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On March 2-3, IAALS hosted the 2009 Civil Rules Summit. Thirty-two renowned civil justice system experts including U.S. District Court Judge Lee Rosenthal gathered to discuss America's civil justice system problems, but with a greater emphasis on …

On September 9, 2009, more than 70 veteran attorneys, business executives, and judges gathered to discuss an issue that many believe has had the biggest impact on the practice of law in recent years – electronic discovery. The lively debate featuring two …

New Hampshire Chief Justice John T. Broderick Jr. received a standing ovation from a capacity crowd of judges, attorneys, and business leaders at the 2009 Transparent Courthouse® Award Dinner (now the Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner) in October 2009. In …

On October 21, 2010, IAALS hosted more than 100 guests, Board members, and friends of the Institute for our fourth annual award dinner (now the Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner). This year's recipients of the Transparent Courthouse® Award were Nevada …

This national conference considered ways to improve existing processes for evaluating the performance of appellate judges and for informing voters about evaluation results. Chief Justice Mark Cady of the Iowa Supreme Court was the featured speaker. Read …

In October 2011, IAALS recognized three federal judges as the 2011 recipients of the Fifth Annual Transparent Courthouse® Award (now the Rebuilding Justice Award). The Honorable Mark R. Kravitz, the Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal, and the Honorable John G. …

Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis and  Quality Judges Initiative  Director Malia Reddick participated in a panel with the Honorable Janice B. Davidson, Colorado Court of Appeals chief judge; Gene A. Ciancio, a shareholder of Donelson, Ciancio, & …

On June 22 and 23, 2012, IAALS hosted a two-day Summit on e-discovery, including separate sessions for practitioners and state court judges. On Friday, June 22, DISH Network L.L.C. co-sponsored a “Best in Class” eDiscovery Summit for practitioners. The …

On September 20th and 21st, IAALS hosted its  Third Civil Justice Reform Summit . With a wealth of data from state and federal jurisdictions that are experimenting with innovative case management strategies and new rules of civil procedure, this Summit …

IAALS' Rebuilding Justice Award honors individuals who exemplify the spirit of innovation that we champion across all of our work. The first recipient of the award was United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.) in 2007. IAALS has given …

On September 17, 2013, IAALS and the Byron R. White Center brought United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.) to Colorado to deliver the  3rd Annual John Paul Stevens Lecture . The Stevens Lecture brings a well-known jurist to the …

On September 19 and 20, IAALS and the National Judicial College co-hosted the 2nd Annual Educational Summit for State Court Judges: Unlocking E-Discovery. The Summit provided a forum exclusively tailored for state court judges to learn about all facets of …

IAALS hosted a Forum in Denver, Colorado on December 5-6, 2013 for a small group of stakeholders from around the country for the purpose of gathering comments on the proposed federal rules amendments. IAALS brought together a group of lawyers, academics, …

In Spring 2014, IAALS held its annual Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner, which recognizes individuals who exemplify the spirit of innovation and leadership that we champion across all of our work toward building a legal system that is fair, accessible, …

On June 11, 2014, IAALS and the National Judicial College co-hosted  Fundamentals of E-Discovery for State Court Judges , a webcast available for state court judges at no cost. In the fall of 2013, IAALS and the NJC co-hosted an educational …

On November 13 and 14, 2014, IAALS convened a group of senior in-house counsel and corporate management from around the country to discuss the challenges surrounding discovery in litigation. The single most expensive aspect of litigation (apart from …

On February 18, 2015, IAALS and the National Judicial College co-hosted  E-Discovery Sanctions & Spoliation: What a Judge Needs to Know , a webcast available for state court judges at no cost. This session provided a fundamental-level discussion of the …

Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers  hosted its first annual conference,  The Development of Professional Identity in Legal Education: Rethinking Learning and Assessment , September 27-29, 2012, at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. This was a …

Asking the Right Questions The oldest advice in the world is that the trick is not in knowing the answers—rather it is in knowing the right questions to ask. In legal education today, we find ourselves facing many questions—from students, from the …

Traditional notions of assessment in legal education have limited our capacity to truly measure whether law students are receiving the education and training they need to enter the profession. Rather than using assessment as a sorting mechanism, …