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The Colorado Supreme Court has requested comments on proposed amendments to the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. The changes are focused on improving access to the civil justice system by making pretrial case management more efficient, thereby… MORE
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Mark your calendars! The 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference will take place October 1-3, 2015, in Denver, Colorado.
Each year, this conference has brought leaders in legal education together to collaborate on ways to retool… MORE
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This month, IAALS—the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver—will hold its annual Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner. The award recognizes individuals who exemplify the spirit of innovation and leadership… MORE
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The West Virginia legislature has passed, and the governor has signed, a bill that makes elections for the state's judges nonpartisan.
West Virginia's judicial elections attracted the national spotlight in 2009, when the U.S. Supreme Court weighed… MORE
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The Texas Lawyer recently reported on Texas' downward trend in civil lawsuits, which have dropped 17 percent over the last 10 years. When separated out, this trend is even more striking in county-level courts, which have seen a 36 percent drop in… MORE
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The prestige of your law school is not all that counts when it comes to making partner at a big law firm. In a recent study of 33,000 lawyers at the largest 115 law firms in the country, it was shown that a large number of partners came… MORE
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In the fall of 2013, IAALS and the National Judicial College co-hosted an educational summit exclusively tailored for state court judges on all facets of the discovery of ESI—from preservation to production to eventual use at trial.… MORE
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The National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) launched the Justice Index just over a year ago. This first-of-its-kind Index provides a spectrum of data that compares states in regards to access to justice across four… MORE
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IAALS is committed to advancing excellence in the American legal system. Over the last eight years, our impacts have been felt across the country.
A critical component of our success lies in our approach to tackling the challenging issues we face.… MORE
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On April 7, 53 percent of Wisconsin voters approved a proposed constitutional amendment that will allow the members of the state supreme court to select its chief justice, rather than the chief justice being determined by seniority.… MORE