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  • A Blueprint for Judicial Innovation

    Takeaways from Advancing Innovation: A National Summit on Judicial Leadership Danielle Kalil Director of Civil Justice and the Judiciary Throughout the country, courts are grappling with unmet legal needs, complex and opaque processes, widening …

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  • An Interim Evaluation of Utah's Legal Regulatory Sandbox

    Part 2: Process Evaluation Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure Jessica Bednarz Director of Legal Services and the Profession James Teufel Evaluation and Regulatory Reform Consultant In the fall of 2020, the Utah Supreme Court …

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  • An Interim Evaluation of Utah's Legal Regulatory Sandbox

    Part 1: Sandbox Background and Evaluation Design Overview Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure Jessica Bednarz Director of Legal Services and the Profession In the fall of 2020, the Utah Supreme Court launched the nation’s first …

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  • Regulating AI in the Delivery of Consumer-Facing Legal Services

    Unlocking Legal Regulation Jessica Bednarz Director of Legal Services and the Profession Ericka Byram Program Associate IAALS has been at the forefront of efforts to rethink how the legal profession regulates the delivery of legal services. While the …

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  • Building Bridges

    Guidelines for Creating Reciprocity between Allied Legal Professional Programs Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects Courtney Petersen-Rhead Program Associate Kristy Clairmont Director, Career Development, University of Arizona James E. Rogers …

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    Unlocking Legal Regulation

    Re-envisioning how people can get legal services 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% of the …
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    Allied Legal Professionals

    Establishing a new, affordable tier of legal professionals 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 …
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  • Recommendations for Modernizing Judicial Performance Evaluation

    Danielle Kalil Director of Civil Justice and the Judiciary This report presents updated recommendations that should guide the future of judicial performance evaluation (JPE) in the United States, developed through IAALS' JPE 2.0 project . Recommendations …

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    Pathways to Legal Licensure

    Building stronger pathways to licensing lawyers 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 …
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    Judicial Performance Evaluation 2.0

    Creating modern approaches to assessing judge performance Most Americans undergo job evaluations, and there is no reason why judges should not do the same. Judicial performance evaluation (JPE) processes were first developed in the 1980s and provide a …
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  • Unlocking Legal Regulation

    Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future Jessica Bednarz Director of Legal Services and the Profession Through its Unlocking Legal Regulation work, IAALS is deeply involved in regulatory innovation happening across the United States. The …

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  • National Perspectives on Judicial Performance Evaluation

    Danielle Kalil Director of Civil Justice and the Judiciary Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure James Swearingen Former Research Analyst This report details survey findings from judges across eight states—Alaska, Colorado, …

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    Above the Line Network

    Increasing access to justice for the middle class 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, …
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    Foundations for Practice 2.0

    Practice-ready lawyers for modern law practice Lawyers, judges, employers, and clients have been consistent in their call for new lawyers who can hit the ground running. Call it what you like—practice-ready, client-ready, or just plain ready—the charge is …
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  • Paths to Justice

    The Bold Steps We Need to Reform Civil Justice Brittany Kauffman CEO In 2021, IAALS launched a virtual summit series, Paths to Justice , to underscore not only the challenges of the moment but also the substantial opportunities for systemic change. The …

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    Building a Better Bar: Capturing Minimum Competence

    Ensuring better methods to license lawyers The fairness, efficacy, and validity of the bar exam all depend upon one thing: a clear definition of what minimum competence means when it comes to allowing lawyers to practice law. Only through a clear …
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    The O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan

    A better way to select our nation's judges IAALS and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.) identified a model for choosing, evaluating, and retaining judges that balances the need for fair and impartial courts with the need for public …
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  • Community & Cooperation

    Action Steps toward Unlocking Legal Regulation Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Jessica Bednarz Director of Legal Services and the Profession Through its Unlocking Legal Regulation work, IAALS is deeply involved in regulatory …

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