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Brittany Kauffman CEO Last week, IAALS met with the other members and staff of the Conference of Chief Justices Civil Justice Improvements committee for its second plenary meeting in Washington D.C. The committee is evaluating civil justice improvement …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications A recent article in the Denver Bar Association's The Docket reviewed the dilemma that surrounds how states select and retain judges. One of the most contentious issues is whether judges should be chosen in …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Three Colorado jurists who were identified as outstanding case managers in  Working Smarter, Not Harder: How Excellent Judges Manage Cases have shared their expanded views of successful …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Professor Neil W. Hamilton of the University of St. Thomas School of Law, an ETL Consortium School , recently published an article that analyzes empirical research on the competencies that legal employers and clients are …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Here's an overview of 2014 election outcomes that impacted state courts and judges. Ballot Measures Tennessee voters approved Amendment 2, which establishes a modified federal selection …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications This Thursday and Friday, November 6-7, 2014, the Law School Survey of Student Engagement's (LSSSE) “Data and Assessment in Legal Education: The Necessities, The Possibilities” symposium will be held at Saint …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern New research out of the United Kingdom suggests that instead of facing the family court system without legal counsel, families are choosing to forgo the courts altogether. Following a number of cuts to legal aid, coupled with …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In a recent blog post on cross-border e-discovery , Sasha L. Hefler and Chris Dale discuss the differences between discovery in the United States and abroad, and the resulting challenges. As they point out, discovery in the United …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern A family court in New York City recently allowed  a father to serve his ex-wife with notice of a child support action via Facebook. The father first attempted to find and contact the mother through all of the traditional means, …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Professor Debra Moss Curtis, of the Nova Southeastern University Law Center, has published an article calling for legal educators to look at other programs in higher education, as well as experts who study education, as …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern CBS and Jerry Bruckheimer have teamed up to create a new television series based on Richard Gabriel 's acclaimed book,  Acquittal . Gabriel has previously worked with IAALS and the Rule One Initiative on jury trial issues, …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A new study from the American Constitution Society finds a correlation between the airing of TV ads in state supreme court races and justices' decisions in criminal cases. According to Skewed …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern The call for cooperation in legal disputes is on its way to being enshrined within the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in a more meaningful way. Several years ago, the Sedona Conference®'s Cooperation Proclamation called for …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Our nation's family courts—where divorce, separation, and custody matters are decided—are often the only foray with the legal system that many people will have. And, for many states, these family cases make up a …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Courts in many countries have been striving to  provide various services  to help  facilitate the increasing number  of self-represented litigants who need their services— especially in family law cases . In Ontario, Canada, …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications IAALS would like to congratulate Malia Reddick, Consultant to our Quality Judges Initiative , on being named recipient of the National Association of Women Judges' Award of Appreciation. Malia will receive the …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern “Big dreams, hard work, and serendipity” are the words Judge Christine M. Arguello of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado would use to describe how she …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Tomorrow, October 10, 2014, I will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to attend and present at a seminar, sponsored by ABOTA, NMDLA, and NMTLA, that will discuss the question: “ Can Summary Jury Trials Revive a Declining Civil Jury …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to settle a conflict in lower federal and state courts regarding whether judicial candidates may personally solicit campaign contributions. The nation's highest …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Public opinion polls consistently show that voters know very little about judges and judicial candidates on the ballot and wish they had more information. Around the country, judicial branch …