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March 2024 Update: IAALS is collaborating with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) on Foundations 2.0, a major update of IAALS’ original Foundations for Practice project. Foundations 2.0 will establish an evidence-based framework to unify… MORE
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March 2024 Update: IAALS is collaborating with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) on Foundations 2.0, a major update of IAALS’ original Foundations for Practice project. Foundations 2.0 will establish an evidence-based framework to unify… MORE
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It became an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference tradition to kick off the first day with a series of Ignite presentations. Presenters have 6 minutes, 20 slides, and 18 seconds per slide to share their… MORE
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These course portfolios are shared here by professors who have distinguished themselves as leaders in legal education; who have incorporated into their own teaching a commitment to producing more practice-… MORE
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< Back to Judicial Performance EvaluationJudicial performance evaluation exists in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as an official program. Not all states with judicial performance evaluation adopt all four… MORE
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IAALS administers a Working Group of JPE program administrators and scholars around the country. The Working Group facilitates sharing of ideas and information, as well as identification of problem… MORE
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IAALS has taken a closer look at how best to evaluate appellate judges for two essential reasons.
First, appellate JPE programs have largely been patterned after programs for trial judges, though these… MORE
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The judicial nominating commission is the key to commission-based appointment, or “merit selection,” of state court judges. Whenever a vacancy occurs on the bench, judicial nominating commissions… MORE