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Caitlin Anderson Former Legal Assistant The 6th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference is right around the corner! In addition to our fantastic lineup of program speakers , we are excited to have fifteen Ignite presentations from a broad swath of …

Brittany Kauffman CEO At its annual meeting this week in New York City, the ABA House of Delegates  adopted Resolution 116  urging courts to implement plans that provide meaningful courtroom experience to new lawyers. The resolution—recognizing the …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In a recent article for Metropolitan Corporate Counsel , IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis and Rule One Initiative Director Brittany Kauffman discuss how state court and bar leaders across the country are …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In a time when nearly everyone has an online presence, more and more jurisdictions are having to navigate the extent to which trial lawyers can use a juror's social media to inform jury selection. In 2014, the American …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Last month, in " We Won’t See You in Court: The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning ," the Wall Street Journal took a look at the decline in tort lawsuit filings and the reasons fueling the decline, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In the name of simplicity, the ABA Council for the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved a proposal to roll back transparency in employment outcomes for law school graduates in a process that, …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern The California State Bar recently released the results of a study on the state bar exam’s current cut score, or pass line. The study, which was accelerated in order to possibly apply a new score to the July 2017 exam, …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern As noted by the  Miami Herald , the average lifespan of an immigration case in the United States is about three years. Several factors have led to the nation-wide backlog, but many say the most prominent reason is the …

Nathaniel Baca Former Manager Faced with rising numbers of people in poverty, funding deficiencies, and an increase in self-represented litigants in state courts, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators …

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 …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Aspen has been the home of things of great value for a long time… beginning with silver. Today, one of the treasures in Aspen is the Aspen Institute. It was founded in 1950 to promote the …

Caitlin Anderson Former Legal Assistant The 6th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference is right around the corner! It has become ETL Conference tradition to kick off the first day with a series of Ignite presentations. Presenters have 6 minutes, …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative The legal industry is changing. In some courts, upwards of 80% of civil and family …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Late last week, tens of thousands of Polish citizens took to the streets—and citizens around the world took to social media—to protest three legislative proposals that would severely impair the …

Keith Lee Attorney, Hamer Law Group The legal profession is amid one of its most tumultuous periods ever. The way law firms conduct business is changing. Technology is upending many long held established practices. New entrants are entering the market and …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Last year the Civil Rules Advisory Committee took up the topic of Rule 30(b)(6) depositions following the submittal of a letter by members of the Council and Federal Practice Task Force of the ABA Section of Litigation, in their …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative Too often, an adversarial family court process does not provide the best outcomes for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A couple years ago, IAALS co-sponsored a conference called Client-Centric Legal Services . While there were many interesting takeaways, there was one that I still think about all the time. A speaker suggested that, in …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications Zachary Willis Director of Communications Questions about when judges should recuse themselves from hearing cases—usually because a party perceives their ability to be impartial to be in doubt—have drawn …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Divorce proceedings are getting a digital makeover in the United Kingdom as Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) prepares to move all divorce applications online. Research to better understand the needs of …