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On June 5, Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, appeared on Colorado Public Radio to talk about efforts being made on a national scale to change legal education and how Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers is leading the way.
During the… MORE
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Developed as part of the “Informed Voters – Fair Judges” project, a voter education effort led by the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), a short film featuring retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has… MORE
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Recent national media coverage—Filibuster Weakened, Senate OK'ing Judges Faster; Obama's Shocking Success on Judgeships Overturns Conventional Wisdom; Obama Leaves His Mark on the Federal Bench—paints a highly positive picture of the current… MORE
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Why do you obey the law? Because you are afraid of the consequences if you don't? Or perhaps because it is the right thing to do? How about, because you believe that "government has the right to dictate to [you] proper behavior"? Professor… MORE
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The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected a proposed initiative intended for the November 2014 ballot that would amend the state constitution to allow voter recall of judges. In a 5-2 decision, the court held that the proposed initiative violated the… MORE
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Denver, Colo. – IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announces a first-of-its-kind national project to examine the growing trend of American families who represent themselves in family… MORE
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IAALS warmly welcomes and honors the founding members of its newly formed Law Firm Council (LFC). The LFC was formed in 2013 to provide a group of national firms who are invested intellectually and financially in IAALS' mission with an opportunity… MORE
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For the last several years, I have worked closely with IAALS and the Advisory Committee to its Quality Judges Initiative to promote processes for selecting and retaining state judges that inspire public trust in our courts and the integrity of their… MORE
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Last month, preLaw Magazine released its list of best practical training schools for part-time students. preLaw considered 97 part-time programs, all having 20 or more students, and 22 were selected for the magazine's top honors… MORE
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The Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families provides interdisciplinary services to separating and divorcing families, and is based on a model that IAALS developed and implemented on the University of Denver campus. The… MORE