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Under our Rule One Initiative, we have focused much of our time and effort over the last seven years on ways to improve the effectiveness of discovery. In large part, this is due to the expanding world of information—including electronically stored… MORE
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On August 7, three Tennessee Supreme Court justices withstood a well-funded (and well-covered by IAALS Online: here, here, and here) challenge to their retention on the bench for subsequent terms. The retention opposition campaign received $425… MORE
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A recent article in The New York Times argues that divorced and never-married parents have, in a sense, lost their right to choose how they want to parent. A 1936 New York State Court of Appeals opinion gives "[t]he vast majority of matters… MORE
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The Colorado Supreme Court has extended the Colorado Civil Access Pilot Project (CAPP) for another six months, through June 30, 2015. The pilot project, which was originally schedule to run through December 31, 2013, had already been extended for an… MORE
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A Netherlands company is headed to New York to establish a "divorce hotel." Couples with uncomplicated divorces can spend a weekend at the hotel to work through the process quickly with mediators and independent lawyers, with the goal… MORE
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Earlier this month, Law Week Colorado published an article highlighting IAALS' report Choosing Judges: Judicial Nominating Commissions and the Selection of Supreme Court Justices. An outgrowth of the O'Connor Judicial… MORE
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Hello all! Riley Combelic, here. I am a third-year law student at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law focusing on corporate and securities law.
This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (September 18-20), I will be attending the 3rd Annual… MORE
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Mary B. Poirier is a law clerk for the Rhode Island Supreme Court Trial Court Clerk Department.
She received a BA from Bryant University in 2012 and received a JD from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2019.
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On Tuesday, September 16, the Judicial Conference of the United States forwarded the proposed rule amendments to the Supreme Court with the recommendation that they be adopted. The announcement recognized that these amendments represent “… MORE
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The outcome of governors' races in at least two states—Florida and Kansas—will have meaningful implications for those states' courts.
Florida's next governor could have the opportunity to fill four of seven seats on the supreme court, with four… MORE