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It’s September which means at IAALS, it's time for our 5th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference.
This year’s Conference comes fresh off the heels of ETL’s groundbreaking report, Foundations for Practice: The Whole Lawyer and the Character… MORE
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DENVER—The Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Initiative of IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, honored Martin “Marty” J. Katz, former Dean of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law with the 2016 Educating… MORE
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The Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) recently released America’s Civil Courts: Whom Do We Serve?—a geospatial story map designed to help the tens of millions of Americans attempting to navigate the civil legal system without a lawyer.… MORE
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When significant amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect last December, we celebrated this important achievement but also stressed that how the rules were implemented would be key to seeing a positive… MORE
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As a current second-year law student at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, having the opportunity to attend the 5th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference last month felt a little bit like eavesdropping on my parents as they… MORE
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The American Bar Association recently launched a free, new resource for income-eligible users with civil law-related questions. The virtual legal advice clinic—ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org—is an online version of the walk-in advice clinic model… MORE
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Arizona has long been a leader in civil justice reform, and last week Arizona led the way again with a set of recommendations from its Committee on Civil Justice Reform. The Committee was established by the Arizona Supreme Court… MORE
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In July, the Conference of Chief Justices Civil Justices approved a resolution endorsing the Recommendations of its Civil Justice Improvements Committee. The Committee’s report, Call to Action: Achieving Justice for All, issues a call to… MORE
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This election year, supreme court justices are on the ballot in 32 states, so chances are they’re on the ballot in your state. Yet, voter participation in judicial elections is notoriously low. Research shows that roughly a quarter of those who vote… MORE
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On October 5, 2016, I was honored to be a panelist at IAALS’ joint Law Firm Council and Business Leadership Network meeting. There were three panels at this plenary session: 1) a panel of corporate in-house counsel; 2) a panel of outside counsel;… MORE