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Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO In November , the Texas Supreme Court issued long-awaited rules for expedited actions, proposing a mandatory expedited process for cases of $100,000 or less. The Texas Supreme Court has since issued revised final rules , which …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The Wall Street Journal  has published an article examining the  push for alimony reform  and why it is becoming a growing movement. According to the article, the main contention is that current alimony laws have the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Senators Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) have agreed to a restructuring of the commission that has been used in Wisconsin since 1979 to advise senators in recommending potential candidates for …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications In February, the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity presented IAALS board member Walter Sutton with the 2013 Spirit of Excellence Award, which celebrates the efforts and …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In the wake of a very public fee dispute involving one of the world's largest law firms, Professor Benjamin Madison, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow , recommends that law schools turn it into a learning opportunity " …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In a recent article,  The Miami Herald  takes a closer look into the University of Miami's new dual medical-legal degree program , set to launch this fall. This program is an expansion of Miami's Health and Elder Law Medical …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families IAALS has just released an Honoring Families Initiative research report entitled Family Law in Focus: A Retrospective …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families The Honoring Families Initiative is pleased to announce a new addition to our national Advisory Committee— Gabrielle …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that allowed Minnesota judicial candidates to publicly discuss their views on legal and political issues, the state and its legal community were first …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Socially conservative legislators in Alaska have proposed a bill that would remove the judicial council's authority to make recommendations regarding judges standing for retention. In 1975, Alaska …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a bill calling for the state's judicial nominating commissions to submit at least five names for each judicial vacancy. As IAALS Online reported last month , some …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern While advancements in technology have made marrying over the internet  a reality, they have made the divorce process easier as well. In a recent article,  The Wall Street Journal discusses technology-assisted divorce and …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative As Bill Raftery covered last month on Gavel to Gavel, legislatures in 17 states are considering whether to increase or eliminate their mandatory retirement age for judges. Mandatory retirement ages …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Public financing of judicial elections is currently seeing a mixed reception in a handful of states. North Carolina is  considering discontinuing  the public financing program for appellate races …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In a recent article,  The Guardian  discusses why mediation may be the quicker, cheaper, and less confrontational avenue for divorce in the United Kingdom. According to the article, non-mediated divorce takes nearly 450 days …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation In an article in the March edition of The Colorado Lawyer titled "'No Written Discovery Motions' Technique Reduces Delays, Costs, and Judges' Workloads" , Colorado attorney Richard P. Holme touts the …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The New York Times  has published a debate about prenups, with several commentators  recommending prenuptial agreements  for those "who have sizeable wealth, own a business or are entering into a second marriage with …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern According to  The New York Times ,  divorce filings in China have surged recently  due to married couples' desire to avoid the country's new 20 percent capital gains tax. Because the tax only applies to second home sales, …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO The Iowa Supreme Court is moving forward with implementation of a Business Specialty Court Pilot Project  and will begin receiving cases on May 1, 2013. The Business Specialty Court Pilot Project grows out of the recommendations …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The   New York Times  reports more immigrant couples living in separate countries are now utilizing  online video chat services to marry  despite the distance. These internet marriages are a modern form of proxy marriages …