Search

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Minnesota legislators are proposing an alternative to traditional divorce proceedings—the Cooperative Private Divorce . The bill aims to allow couples to form divorce agreements without filing with the court or needing a …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern On March 12, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was  inducted in the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame as a Living Legacy . The Hall of Fame “pays tribute to the remarkable women whose contributions to the arts, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In December, we began contacting state bar leaders across the country, asking them to send a survey to every lawyer in their state in an effort to get to the bottom of a seemingly simple inquiry: what are the …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern The  Quality Judges Initiative  believes that court systems should reflect the social makeup of their communities, and therefore should be diverse among many demographics. As March is Women's History Month, we recognize the …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern New York has set its sights on access to justice and alleviating some of the issues that low-income litigants face needing help from justice system. In his annual  State of the Judiciary  address on February 17, New York Chief …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Divorce can put families through a long and difficult process of litigation—but does it have to? At its core, the collaborative divorce process occurs outside of court and seeks to resolve issues in a more respectful and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director If you're like most prospective students, there's a good chance the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings will play some kind of role in your decision about where to go to law school. We can all debate the merits …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative As has become standard operating procedure in the last several sessions, the Kansas legislature is once again considering proposals to alter the process for selecting the state's appellate judges. …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Pennsylvania is one of two states (Wisconsin is the other) that is electing supreme court justices in 2015. To provide the public with information about judges on the ballot—whether running for …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Last year, the American Bar Association's Student Lawyer featured Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers , and her advice for current law students in its  I Wish I'd Known column. The column provides practical …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Social and mainstream media is abuzz with coverage of a recent segment on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, in which Oliver skewers judicial elections. With clips of campaign ads that range …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A recent survey commissioned by the National Center for State Courts explored public opinions of the court system. Compared to a similar survey conducted in April 2012, assessments of state court …

Brittany Kauffman CEO A federal judge in Washington, D.C., recently issued an order titled “Order on One Millionth Discovery Dispute,” sharing her impatience with the ongoing discovery disputes of the parties. In her order , U.S. District Judge Rosemary …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Law Week Colorado   recently published an article highlighting Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers ' report, Ahead of the Curve: Turning Law Students into Lawyers , which examines the Daniel …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their potential impact continue to be on the forefront of  discussions around the country . During a recent webinar titled “Amending the Federal Rules: Moving Toward …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Since opening in September 2013, the University of Denver's Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families (Resource Center or RCSDF) has served as an invaluable resource for participating …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative IAALS congratulates Colorado's  Judicially Speaking  on receiving the Sandra Day O'Connor Award for Advancement of Civics Education from the National Center for State Courts.  Judicially Speaking   …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Are law school graduates ready to enter the profession, engage in the practice, and serve clients? In recent years, legal employers and members of the profession have called on law schools to educate lawyers who …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Photography by Willie Petersen   In its effort to highlight the paradigm shift in how law is being practiced, the ABA Journal recently reported on the IAALS model for a less adversarial, out-of-court …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Those of you who attended our conference last fall probably had a chance to talk with Elise Miller, Vice President of Research Programs at Access Group, who has been developing Access Group's new grant-making program …