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Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Kentucky State Representative Jason Nemes pre-filed bills at the end of 2017 that would change how state appellate judges are selected. Should the bills pass, the governor would select judges from a recommended list of …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern The Wisconsin Lawyer recently  reviewed  IAALS' Foundations for Practice study and discussed some of its ties to Wisconsin's legal community. Of the more than 24,000 lawyers nationwide who participated, 500 were from …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation In August 2016, the Conference of Chief Justices’ Civil Justice Improvements Committee released—and the Conference adopted— Call to Action: Achieving Civil Justice for All , outlining a comprehensive …

Michael J. Madison Faculty Director, Innovation Practice Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Law The theme of the 2017 ETL conference, “ Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers… to Serve Tomorrow’s Clients ,” captures perfectly the attitude that I have …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern No system of judicial selection and retention is perfect; however, merit selection systems attempt to balance judicial independence with voter accountability. Those are the comments of IAALS Executive Director  Rebecca …

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 …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS On the very day when the Colorado Supreme Court Justices convened for an annual holiday luncheon, which includes all former Justices, a new Justice was added to the Court. Former Chief Justices …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern How can jury trials be better? That was the question being discussed at the Jury Improvement Lunch recently held in Denver by the New York University School of Law's Civil Jury Project. The …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Nicole Bradick is a lawyer, Chief Strategy Officer at CuroLegal, and an advocate for expanding access to justice. As she writes in a recent post at Lawyerist , she was a federal court litigator for eight years and had …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Despite having some of the longest judicial terms in the country, Maryland does not have a program in place to evaluate the performance of its state judges. Coupled with recent allegations of misconduct and …

Brittany Kauffman CEO On January 18-19, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona, the National Center for State Courts and the Maricopa County Superior Court will host a Civil Justice Initiative Implementation Workshop on the Nuts and Bolts of Civil Justice Reform. This …

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 …

Brittany Kauffman CEO While a significant focus of civil justice reform has been on the cost and delay of discovery, IAALS has heard the call for reform in the area of motions practice as well, which can similarly result in great cost and delay to the …

Caitlin Anderson Former Legal Assistant Princeton Review released their 2018 law school rankings at the end of October—top 10 lists with categories like “ Best Classroom Experience ,” “ Most Competitive Students ,” and “ Best Career Prospects .” Many of …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In a society where only 26 percent of adults can name all three branches of the federal government and a third cannot even name one, Colorado's judicial branch has sought to improve its citizens’ civics knowledge …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern It is common knowledge that many lawyers and law students struggle with high stress as well as high rates of depression and substance abuse. Now, the American Bar Association’s National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative For young legal practitioners, integrating limited scope representation into law …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law, whose Executive Director is Steve Susman, is organizing a Jury Improvement Lunch for the Colorado bench and bar this Thursday, November 2. The goal of the lunch is to honor jurors who have …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern This week, the North Carolina Senate created the new Senate Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting to consider various options for how the state selects …