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Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families A year ago today, the Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families (RCSDF or Resource Center) opened its doors …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In May, we launched Foundations for Practice , an ambitious project that will study the foundations entry-level lawyers need to launch successful careers, identify models of legal education to get us there, and develop …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The latest round of proposed amendments published for comment appear to be just housekeeping measures, and therefore are not nearly as significant as the proposed amendments that were published for comment last August , and which we …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS and its Quality Judges Initiative are pleased to announce the release of a new report on the judicial nominating commissions used to …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative New Mexico judges are chosen through a process that is truly unique. Since 1988, judicial vacancies have been filled by commission-based appointment. Appointees then face a partisan election to keep …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Law Week Colorado recently published an article detailing the launch of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers' Foundations for Practice project. The goal of the project is to give law schools …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In a recent opinion issuing discovery sanctions , a federal district court judge in the Northern District of Iowa denounced modern discovery practice in the United States. Judge Mark W. Bennett began the opinion with a reference to …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Professor and ETL Fellow John Lande of the University of Missouri School of Law has helped bring together a new collection of resources for law school professors who teach Alternative Dispute Resolution or who use ADR …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern The United Kingdom Ministry of Justice recently announced  the government's "commitment that from the age of 10, children and young people involved in all family court hearings in England and Wales will have access to judges to …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern The ABA recently honored Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law and Vanderbilt University Law School , both Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Consortium schools, with their 2014  …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Legal Aid Ontario, established in 1998 by the Legal Aid Services Act, is an independent publicly funded organization that promotes access to justice for low-income individuals. The organization recently created programs that …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Recent events in Arkansas have prompted some state leaders to call for an end to electing judges, in favor of commission-based gubernatorial appointment. In May, a contested nonpartisan primary race …

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, …