Transparent Courthouse®: A Blueprint for Judicial Performance Evaluation

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A companion to Shared Expectations, this publication provides useful tools to aid jurisdictions interested in establishing or improving a judicial performance evaluation program.

Shared Expectations: Judicial Accountability in Context

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IAALS' first publication in 2006 offers an overview of JPE standards and programs nationwide. It was one of our most requested and accessed publications.

Leveling the Playing Field

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This study assesses whether, as some claim, there is empirical evidence that women and minority judges are evaluated less favorably than their Caucasian male colleagues. We find that judges in four states with longstanding judicial performance… MORE

An Opinion on Opinions

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In August of 2011, IAALS convened a national conference on appellate judicial performance evaluation (JPE)—Evaluating Appellate Judges: Preserving Integrity, Maintaining Accountability. Throughout the course of the conference, participants… MORE

Goals and Principles for Judicial Nominating Commissions

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A subcommittee of the O’Connor Advisory Committee developed a set of goals to pursue and principles to follow in the selection, composition, and operation of judicial nominating commissions. Rather than constituting a “one size fits all”… MORE

FAQs: Judges in the United States

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This publication answers many common questions about the court systems and judges in the United States: Why do we have both state and federal courts? How are they different? Are more cases filed in state or federal courts? Are… MORE

Rebuilding Justice

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Authors Rebecca Love Kourlis and Dirk Olin tell the story of a civil justice system that has become alarmingly expensive, politicized, and time-consuming, degrading it to the point that it no longer meets the legitimate needs of the people it was… MORE

Report on the 2012 Conference and Introduction to the 2013 Conference

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In September 2012, 21 law schools sent representatives to Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ first conference, “The Development of Professional Identity in Legal Education: Rethinking Learning and Assessment.” The conference sought collaboration… MORE

The 2011 Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Survey: Compiled Analyses

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In 2011, Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers conducted a survey, gathering data about new programs from 118 law schools. The survey intended to determine whether external factors—namely, the economic downturn of 2008—were catalysts for institutional… MORE

Selection & Retention of State Judges: Methods from Across the Country

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It is no surprise that there is much confusion around how judges get to be judges in the United States. No two states use the same method to select and retain their judges, and even in individual states, the method may vary by the level of court and… MORE