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Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Professor Ann C. Hodges, University of Richmond Law School, has published an article on  Using Experiential Education to Develop Human Resources for the Nonprofit Community: A Course Study Analysis . The paper analyzes a course …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern As noted in a  previous post , the cuts to legal aid in England have had a serious impact on the public's ability to access the legal system and obtain representation. A recent article  describes additional consequences …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Many advocates for legal education reform state that the traditional Socratic lecture model in law schools must be supplemented by experiential learning. Kathleen Elliott Vinson, Professor of Legal Writing and Director of Legal …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Law Week Colorado  recently published an article highlighting the  Honoring Families Initiative   model for out-of-court resolution of divorce and separation , and custody matters, which is currently being piloted at the  …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications This week, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis penned an article for the ABA Journal's The New Normal , which focuses on how the litigation process is being remade. Kourlis walks down the road that …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In an age where much of the evidence presented in American courtrooms is never printed or available in a paper format, it is essential that judges understand the unique challenges that electronically stored information (ESI) creates, …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Paula Schaefer, an associate professor at the Tennessee College of Law, recently published a paper, entitled “ A Primer on Professionalism for Doctrinal Professors ,” which discusses …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative With Tennessee's  August 7 judicial retention elections just over two weeks away, the TV ad war is escalating. According to the latest figures from Justice at Stake, the Brennan Center for Justice, …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern A  recent study  has found that heavy use of social networking sites—like Facebook—is “a positive, significant predictor of divorce rate and spousal troubles” in the United States. "The apparent association between the use of …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern The  Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts  (CFCC) at the University of Baltimore School of Law is a national leader in promoting the concept of a  Unified Family Court  system, which emphasizes …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern 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 …

Deanna Barton 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 …

Sandra Day O'Connor Justice, United States Supreme Court Honorary Chair 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 …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern 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 …

Barbara Blackwell Former Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships 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 …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications 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 …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative 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 …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern David Thomson, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow, has written two hybrid law school textbooks, which include both print and online components. The Skills & Values series of textbooks is “designed to provide a tool for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative 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 …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative 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 …