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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 …

Roberto L. Corrada Chair in Modern Learning and Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law David Thomson Professor of Practice, University of Denver Sturm College of Law In September 2012, 21 law schools sent representatives to  Educating …

A Retrospective Study of Colorado's Early Experiments with Proactive Case Processing John M. Greacen Principal, Greacen Associates, LLC Special Projects Advisor, IAALS Pamela A. Gagel This report presents the results from an analysis of data from five …

Guide for Appraisal and Improvement of Caseflow Management of Civil Cases in U.S. District Courts Pamela A. Gagel Stephen P. Ehrlich This Guide provides the tools for any interested federal judge to make a quick, initial assessment of the status of his or …

Kansas Law Review Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Brittany Kauffman CEO In this article we explore the history of recent efforts to improve the civil justice system in the United States, beginning first with the efforts of IAALS …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director During the ABA’s 2013 mid-year meeting, the Task Force on the Future of Legal Education heard testimony from individuals about opportunities to improve legal education.  Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers  took this …

As one of our initial steps in developing recommended tools for evaluating the performance of appellate judges, we convened focus groups of judges and attorneys to identify the responsibilities of appellate judges that should be included in a performance …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure This report is a follow-up to IAALS’ 2010 publication of Surveys of the Colorado Bench & Bar on Colorado’s Simplified Pretrial Procedure for …