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Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation On August 20 and 21, the multidisciplinary Honoring Families Initiative (HFI) Advisory Committee convened in Denver. The meeting agenda included in-depth discussion of preliminary data collected over …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern The  National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) in Canada continues to build upon the important initial research conducted by Dr. Julie Macfarlane between 2011 and 2013. Although the original study is over, the group …

Caitlin Anderson Former Legal Assistant On the occasion of his retirement, John Lande , now Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law and ETL Fellow , collected his advice to law students and lawyers in an essay entitled “ My Last …

Brittany Kauffman CEO As of July 1, 2015, Colorado has adopted new amendments to its rules of civil procedure with the goal of achieving a more accessible and efficient road to justice. The amended rules seek to increase the involvement of judges in …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Washington's inaugural class of  limited license legal technicians (LLLTs)  have taken their initial test to become the first of their kind. Seven of the nine who took the state's LLLT exam passed and now face the next steps …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies has issued a call for public comment on its Guidelines and Suggested Practices for Implementing the 2015 Discovery Amendments to Achieve Proportionality . The Guidelines have their genesis in …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation A robust discussion continues in the United States about the need to improve the delivery of legal services. During the American Bar Association’s (ABA) National Summit on Innovation in Legal …

Robert P. Thompson Former Director of Communications & Marketing Can the 20th Century model of legal services delivery rise to the challenges and opportunities created by changes in society and the legal industry? And, can clients get the access to …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Family court is often the only experience that people will have with the judicial process, through divorce, separation, and parental responsibility/custody matters. Unfortunately, even though family court judges are responsible …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern In a recent NCSC article, Innovative Courts Encourage Dissent , Judge Kevin Burke of Hennepin County, Minnesota, discussed the benefits of fostering the right forms of dissent in the courthouse. Judge Burke, a member of the …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern In a  recent Bloomberg BNA article , law schools are encouraged to better prepare future lawyers for the growing electronic legal landscape. From solos to large firms, the increase of ediscovery as well as online legal services …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has published new Guidelines Addressing the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information and a Checklist for Rule 26(f) Meet-and-Confer Regarding Electronically Stored …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern The United Kingdom is experimenting with  a new and innovative approach  to resolving family legal issues through the Family Solutions Court. Judge John Altman, the Designated Family Judge for London, launched the program, …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Starting today, IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, in partnership with NEWMEDIA, a Denver-based full-service website design and development agency, …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Retired Magistrate Judge John Facciola was recently featured  in an interview on Legal Talk Network’s Digital Detectives. He has been referred to as one of the “rock star judges of e-discovery,” having authored over 700 opinions, …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Congratulations to the University of New Hampshire School of Law's  Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program  (DWS) on being selected as one of three recipients of  this year's E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Awards  from the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative States across the country are wrestling with the question of whether a mandatory retirement age should be imposed upon judges, and if so, what that age should be. According to the National Center for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In response to the end-of-term decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court on marriage equality and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), some presidential candidates are calling for changes to the life …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The National Center for State Courts has released its final evaluation of  Utah’s significant statewide changes  to the rules governing disclosures and discovery, implemented in November 2011. The rule changes incorporate …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The new  Idaho Rules of Family Law Procedure (IRFLP) will go into effect statewide today.  Several Judicial Districts have opted to implement the rules prior to this date. The new IRFLP are designed …