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William Hornsby The Law Office of William Hornsby Unbundling has been a tool to better deliver legal services since the 1990s, when California family law practitioner Forrest “Woody” Mosten coined the term and became its alpha advocate. Woody brought this …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In 2014, the American Bar Association adopted new standards for law school accreditation called the  ABA Standards and Rules Procedure for Approval of Law Schools , which focus less on bar passage and employment rates …

Jack Zouhary Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division How do I spend most of my time as a federal court district judge? The best part of my job is presiding at a trial with good trial lawyers. But …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our partners and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors.  Every …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession In the most recent issue of the  Bar Examiner , Alli Gerkman and I discuss IAALS’  Foundations for Practice project , what it means to be a “whole lawyer,” and how we can ensure …

Russell Wheeler President, Governance Institute Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center Senior Fellow, IAALS According to news reports , a state district judge in Oklahoma’s green country, north of Tulsa, …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications The State of Oregon continues to blaze a trail in civil justice reform. A new report from the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD), released at the end of June, contains recommendations to improve civil justice in the …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Law Week Colorado  recently highlighted IAALS’ new report on the landscape of summary judgment motions practice,  Efficiency in Motion: Summary Judgment in the U.S. District Courts . The report is intended to serve as …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation In the spring of 2017, IAALS and members of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services asked ourselves:  “ What if we created a forum where an array of …

Jennifer D. Bailey Administrative Judge (Ret.), 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Circuit Civil Division Bailey Judicial Solutions IAALS’ recent report,  Redefining Case Management , is an important update on the work being done in civil justice …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession I recently joined a panel discussion of IAALS’  Foundations for Practice project  at the 2018 National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Annual Education Conference, where we …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications IAALS has long focused on increasing access to justice by helping courts develop policies and procedures to make civil litigation more efficient and less expensive. But it’s not just courts and judges that can …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our partners and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors.  Every month , IAALS will shine …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Since 2015, the amicable app has been helping couples in the United Kingdom facilitate their divorces. App co-founder Kate Daly said helping families and their children is at the core of their business: “At amicable, …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications In IAALS’ first annual report, nearly 12 years ago, we described our “commitment to work toward a restoration of trust in our legal system for all Americans.” Today, that commitment remains as strong and as …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects Jennifer M. Lechner Executive Director, North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission The IAALS Court Compass project is exploring streamlined and simplified solutions that help people through the divorce …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Zachary Willis Director of Communications Public trust and confidence in our judiciary, and our judges, is vital. Yet, over the last several decades, that trust has been eroded. For people to trust …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects The issue of how to provide litigants with equal access to legal services, regardless of the litigant’s financial status, has plagued the legal community for some time now. One solution that is gaining …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications We have never been busier at IAALS, with projects and convenings ramping up across all of our focus areas. To help facilitate this work and expand our impact nationwide, we are pleased to welcome three new staff …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern For litigants without the help of an attorney, the American civil justice system can be difficult to understand—let alone navigate. IAALS explored this issue in depth with our qualitative empirical research study  …