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December 2024 Update: IAALS is diving deeper into the US Justice Needs data to highlight critical areas of focus, including the specific justice needs of families, businesses, rural populations, and the middle class. Detailed reports focused on… MORE
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The courts in the United States exist to uphold the rule of law. But they do not operate in a vacuum, separate from the people they serve. To operate effectively, courts rely on the trust and confidence of the public—and we know the public’s trust… MORE
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Recommendations for Judicial Discipline Systems
The public must have confidence that judges who abuse their power or undermine the justice system by engaging in misconduct are not above the law and will be disciplined. So, IAALS determined that we… MORE
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Innovations aimed at unlocking legal regulation and increasing access to justice are redefining how people can get the legal help they need. States across the country are making substantial headway to close the cracks in the system by allowing more… MORE
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Up and down the income scale, the legal needs of Americans are going unmet. The inability to afford a lawyer, among other factors, has led to ballooning rates of self-representation in our justice system, with over 70 percent of civil and family… MORE
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Middle-class Americans face daunting challenges finding affordable legal help when they need it. They are “above the line” of income eligibility for the free legal aid reserved for the poorest Americans, but they also struggle to find quality and… MORE
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Too many people cannot effectively access our legal system to protect their rights and resolve their disputes. Studies show that Americans seek lawyers for help or consider doing so for only 16 percent of the civil justice situations they encounter… MORE
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We know that closed-book, multiple-choice, memory-based tests do not reflect real-world lawyering or client-facing skills, and are thus not an ideal way to assess minimum competence for law practice. We also know that the bar exam’s design and… MORE