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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article recognizes that there is no shortage of debate about the best way to seat judges. Some states, like Tennessee, are considering moving from a judicial appointment system to an election system, while others, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Doug Buttrey, executive director of Tennesseans for Economic Growth, lauded Tennessee for enacting civil justice reform but cautioned that its plan to make Tennessee the number one state in job creation and retention …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Jordan Furlong, who writes often on the future of the legal profession, has turned his pen on law schools. In the article, he laments the current state of legal education, but cites a number of initiatives undertaken by …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This week, Justice at Stake's Gavel Grab featured a guest post by Malia Reddick and Russell Wheeler on the recently released second edition of "Options for Federal Judicial Screening Committees. " Click here to read the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has named eight judges as new committee chairs and extended the service of three existing chairs for the Judicial Conference of the United States. The committees make policy …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law received a $1 million gift from the Moser Family Philanthropic Fund "to establish the Moser Ethics in Action Endowment, which will fund projects and courses …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Missouri Bar President John S. Johnston countered a recent Wall Street Journal editorial attack on its merit-based judicial selection system: Although I usually find your opinion pieces very good, I read with sadness …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Supreme Court of Wisconsin declined to open its deliberations to the public. The proposal was made by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who hoped it might restore civility to the process. The Court also tabled a …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In the wake of allegations that a Pennsylvania state senator improperly helped her sister get elected to the state's high court, the Inquirer calls for merit-based appointment of appellate judges. Click here to read the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Newly elected president of the American Judges Association (AJA) and IAALS board member Judge Kevin Burke has launched a blog on behalf of the AJA: The American Judges Association claims to be the “voice of the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Fourth Judicial District Judge Kevin Burke has been elected president of the American Judges Association. The installation took place Thursday, September 15, at the association’s annual meeting in San Diego, CA. Judge …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver today launches a unique, national initiative to change the way law schools educate students. “Educating Tomorrow’s …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In Rebuilding Justice, Rebecca Love Kourlis and Dirk Olin, in conjunction with the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), illuminate why the courts are critical and how they are being …

Stephen Daniels In the first blog for Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, Bill Sullivan argued that legal education is more than meritocracy – that while academic merit is essential in the training of lawyers as professionals it is not enough. It is necessary, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), in partnership with the Colorado Bar Association, the Colorado Judicial Institute, and the League of Women Voters of Colorado, has launched a …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) and its partners in a voter education effort in 2010 called “Know Your Judge” have won a legal challenge filed by Matt Arnold of Clear the Bench …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS board member Daniel Ritchie is the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service. The Woodrow Wilson Awards, offered by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS board member Judge Kevin S. Burke wrote a column in favor of funding for legal services for the poor. Click here to read the article. Wed, 09/14/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS board member Russell Wheeler discusses recent proposals to apply the United States Judicial Conference's Code of Conduct for United States Judges to members of the Supreme Court and establish a new appellate route …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS co-founder and board member John Moye has been honored as one of Colorado’s 10 “Lawyers of the Decade,” a special award from Law Week Colorado, one of the state’s leading legal publications. Click here to read the …