Latest IAALS Reports Give Voice to Growing Numbers of Self-Represented Litigants

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"Cases Without Counsel: Experiences of Self-Representation in U.S. Family Court" Presents Panoramic View The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) today unveiled two new reports—one of which captures the… MORE

Kansans Gearing Up for Contentious, and Likely Costly, Judicial Retention Elections

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This November, five of the seven justices on the Kansas Supreme Court are standing for retention, and many court watchers in Kansas and around the country are anticipating a no-holds-barred election battle. The supreme court on one side and the… MORE

Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: We Need More Timely Decisions from the Bench

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Lawyers reach out to me from time to time to give me a dose of reality. Recently, a trial lawyer spoke to me of a few cases that had gone awry—and are examples of larger issues that plague our civil justice system. She did not give names, or case… MORE

Call for Papers – Journal of Experiential Learning

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The Journal of Experiential Learning at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (an ETL Consortium school) is looking for papers for the Fall/Winter 2016 volume. The topic is “Loosening the Walls of the Legal Academy: The Bench and the Bar as… MORE

Redefining Access to Justice: Kourlis and Schepard on Denver’s Divorce Alternative

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For separating and divorcing families, access to justice can be hard to come by. Our traditional, court-driven model de-emphasizes parents’ (and children’s) long-term interests, fosters expensive legal fees, and lacks important services that can… MORE

Ten Years of IAALS: Collaboration to Drive the Future of Legal Education

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IAALS is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Throughout the year, we will be featuring guest posts from our colleagues and partners to recap our accomplishments and national impact—and look to the future ahead. The full series of posts will be… MORE

Colorado Looks to New York for Ways to Level the Playing Field for Litigants

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Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Fern Fisher of the New York City Courts recently addressed the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee and its Limited License Legal Technician (LLLTs) Subcommittee. Judge Fisher spoke to the Committee and… MORE

Family Law Attorneys Leading the Charge for Child-Focused Legal Reforms

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New IAALS Report Highlights Themes and Recommendations to Reshape the Divorce and Separation Process Today, IAALS released a new report that finds family law attorneys, as stewards of the justice system, are uniquely positioned to best drive much… MORE

New Rules and New Faces Point to Bright New Future for E-Discovery

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Updates to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a rising crop of tech savvy attorneys have Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola (Ret.) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia optimistic about the future of e-discovery. Widely… MORE

Chipping Away at Justice: Attacks on Judges are Attacks on the Constitution

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One of the reasons that the American experiment succeeded was the genius of our Founding Fathers in establishing a three-part system of government with an independent judiciary. The concept in the Federalist Papers and in the United States… MORE