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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The chair of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has directed the Standards Review Committee draft a new standard that provides for "specific and severe penalties for the intentional …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Ray Suarez interviews Rebecca Love Kourlis about Rebuilding Justice and the problems and potential solutions it identifies for civil courts in the United States. Watch U.S. Civil Court System Needs Major Overhaul, New …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director New York Law School, one of the first law schools to be sued over its job placement data, has filed a motion to dismiss. It claims it is in full compliance with the American Bar Association's procedures for reporting …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal for the Association of Corporate Counsel suggests that in-house legal departments are refusing to pay for new lawyers. More than 20% responded that they have refused to pay …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Four years ago, Professor Andrew Schepard and his colleagues at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University developed a family law class that would strike a balance between doctrine and skills development. This …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A local chapter of the League of Women Voters hosted a forum on diversity in state courts as part of a national campaign to promote impartial courts and judicial diversity. The League made several recommendations for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In the wake of the defeat of three justices in the November 2010 retention elections, members of the Iowa Supreme Court have been more active in outreach efforts to educate the public about the role of the courts. One …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A supreme (trial) court administrative judge issued a written reprimand to candidates for four open seats in his district, citing a number of complaints about their campaign activities. The candidates had been provided …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Chief Justice Paul De Muniz announced that he will retire from the supreme court in January 2013. De Muniz’s announcement came well in advance so that prospective candidates for his seat could prepare for the 2012 …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Annita M. Menogan  is currently responsible for oversight of all legal matters for Red Robin, including compliance and corporate governance, and is a member of the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Advisory Committee . …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich promised to “restore the proper role of the judicial branch.” Among his proposals in this regard are ignoring federal court decisions with which he disagrees and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In a recent presentation , Professor Daniel Martin Katz of Michigan State University College of Law promoted a new law school model that, among other things, blends practice skills with doctrine and favors students with …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Senator Barbara Boxer continues to push the American Bar Association to require law schools to produce accurate job statistics and called the ABA's actions to date "half measures." Click here to read the article. Tue, …

Martin Katz Professor and Former Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law When we discuss legal education reform, some of the more jaded members of our community often ask, “Why is this time any different?”  They rattle off a list of dust-covered …

Stephen Daniels This is part three of a series discussing and analyzing the results of a survey sent by Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers to 210 U.S. and Canadian law schools to explore innovations in legal education. As described in an earlier post , …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Supreme court justice Michael Eakin, who is standing for retention in November, has so far raised $427,000 to keep his seat. Even though the race is uncontested, his campaign may be preparing for a last-minute attack. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Law School Transparency reports that 15 more law schools will find themselves in litigation with recent graduates who claim that the schools misrepresented job placement statistics and violated state consumer protection …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A subcommittee of the judicial branch in Connecticut is reviewing whether the state's evaluation system, which includes surveys to jurors and attorneys, is achieving its goal. The subcommittee is considering ways to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director State legislatures are increasingly eyeing court budgets as they try to make deep cuts into their budgets, leaving state courts woefully underfunded and causing delays and concerns about the abilities of state courts to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Rebecca Love Kourlis was interviewed on Colorado Public Radio about the "failing grades" she gave civil courts in Rebuilding Justice . Tue, 10/04/2011 - …