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In a recent article for The Recorder, Rachel Van Cleave, dean of Golden Gate University School of Law, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers (ETL) Consortium School, champions the efforts of ETL and its collaborative approach to changing… MORE
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IAALS is thrilled by the news that Judge Russell Carparelli of the Colorado Court of Appeals will take the helm at the American Judicature Society (AJS) as of January 1, 2014. New leadership of AJS is one of the changes that is accompanying the… MORE
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Appellate judges in 38 states stand for election. One state is holding judicial elections in November, and many more will do so in 2014. But how much do we know about our appellate judges? Are they fair? Do the lawyers who appear before them respect… MORE
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In Michigan, twelve graduates of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed a class action premised on the Consumer Protection Act and the common law, asserting the school misrepresented employment prospects for its graduates.1 The Sixth Circuit rejected… MORE
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Pennsylvania is one of at least four states that holds judicial elections in off-years. This November, two candidates competed for a seat on the superior court (an intermediate appellate court) and four appellate judges, including two supreme court… MORE
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Drawing attention to the costs of high-end divorce, Justice Matthew Cooper of the New York Supreme Court (the state's highest trial court) recently refused to go along with longstanding legal precedent that assigns responsibility for attorneys' fees… MORE
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As the public comment period continues on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Senate Judiciary Committee joined in the discussion this week by holding a hearing on the proposals. The hearing provided another… MORE
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Recent statistics from the United Kingdom show a drop in family mediation referrals, which have fallen an average of 26 percent from April to June 2013, compared to the same period last year. A number of possible reasons have been given to account… MORE
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Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill calling for a move to merit selection for judges of Pennsylvania's appellate courts. Pennsylvania is currently one of nine states that chooses appellate judges in partisan elections, and one… MORE
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“[Lawyers] who have smaller shops and are looking to take on people out of Baylor because they're ready to walk into a courtroom. Baylor has that edge of teaching you how to go try cases . . . .”
Responses like this are common from Texas plaintiff'… MORE