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    Efficiency in Motion

    Improving motions practice Much has been done to address the cost and delay in the civil justice process, and much of that work has focused on discovery. Recognizing that there are equal challenges and opportunities for improvement in the area of motions …
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    Think Like a Client

    What skills and qualities do clients value in the lawyers they hire? This project, which tapped into years of client reviews of lawyers, explored that important question. Objective To begin to fill the gap in our collective knowledge about what client’s …
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    Judicial Discipline and Recusal

    Recommendations for judicial discipline systems The public must have confidence that judges who abuse their power or undermine the justice system by engaging in misconduct are not above the law and will be disciplined. So, IAALS determined that we needed …
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  • Family sitting together at a table while daughter colors

    Out-of-Court Model for Separating and Divorcing Families

    The Center for Out-of-Court Divorce closed in 2017. IAALS does not provide legal services. The current family justice system often works against the capacity of parents to reach fair, amicable, and cooperative solutions. The adversarial nature of the …
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  • Judge talking with colleague and reviewing paperwork

    Redefining Case Management

    Improved case management is essential for an accessible system Judges, courts, and attorneys alike recognize that case management is an essential element in moving a case fairly, efficiently, and economically through the process. In fact, case management …
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    Change the Culture, Change the System

    The research on culture change, and legal system culture change in particular, suggests that it is an uphill battle. While we have a clear challenge ahead, that does not mean that it is impossible. Rather, we must recognize and focus on the role of …
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  • Redefining Case Management

    Brittany Kauffman CEO Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Civil rules reform and case management practices have come a long way since 2009 when IAALS published its  original civil caseflow management guidelines . Today, case management …

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  • A law student walking through a school entryway

    Law Jobs: By the Numbers

    Empowering prospective law students Choosing a law school—or whether to go to law school—can be one of the most important decisions you will make in life. But you are often asked to make that decision without all the information necessary to have an …
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    Cases Without Counsel

    Exploring self-represented litigants’ experience with the legal process Courts have responded to the increasing numbers of self-represented litigants in family cases in a number of ways, and, for the most part, these efforts have been informed largely by …
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  • Performance Measures for Civil Justice

    With generous support by the State Justice Institute, the National Center for State Courts and IAALS are partnering on a three-year project to implement the CJI Recommendations. The CJI Implementation Plan is a multipronged effort that includes assistance …

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  • Judicial Recusal Procedures

    A Report on the IAALS Convening Russell Wheeler President, Governance Institute Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center Senior Fellow, IAALS Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative …

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  • Transparent Courthouse Revisited

    An Updated Blueprint for Judicial Performance Evaluation Since opening its doors in 2006, IAALS has been at the forefront of efforts to improve and expand programs for evaluating the on-the-bench performance of judges, and we have earned a reputation as …

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  • Creating the Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive Courts of Tomorrow

    Ideas for Impact from IAALS’ Fourth Civil Justice Reform Summit Brittany Kauffman CEO In February 2016, IAALS hosted its Fourth Civil Justice Reform Summit. The goal of the Summit was to bring together federal and state court judges, court administrators, …

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  • Call to Action: Achieving Civil Justice for All

    Recommendations to the Conference of Chief Justices by the Civil Justice Improvements Committee Over the last two years, IAALS has worked alongside the National Center for State Courts to support the efforts of the Conference of Chief Justices’ Civil …

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