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Richard P. Holme Senior Of Counsel, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP This report is the culmination of a joint project between IAALS and the American College of Trial Lawyers, which involved …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Recognizing that appellate Judicial Performance Evaluation (JPE) programs have largely been patterned after programs for trial judges, IAALS is …
Updated July 2016 Brittany Kauffman CEO In response to increasing pressures on the civil justice system, both at the state and federal level, many jurisdictions around the country have implemented an alternative process that is designed to provide …
Lessons from the Implementation of Recent Civil Rules Projects Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS The implementation of recent civil rules projects, which are aimed at better achieving the goals of a just, speedy, and inexpensive civil …
Brittany Kauffman CEO In 2012, IAALS published the second edition of Navigating the Hazards of E-Discovery: A Manual for Judges in State Courts Across the Nation , which serves as a manual for state court judges and anyone who needs a basic resource that …
In March 2013, IAALS sponsored “An Uncommon Dialogue” about judicial selection. IAALS convened a group of thirty legal experts for two days to share perspectives on essential attributes for judges and how to put judges with those attributes on the bench. …
Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families Andrew Schepard Sidney and Walter Siben Distinguished Professor …
Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The Quality Judges Initiative 's recommendations for reviewing written opinions as part of a performance evaluation program for appellate …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The U.S. bankruptcy courts have 351 authorized bankruptcy judgeships, along with an additional 37 retired-recalled bankruptcy judges. Despite …
