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Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure Last October, IAALS published the groundbreaking report Building a Better Bar: The Twelve Building Blocks of Minimum Competence , containing clear, evidence-based recommendations and …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Pilot projects have long been used when implementing reforms—they provide a smaller-scale testing ground to administer the changes, they create an opportunity to gain broader support for innovation, and they allow for evaluation and …

Brooke Meyer Former Manager On May 1, amendments to the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect, several of which provide better notice of parties’ rights and obligations at the outset and throughout a lawsuit. The rule amendments are also paired …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In a guest column for the Montana Standard , former Montana Supreme Court Justice James C. Nelson calls for the implementation of a merit-based judicial selection process to keep Montana’s courts free from partisanship and outside …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager In March, IAALS wrapped up our Pandemic Positives Speaker Series , bringing together a number of courts and legal service providers who, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, transformed their …

Sam Walker Executive in Residence, Office of the Colorado Attorney General Retired Business Leader and Colorado Cabinet Member Last summer, I joined IAALS on an interim basis to lead the institute and to chair a national search for my successor. My …

Jack Zouhary Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division Civil jury trials have been few since the pandemic began in March 2020. Cases stalled and slowed while courts and litigators worked to find a way to …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager Illinois, like many other states, sees a high number of self-represented litigants in its trial courts. Many people navigating the courts without help fall into the not-so-sweet spot of earning too …

Kelsey Montague Director of Marketing and Public Relations IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, announced today that it is awarding Anna E. Carpenter, Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs at the University …

Kelsey Montague Director of Marketing and Public Relations Two first-of-their-kind guides provide data-driven pathways for law firms and law schools to implement Foundations-based practices and foster a more diverse profession IAALS, the Institute for the …

Kelsey Montague Director of Marketing and Public Relations IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announced today that Andrew Arruda has joined the organization as its first-ever …

Sam Walker Executive in Residence, Office of the Colorado Attorney General Retired Business Leader and Colorado Cabinet Member The last twelve months have been an unforgettable crucible. At IAALS, we have taken a hard look at our work and what it will …

Kristen L. Mix Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado Consider this hypothetical. Charles Trestle started working for Reliable Trucking in Colorado Springs as a part-time dispatcher when he was 20 years old. He worked …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects Earlier this year, licensed legal advocates (LLAs) in Arizona began training “to give limited legal advice on civil matters stemming from domestic violence.” These advocates, the first of their kind in the …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack recently wrote : “Let’s not leave what happens next to chance. Also, all gas no brakes. This is a breakthrough moment for access to …

Kelsey Montague Director of Marketing and Public Relations Utah Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas and Utah attorney John Lund honored for their innovative leadership in increasing access to justice IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American …

Jordan M. Singer Consultant, IAALS Professor of Law, New England Law | Boston From their inception in the 1970s and 1980s, state judicial performance evaluation (JPE) programs have been premised on the notion that judges should be evaluated on their …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager Last month, IAALS kicked off our Pandemic Positives Speaker Series , bringing together a number of courts and legal service providers who, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, transformed their …

Brooke Meyer Former Manager In 2019, the 86th Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3040 , creating the Texas Commission on Judicial Selection to study the “fairness, effectiveness, and desirability” of partisan elections for judicial selection in Texas and …

Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession At this point, it’s fairly trite to begin writing with a comment about the impact COVID-19 has on our lives and …