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Guide for Appraisal and Improvement of Caseflow Management of Civil Cases in U.S. District Courts Pamela A. Gagel Stephen P. Ehrlich This Guide provides the tools for any interested federal judge to make a quick, initial assessment of the status of his or …

Kansas Law Review Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Brittany Kauffman CEO In this article we explore the history of recent efforts to improve the civil justice system in the United States, beginning first with the efforts of IAALS …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director During the ABA’s 2013 mid-year meeting, the Task Force on the Future of Legal Education heard testimony from individuals about opportunities to improve legal education.  Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers  took this …

As one of our initial steps in developing recommended tools for evaluating the performance of appellate judges, we convened focus groups of judges and attorneys to identify the responsibilities of appellate judges that should be included in a performance …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure This report is a follow-up to IAALS’ 2010 publication of Surveys of the Colorado Bench & Bar on Colorado’s Simplified Pretrial Procedure for …

Implementing Effective Short, Summary, and Expedited Civil Action Programs There is a widespread perception that the civil justice system is too complex, costs too much, and takes too long. To address these concerns, several federal and state …

IAALS and AICPA Published in conjunction with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), this report evaluates the cost and delays of litigation from a new perspective: that of financial experts. The report offers judges, attorneys, …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS This article examines the ways in which familial distress surrounding separation and divorce can affect individual employee productivity and negatively impact a business' bottom line. Justice …

A Manual for Judges in State Courts Across the Nation Second Edition In 2007, following the adoption of the 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, IAALS published its first edition of  Navigating the Hazards of E-Discovery, A Manual for …

Gender, Ethnicity, and Judicial Performance Evaluation Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative This study assesses whether, as some claim, there is empirical evidence that women and …

Laying the Foundation for Quality Court Systems and Judges This publication couples the desired attributes for court systems and individual judges identified by participants in the IAALS Roundtable on Judicial Selection with principles (or “cornerstones”) …

Report of the IAALS Task Force on State Appellate Court Opinion Review In August of 2011, IAALS convened a national conference on appellate judicial performance evaluation (JPE)—Evaluating Appellate Judges: Preserving Integrity, Maintaining …

A subcommittee of the O’Connor Advisory Committee developed a set of goals to pursue and principles to follow in the selection, composition, and operation of judicial nominating commissions. Rather than constituting a “one size fits all” prescription, …

Preserving Integrity, Maintaining Accountability IAALS has worked in the area of judicial performance evaluation (JPE) from its inception in January 2006. In August 2008, IAALS convened its first conference on JPE—Judicial Performance Evaluation: …

Civil Courts in Jeopardy and Why You Should Care Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Dirk Olin Authors Rebecca Love Kourlis and Dirk Olin tell the story of a civil justice system that has become alarmingly expensive, politicized, and …

Where They Are in Place, How They Operate, and What to Consider in Establishing and Managing Them Russell Wheeler President, Governance Institute Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center Senior Fellow, …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS This publication synthesizes the results of four recent studies exploring how attorneys and trial judges across the nation view the civil justice system. Survey respondents overwhelmingly agreed that …

Keynote Address Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Four years ago, concerns about skyrocketing costs, unprofessional gamesmanship, and long delays in civil litigation were the stuff of grousing and shoulder shrugs. We all had a level …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS This survey asked state and federal judges questions about the civil legal system, and in particular, some of the civil process reforms advanced by IAALS and the ACTL Task Force. This report was …

On Colorado’s Simplified Pretrial Procedure for Civil Actions Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS Colorado’s voluntary simplified pretrial procedure for actions seeking $100,000 or less from any one party was set up to reduce the time to …