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As state courts work to serve the substantial numbers of litigants who navigate the civil and family court process without an attorney, they are taking a variety of approaches. Some have fillable forms, some have established self-help centers, some… MORE
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As thousands sit for the bar exam this week, IAALS is spearheading an empirical effort to define the minimum competence they need to practice law
Most law school graduates sit for the bar exam at the end of each July—an exhausting ordeal of… MORE
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In June, the National Center for States Courts (NCSC) released the second in a series of evaluations of civil justice reform demonstration pilot projects around the country: Civil Justice Initiative: Evaluation of the Civil Justice Initiative… MORE
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Nevada, which directly elects nearly all of its state judges, has never implemented an official judicial performance evaluation (JPE) program. Instead, between 1992 and 2013, the state’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal,… MORE
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Between 2013 and 2017, IAALS launched two centers in Denver to provide separating and divorcing families with an alternative to litigation and access to more supportive services. The vision was to replace the common legal experience in which… MORE
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Innovations in the delivery of legal services can also be laboratories for testing innovations in legal education. When it comes to innovative legal services, IAALS developed two centers for families to receive legal and supportive services outside… MORE
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In 2015, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators passed Resolution 5, which supports the goal of 100 percent access to effective assistance for essential civil legal needs. The Resolution urges the… MORE
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While technology is increasingly finding its way into courthouses around the country, substantial opportunities remain for courts to implement simple technology solutions that stand to greatly improve the experience of litigants—particularly those… MORE
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“Are we in an era of regulatory reform?” Art Lachman, legal ethics attorney and former President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL), posed this question at APRL’s annual meeting a few weeks ago in San Francisco. Lawyers… MORE
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The National Center for State Courts’ (NCSC) 2019 Trends in State Courts explores how to make state court processes both more comprehensible and relevant to the public. The articles relate the innovative ways that various state courts are rethinking… MORE