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Brooke Meyer Former Manager On April 29, Maine continued its efforts toward civil justice reform by conducting an all-day Civil Justice Reform Training Conference for all Maine Supreme Court Justices, Superior Court Justices, District Judges, Magistrates, …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our staff, partners, and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors.  …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Technological advances in the legal field are growing around the world, but different countries are seeing that growth manifest at different speeds and in different ways. In the United States, we’ve seen a boom in …

John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator Divorce is an inherently complicated and lengthy process in most states, and families bear the burden of high financial and emotional costs, especially when children are involved. Easing this emotional …

Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure It is no secret that divorce poses significant problems for those who go through the legal process. Even for people who approach it with the intention of remaining amicable, the adversarial …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Kim Kardashian West wears many hats: reality television star, media personality, businesswoman, wife, and mother. But the second eldest Kardashian told  Vogue  she has plans to add “lawyer” to her list of titles, …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects Online dispute resolution (ODR) is emerging in courts around the country. Last month, Arizona’s Administrative Office of the Courts announced the launch of an ODR pilot program in the family courts of Pinal …

Linda Simard Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School As a law professor, I have the pleasure of watching law students evolve from 1Ls who are shocked—and somewhat dismayed—at the remarkable intricacies of civil procedure, to 2Ls and 3Ls who slowly …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our staff, partners, and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors.  …

John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator This week, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis and Senior Director Brittany Kauffman have been attending the World Justice Forum at The Hague, which concludes today. They participated on panels …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO On May 17, 2019, the Colorado Women’s Bar Association will honor IAALS Senior Director Alli Gerkman with the Mary Lathrop Trailblazer Award at their “All Rise” 42nd Annual Convention. The award is presented annually to “an …

Brooke Meyer Former Manager In December 2018, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) issued its Final Report for the Arizona Superior Court’s three-year Commercial Court Pilot Program, Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County Commercial Court …

John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator IAALS’ Court Compass project has received an honorable mention as part of the World Justice Project’s World Justice Challenge 2019 . The challenge, Access to Justice Solutions, “is a competition to …

John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator In recent years, the legal profession has had to adapt to the needs of both litigants and law firms in a rapidly changing and more technologically adept society. As the needs of lawyers and those seeking …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator On Thursday, April 25, IAALS will present the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and our four Foundations for Practice partner schools with the 2019 Rebuilding …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects Each month, the Colorado Lawyer publishes a “Judges Corner” article written by judges on a topic in which they are experts. I had the honor of working with Judge Daniel Taubman with the Colorado Court of …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO As state courts around the country have been responding to the Conference of Chief Justices' (CCJ) 2016 Call to Action for civil justice reform, IAALS, the National Center …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Momentum building to ensure that courts meet the 21st Century needs of families In an important step toward making family courts more user-friendly and less adversarial, the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) has …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS It was IAALS’ honor to know and work closely with Justice Daryl Hecht of Iowa, who passed away last week of melanoma. Justice Hecht was on the Iowa Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment to that …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Last October, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) released a report titled, “Initial Discovery Protocols for Employment Cases Alleging Adverse Action.” This is the FJC’s second report on the …