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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to new data from the Center for Public Integrity, outside interest groups spent more than $11.7 million in ten states on supreme court elections—both contested and retention—in 2012 and …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Governor Tom Corbett nominated superior court judge Correale F. Stevens to fill the supreme court vacancy created by former justice Joan Orie Melvin's resignation following her criminal conviction . …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Increasingly, law firms, corporate employers, public interest organizations, government entities, and other organizations that employ lawyers are relying on core competencies when hiring, assessing, and promoting new …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director You may have noticed a new voice in our Honoring Families blog posts. Natalie Knowlton has been with IAALS since 2006 and joined the staff full time in 2008, working first as a Research Analyst across initiatives and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This month we are welcoming a new contributor to our ranks. Katherine Kirk  will replace  Cindy Pham , who served as our first student contributor and helped us get IAALS Online off the ground. Like Pham, Kirk will …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Less than a week after the supreme court struck down a civil justice reform measure known as the Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009, some state legislators called for a study of term limits for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative As IAALS Online has covered in the past, the Tennessee legislature opted not to renew the state's judicial nominating commission, and it is set to expire on June 30. Three appellate judges announced …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation A one-day divorce program that launched this spring in the Sacramento Superior Court is streamlining the process for self-represented litigants who have filed a dissolution of marriage case before the …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Standing Committee”) this week approved a package of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for publication and public comment. The proposed …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In our recent publication in the Kansas Law Review, " The American Civil Justice System: From Recommendations to Reform in the 21st Century ," we explore the national momentum that has arisen around reducing the costs and delays …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern Following its 2009 decision in Varnum v. Brien overturning the state ban on same-sex marriage, the Iowa Supreme Court recently held that the state must allow same-sex couples to have both their names listed on the birth …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern According to  U.S. News , separating spouses should plan for the future education of their children together and, in the process, pay special attention to funds saved prior to the divorce settlement and the shape that …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications David Trickett is the founder of The Jefferson Circle, which focuses on the re-connection of people with purpose at the individual, organizational, and societal levels through strategic discernment, assessment of …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Colorado Magistrate Judge Simon Mole recently penned a guest post for the Access to Justice Blog in which he comments on IAALS' study and analysis of data from Colorado pilot programs that instituted …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications In a recent article by Judge Kevin Burke , a member of the IAALS Board of Advisors , and Babak Armajani, they discuss several key areas in which courts are failing to meet the needs of the public , and a few …

Brittany Kauffman CEO This September, IAALS and the National Judicial College will host an educational summit  exclusively tailored for state court judges on all facets of the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI)—from preservation to …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In remarks at last week's annual conference of the state bar association, Justice Barry Albin encouraged members of the legal profession and the public to defend New Jersey's courts against attacks …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Minnesota Supreme Court continues to implement rule changes stemming from the recommendations of its Civil Justice Reform Task Force . On May 7, 2013, the Court adopted an Order  authorizing the creation of a Pilot Expedited …

Brittany Kauffman CEO On March 7, 2013, Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal entered an Administrative Order recognizing the successful ad hoc use of a Fast Track jury trial process in South Carolina and implementing the voluntary process statewide. The Court …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Bob Emery is one of the preeminent national experts on issues related to children and divorce. He is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law at the …