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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A contentious and  likely expensive supreme court campaign  is expected in April 2013, with  Justice Patience Roggensack seeking reelection  and at least three candidates expressing interest in …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In a recent  article , the  Economist  discusses how "money and back-room politicking are contaminating the selection of judges." The relative ease with which partisan groups can reach voters during a contested judicial …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications This month, IAALS launched the first edition of IAALS Report , our new monthly newsletter. It’s a convenient way to keep you even more informed about issues affecting the civil justice system as we move into 2013 …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Judicial campaign spending amounts across the nation skyrocketed in the recent election cycle, threatening public perceptions of the independence, fairness, and impartiality of the courts . Driven by the desire to tilt the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative When they return in January, South Carolina legislators will  elect judges for nine new circuit and family court judgeships , providing critics of this selection process with an opportunity to press …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to a 1974 amendment to Arizona’s constitution, counties with a population of at least 250,000 must select their superior court judges via commission-based gubernatorial appointment—a.k.a. …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The D.C. Bar Judicial Evaluations Committee is  beginning its annual survey  of attorneys about judges sitting on the D.C. Court of Appeals and D.C. Superior Court. The results of the evaluations are …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In the wake of the November elections, the California Supreme Court adopted  amendments to the code of judicial ethics  that address judicial campaigns. The new rules require appellate judges, who …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families A  University of Michigan research project  looked at the effects of divorce on women's health insurance rates and …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern IAALS Advisory Board Member and Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Advisory Committee Member  Richard Baer  will be joining Liberty Media Corporation on January 1, 2013, as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Baer will be …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Northern District of California unveiled a new set of guidelines on Tuesday for the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). The guidelines were developed by a bench-bar committee chaired by Magistrate Judge …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Judicial performance evaluation results published by the new Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC)  were not seen  by many Utah citizens, the JPEC reports. For the first time, the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has made history by being the  first major federal courthouse in the country to have an all-woman bench . And five of the six judges …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Several groups have filed a motion requesting that Justice Paul Newby recuse himself from hearing their challenge to the legislature’s redistricting plan because of the campaign support he received …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Governor Rick Perry  appointed his chief of staff to fill a supreme court vacancy  created by Justice Dale Wainwright’s September resignation. Governor Perry has a history of appointing close …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS IAALS has just released a Rule One Initiative research report entitled Measuring Rule 16.1: Colorado’s Simplified Procedure Experiment.  In 2004, the Colorado Supreme Court put in place Rule 16.1, a …

Brittany Kauffman CEO A Metropolitan Corporate Counsel article this week asks " Are Courts Beginning to Take Proportionality Seriously in E-Discovery ?" As the article recognizes, the concept of proportionality has been a part of the Federal Rules of …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Governor Sam Brownback and his conservative allies have  gained substantial majorities  in both houses of the Kansas Legislature as a result of the recent general election. With this support, it is predicted that in early …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow, Professor Michael Madison, has written a blog post examining the state of legal education and emphasizing the need for change. Professor Madison suggests that "[c]hanges in the …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In August, the American Bar Association formed the Task Force on the Future of Legal Education to analyze the challenges facing law schools. The Task Force is now seeking comments about the goals law schools should adopt; …