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The sitting Governor is able to exercise his or her preference among the nominees identified and recommended by the Judicial Nominating Commission. That decision may, indeed, have partisan overtones… MORE
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In retention elections, voters have their say about judges. We do not recommend that elections be contested and partisan, but we endorse the opportunity for citizens to make their choice. The… MORE
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Judges in the United States are selected through a variety of methods, from popular elections to appointment by chief executives, legislatures, or other judges. Some of these methods are more… MORE
Across the country, more and more jurisdictions are reimagining how to deliver and regulate legal services. Many stakeholders in the justice system—including lawyers, other legal service providers, judges, legal educators, law students, and the… MORE
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In 2013, the Conference of Chief Justices adopted a resolution creating a Civil Justice Improvements Committee to develop recommendations for improving our civil justice system at the state level. The Committee… MORE
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To ensure that the 13 Civil Justice Initiative recommendations achieve this important goal, IAALS and the NCSC—with support from the State Justice Institute—have focused on implementation of the recommendations… MORE
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The Call to Action report and recommendations included specific recommendations for high-volume dockets, recognizing the percentage of the state court docket, high number of self-represented litigants, and… MORE
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IAALS proposes a new system of regulation for legal service providers. The proposed system envisions a non-profit, independent regulator of legal service providers implementing a risk-based approach to… MORE