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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative With Tennessee's  August 7 judicial retention elections just over two weeks away, the TV ad war is escalating. According to the latest figures from Justice at Stake, the Brennan Center for Justice, …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern A  recent study  has found that heavy use of social networking sites—like Facebook—is “a positive, significant predictor of divorce rate and spousal troubles” in the United States. "The apparent association between the use of …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern The  Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts  (CFCC) at the University of Baltimore School of Law is a national leader in promoting the concept of a  Unified Family Court  system, which emphasizes …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Last month, preLaw Magazine released its list of  best practical training schools for part-time students . preLaw considered 97 part-time programs, all having 20 or more students, and 22 were selected for the magazine's top …

Deanna Barton The  Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families  provides interdisciplinary services to separating and divorcing families, and is based on a model that IAALS developed and implemented on the University of Denver campus. The …

Sandra Day O'Connor Justice, United States Supreme Court Honorary Chair For the last several years, I have worked closely with IAALS and the Advisory Committee to its Quality Judges Initiative to promote processes for selecting and retaining state judges …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Why do you obey the law? Because you are afraid of the consequences if you don't? Or perhaps because it is the right thing to do? How about, because you believe that "government has the right to dictate to [you] proper …

Barbara Blackwell Former Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships IAALS warmly welcomes and honors the founding members of its newly formed Law Firm Council (LFC). The LFC was formed in 2013 to provide a group of national firms who are invested …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Denver, Colo. – IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announces a first-of-its-kind national project to examine the growing trend of American families …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected a proposed initiative intended for the November 2014 ballot that would amend the state constitution to allow voter recall of judges. In a 5-2 decision, the …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern David Thomson, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow, has written two hybrid law school textbooks, which include both print and online components. The Skills & Values series of textbooks is “designed to provide a tool for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Recent national media coverage— Filibuster Weakened, Senate OK'ing Judges Faster ; Obama's Shocking Success on Judgeships Overturns Conventional Wisdom ;  Obama Leaves His Mark on the Federal Bench …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Developed as part of the “Informed Voters – Fair Judges” project, a voter education effort led by the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), a short film featuring retired U.S. Supreme Court …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications On June 5, Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers , appeared on Colorado Public Radio to talk about efforts being made on a national scale to change legal education and how Educating Tomorrow's …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern A recent article reported  that 46 percent of litigants in the UK court system are self-represented—and magistrates are starting to take notice. According to a survey, nearly 97 percent of the 461 magistrates polled agreed that …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A federal judge has upheld the unusual system that Ohio uses to elect its judges, which features partisan primary elections and a nonpartisan general election. The challenge to the Ohio system was …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Anyone would be hard-pressed to find a prospective law student who has not obsessed over law school rankings like US News and World Report. In fact, it is likely that many prospective students use rankings as one of the …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern San Diego's  "one-day divorce" pilot project , founded in March 2014, has already seen successes in its first few months . The program, implemented by the San Diego Superior Court, allows couples who meet  its requirements  to …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Rocket Lawyer , founded in 2008, is an alternative, online legal service provider that many see as a first wave in a tidal shift in how legal services are delivered to the public. Their …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Ending months of speculation, Governor Chris Christie re-nominated Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The move was part of a political compromise with senate leadership, …