Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts dedicated his 2015 year-end report on the State of the Judiciary to extolling the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He stressed that these …
Brittany Kauffman CEO At the beginning of this month, the long awaited amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. Of the amendments, the one that changed the most following the public comment period was Rule 37(e) , which was …
Brittany Kauffman CEO An important takeaway from the May 2010 Conference on Civil Litigation held at Duke University Law School, sponsored by the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, was that the disposition of civil actions in our federal courts could be …
Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The Utah Supreme Court has approved the development of a new program to help litigants navigate the court system . A Supreme Court Task Force established to examine the issue recommended that Limited …
Zachary Willis Director of Communications Throughout the month of December, we've been releasing the 16 Ignite-style presentations given at our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference by ETL Fellows and faculty from across the ETL Consortium. …
Zachary Willis Director of Communications Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Legal education has been undergoing a great metamorphosis to adapt to a changing legal market. In recent years, we have witnessed an increase of interest in experiential learning, with …
Myra Berman Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Touro Law Center This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. The author(s) presented a six-minute Ignite-style presentation at the conference …
Brittany Kauffman CEO On December 1, Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was amended to recognize that the rules should be construed, administered, “and employed by the court and the parties ” to secure a just, speedy, and inexpensive …
Gerald M. Slater Associate Dean for Professional & Career Development, Suffolk University Law School This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. The author(s) presented a six-minute Ignite-style …
Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS is all about innovation, for the benefit of everyone who depends on our legal system—from lawyers and judges to everyday citizens who need access to justice. And, 2015 was a good year for us …
Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Citing concerns about the erosion of “citizens’ and businesses’ confidence in the integrity of their judges,” a new report from the Committee for Economic Development calls for states to replace …
Mary Bowman Director of the Legal Writing Program, Seattle University School of Law This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. The author(s) presented a six-minute Ignite-style presentation at the …
Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation In 2013, the Colorado Judicial Branch created the Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator (Sherlock) program. The Sherlocks , operating in courthouses in each of Colorado’s judicial districts, assist …
Zachary Willis Director of Communications Throughout this month, we've been releasing the fantastic Ignite-style presentations given at our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference by ETL Fellows and faculty from across the ETL Consortium. …
Brittany Kauffman CEO Just a week ago, the long awaited amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. Of the amendments, the most significant—and controversial—changes are to Rule 26, which specifically incorporates proportionality …
Laurel S. Terry Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law Camille C. Marion Director of Experiential Learning, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual …
Brittany Kauffman CEO Recently, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis and I met with the other members and staff of the Conference of Chief Justices Civil Justice Improvements Committee for its fourth plenary meeting in Washington, D.C. The …
Susan E. Carparelli Former Executive Director, The Center for Out of Court Divorce So often when parents begin the process of separation and divorce they feel vulnerable and uncertain about how to proceed. Their greatest fear is the potential of harm to …
Mary A. Lynch Director, Center for Excellence in Law Teaching, Albany Law School Rosemary Queenan Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Albany Law School This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. …
Brittany Kauffman CEO As the legal world is focused on the newly implemented amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which went into effect December 1st , there is one group that is already thinking “what next?”—the Advisory Committee on Civil …
