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Brooke Meyer Former Manager On March 13, 2020, the American Bar Association created the  Task Force on Legal Needs Arising Out of the 2020 Pandemic, chaired by James J. Sandman, the former president of the Legal Services Corporation. The task force will …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation On February 13, the Arizona Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services filed a petition with the Arizona Supreme Court …

Brooke Meyer Former Manager In January 2019, IAALS published Efficiency in Motion: Recommendations for Improving Dispositive Motions Practice in State and Federal Courts , calling for a new paradigm for motion practice in the United States. The …

Andrew Arruda CEO, Automate Medical Former Entrepreneur-in-Residence, IAALS If you are reading this, you have likely heard the news that on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the State Bar of California Trustees voted to postpone passing the motion to explore the …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager As the number of cases of COVID-19 in the United States rises , both state and federal courts are preparing for how they will (or won’t) continue operating should more people quarantine and many …

Scott Bales Former Executive Director People look to our legal system for help in matters that affect their rights, their families, their businesses, and the most intimate aspects of their lives. But, for too long and for too many, the courthouse doors …

Stacy Rupprecht Jane Director, Innovation for Justice, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Editor’s Note: This is the first blog post in a series covering the intersection of legal …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects In today’s increasingly busy and connected world, text and email notifications play a significant role in keeping us up to date. We rely heavily on technology to remind us about upcoming appointments, both …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects It is no secret that Americans are drowning in debt. In fact, Americans’ collective debt surpassed $4 trillion in 2019. And because more and more people are finding it difficult to pay …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager On Wednesday, February 26, IAALS and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law had the privilege of hosting Patricia Refo, President-elect of the American Bar Association, for a talk and Q&A …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager The critically acclaimed Netflix movie Marriage Story depicts a couple who decides to end their marriage, and subsequently must figure out the best way forward for both themselves and their …

Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure The bar exam is designed to test whether law school graduates have attained sufficient knowledge and skills to practice law—in other words, whether those seeking admission to the bar are at …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession On Monday at the American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas, the ABA House of Delegates passed …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that advocates for self-represented litigants (SRLs) by fighting for a better and deeper understanding of their …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Efforts to re-regulate and innovate legal services took a major step forward last week at the Conference of Chief Justices’ (CCJ) midyear meeting, where members adopted …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager Momentum to better regulate legal services keeps building as more voices at home and abroad call for greater access and more options. However, Ontario's former Attorney General Chris Bentley stated …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The coming year is going to bring landmark changes to regulations governing the legal profession in the United States. As …

David Christensen Chairperson, Scope and Course of Discovery Subcommittee, State Bar of Michigan Civil Discovery Court Rule Review Special Committee On January 1, 2020, Michigan implemented its first major overhaul of its civil discovery rules in nearly …

Andrew Arruda CEO, Automate Medical Former Entrepreneur-in-Residence, IAALS As a member of the California State Bar Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services, I’m often asked how things are going with ATILS and what is coming next. …

Scott Bales Former Executive Director Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Our civil justice system faces a crisis in terms of access and innovation. Two-thirds of American households have civil legal problems, yet …