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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A campaign finance reform task force recommended public financing for judicial elections. The state first enacted limits on contributions to judicial and other candidates in 2009. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The supreme court requested that the legislature create 72 new judgeships, but budget shortfalls make such a step unlikely. The court has requested new judgeships in each of the past five budget years. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Justice Gerry Alexander is retiring after 38 years of service on the state’s courts. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in 2011. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Under a new code of judicial conduct that goes into effect in January, the political activities of judicial candidates are strictly curtailed. The new rules were issued at the same time that a judge is awaiting trial on …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A newly elected judge sent letters to 700 local lawyers soliciting $100 contributions to help defray his campaign debt. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Senate confirmed supreme court justice Morgan Christen's appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Governor Palin appointed Christen to the state high court in 2009. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Questions were raised as to whether Justice Michael Gableman violated the state ethics code and the code of judicial conduct by accepting free legal services in defending himself against a judicial ethics violation …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Winter 2011 edition of Transparent Courthouse® Quarterly is now available. Transparent Courthouse® Quarterly is a quarterly newsletter reporting highlights from all IAALS initiatives. Sign up for Transparent …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Another take on what legal education reform is not (Dean Martin Katz recently posted on the topic here ): The purpose of a skills class, a clinic, or a course that incorporates new teaching methods is not to teach when …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In his latest article on law schools, David Segal takes aim at the law school accreditation standards set by the American Bar Association. Click here to read the article. Sat, 12/17/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Author Henry Kelston reviews the December 13 hearing on "The Costs and Burdens of Civil Discovery" convened by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Change in legal education is necessary, but it will require the effort of schools, professors, students, media, and the public: The problems facing the legal profession are huge, but not insurmountable. The question is …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director American Bar Association President Bill Robinson responds to recent scrutiny of the judiciary.  Wed, 12/14/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The November 2011 edition of the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Wed, 12/14/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The December 2011 edition of the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Wed, 12/14/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The inaugural edition of Rule One Review is now available. Rule One Review is a quarterly newsletter that shares information about pilot projects and other civil rules projects being monitored by the Rule One Initiative …

Martin Katz Professor and Former Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Pundits are drawn to extremes. Perhaps that is simply the nature of things. But in the debate over the future of legal education, espousing extremes hinders the discussion. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This opinion piece reviews the Citizens United v. FEC decision and predicts that it will have a detrimental effect on state judicial elections. Thu, 12/08/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The October 2011 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here . Wed, 12/07/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Senate Republicans filibustered for the second time an Obama judicial nominee. Only one Republican senator joined Senate Democrats in voting to end the confirmation debate, but they fell six votes short of the required …