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Jennifer C. Alldredge Attorney, Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio, P.C. “Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air. The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, and watching …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Thirteen years ago this week, I took the bar exam in Colorado. Later, sitting in my new office in my new law firm with my new computer and my new-to-me view of Denver, I distinctly remember swiveling in my office chair, …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications Zachary Willis Director of Communications Most Comprehensive Study of Its Kind Closes Gap Between Legal Education and Legal Employment Today, aspiring lawyers across the country will sit for a bar …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern In Maryland, the creation of special family divisions in the state’s five largest jurisdictions has transformed the way courts handle family law cases. A recent article in the National Center for State Courts’ 2016 Trends in …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern Last summer, the Washington State Bar Association held its  first round of exams  in a new Limited License Legal Technician program (LLLT) aimed at bridging the access to justice gap by allowing non-lawyers to provide legal …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern As the legal profession and technology (and society at large) continue to evolve, many legal educators are working on creative ways to adapt their teaching methods and ensure that today’s students have the skills they need to …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The National Center for State Courts’ 2016  Trends in State Courts  includes an article focused on the impact that high-volume cases, such as consumer debt collection, landlord/tenant, and small claims, have on the overall civil …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) recently released  Canadian data on case outcomes for self-represented litigants (SRLs) . These new figures come shortly after NSRLP published …

Steve Leben Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals IAALS is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Throughout the year, we will be featuring guest posts from our colleagues and partners to recap our accomplishments and national impact — and look to the future …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern As law schools across the country strive to produce lawyers who can hit the ground running—and as we gear up to launch our Foundations for Practice findings—Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers , has been …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern Updates to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a rising crop of tech savvy attorneys have Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola (Ret.) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia optimistic about the future of …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The June edition of  5280 Magazine  highlights the  reality of self-representation in Colorado’s civil courts . Referencing the first-hand experience of a litigant who navigated her way through the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative National organizations that work to ensure fair, trusted, and accountable courts are increasingly recognizing the potential for implicit bias to obstruct this goal, particularly when such bias is …

Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure We are pleased to announce the results of our evaluation of the Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families (RCSDF)—the first manifestation of the IAALS Honoring Families Initiative …

Ann B. Frick Judge, Second Judicial District Court of Colorado Vice Chair, ACTL Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice IAALS is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Throughout the year, we will be featuring guest posts from our colleagues and …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern For separating and divorcing families, access to justice can be hard to come by. Our traditional, court-driven model de-emphasizes parents’ (and children’s) long-term interests, fosters expensive legal fees, and lacks important …

Brittany Kauffman CEO IAALS’  Honoring Families Initiative  recently released two new reports focused on the experiences of self-represented litigants in our family court system. The first,  Cases Without Counsel: Research on Experiences of …

Mark Staines IAALS Intern A recent study by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is shedding new light on the demographics of state judiciaries across the country. The Gavel Gap  project collected data based on the race, ethnicity, …

Christine Todd Whitman Former Governor of New Jersey, 1994–2001 One of the reasons that the American experiment succeeded was the genius of our Founding Fathers in establishing a three-part system of government with an independent judiciary. The concept …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications Zachary Willis Director of Communications New IAALS Report Highlights Themes and Recommendations to Reshape the Divorce and Separation Process Today, IAALS released a new report that finds family law …