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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 …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In a recent article , Gillian Hadfield, Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Southern California, commented on how the United States legal education system has in some ways become stale. She suggests …

Nathaniel Baca Former Manager Over the last three years, California has undertaken an effort to “research and analyze innovative proposals for the justice system of the future.” The work has culminated in a final report that was submitted to the Chief …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative Technology has radically altered how legal help is sought—and how it is delivered—yet …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications Zachary Willis Director of Communications What do clients want from their attorneys? The answers to that question would seem to be key to understanding how to improve the quality and diversity of legal …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Arizona’s Supreme Court has  approved  numerous civil justice reforms “aimed at reducing the time and expense it takes to resolve civil cases in Arizona’s superior courts.” The reforms are based on the recommendations of Arizona’s …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Hello! My name is Heather Buchanan, and I am a second-year law student at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. I am thrilled to be attending the  6th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference in …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative By now, the word is out that Judge Richard A. Posner is retiring from the 7th Circuit …

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 month …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern When law school applications took a downturn around 2011, some law schools redesigned their curricula to add more experiential learning opportunities. Aimed at ensuring that their students were prepared for practice …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession This is the second in a series of posts that looks at lawyer career paths and what could help or hinder a legal professional’s development. Read Part 1 here. With nearly 30 …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Last night, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Director Alli Gerkman was honored at the 12th Annual Raising the Bar Dinner hosted by the Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation. Each year, the CWBA Foundation honors …

Margaret Hagan Executive Director, Legal Design Lab, Stanford Law School At next month's Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference , we will spend Saturday morning in a Design Thinking workshop. It will be a hands-on way to learn what a design approach is, …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern The U.S. legal system is already hard to navigate and understand, but even more so in the aftermath of a natural disaster. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and in preparation for Hurricane Irma, the legal community is …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In July, the nonprofit organization Progress Florida sent a  letter  to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission outlining proposed revisions to Article V, Section 11, of the state's constitution. The revisions add …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Across the nation, states are reforming the civil justice system. They are taking action in response to the Conference of Chief Justices' (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators' (COSCA) endorsement of 13 recommendations …

Brittany Kauffman CEO A  recent study  conducted for Voices for Civil Justice, with support from the Public Welfare Foundation, found that voters strongly favor reform of the civil justice system. Overwhelming majorities of voters believe it is important …

Keith Lee Attorney, Hamer Law Group A while back, Alli Gerkman wrote about the importance of life experience for new lawyers . She noted that “lawyers responding to our Foundations for Practice survey indicated that ‘life experience between college and …

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 …

Douglas Keith Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice Laila Robbins Research & Program Associate, Brennan Center for Justice This month, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the American Bar Association Judicial Division released Building a …