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Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure Each year, tens of thousands sit for the bar exam nationwide, a final step in demonstrating that new law graduates possess the minimum competence needed to practice law. What exactly minimum …

Brooke Meyer Former Manager We must look back to move forward, so the saying goes. Courts face a backlog of civil cases that have been placed on hold since mid-March because of state and local shelter-in-place orders, court closures, or other …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager On Tuesday, October 20, IAALS hosted a virtual Rebuilding Justice Award Celebration after our annual gala was postponed in April. Instead of gathering for dinner as we normally do, we were joined …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications IAALS is pleased to announce that Carla van Dongen, Vice President - Counsel for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, will chair our Business Leadership Network (BLN). In this role, she will also serve …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the world and infected millions. In the United States, we are inching toward 7.5 million cases, with over 200,000 lives lost. Alongside the impacts on health and human livelihood, the pandemic …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager Election Day is less than a month away, and although much of the focus has been on the presidential race, down-ballot categories—such as those for judges—are just as important. Judges are vital to …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications IAALS has launched a new award to recognize innovators who have made significant impacts early in their legal careers toward making the American legal system work better for everyone who needs it and everyone who …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager Courts across the country, from small municipal courts to the Supreme Court , have made giant strides in the use of technology in the wake of COVID-19. Historically slow to embrace technology, …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Many states are exploring regulatory reform as a means through which to drive innovation in the legal services sector (and hopefully to increase access to justice(1) more broadly). While approaches …

Sam Walker Executive in Residence, Office of the Colorado Attorney General Retired Business Leader and Colorado Cabinet Member It’s my honor to serve as IAALS’ interim executive director while we conduct a nationwide search for our next visionary leader. …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Courts around the country are rethinking their approaches to everything in this chaotic and uncertain time, including how to move forward with trials—both civil and criminal. Texas, one of the largest jurisdictions in the nation, has …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession In the wake of ceaseless and unjustifiable deaths of Black men and women at the hands of police across the country, a long-suppressed outrage has erupted into a demand for …

Kelsey Montague Director of Marketing and Public Relations In a determined effort to ensure family courts are more efficient, user friendly, and less adversarial, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators recently …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager On September 25, IAALS hosted a virtual donor appreciation reception to recognize and thank the many generous donors who make all our work possible.  “We all share something in common, I think,” …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager On August 27, the Arizona Supreme Court voted unanimously to eliminate its ethics rules barring nonlawyers from having an economic interest in law firms or participating in fee-sharing and …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager September 17 marks Constitution Day, a day to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution—undoubtedly the most influential document in American history—in 1787. In order to celebrate, IAALS is …

Maddie Hosack Former Communications and Marketing Manager On September 17, IAALS Founding Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch published an op-ed in USA Today commending recent legal regulatory reforms in …

Janet Drobinske Senior Executive Legal Assistant The Iowa farmer had some questions. Letter in hand, he called our number and got right down to business: “Is this legitimate? Is this for real?” It was a question I had heard numerous times before, but the …

Russell Wheeler President, Governance Institute Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center Senior Fellow, IAALS State judicial misconduct . . . How much? What kinds? What do discipline bodies do about it? …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Just over seven years ago, IAALS launched Law Jobs: By the Numbers , an effort to provide a new perspective on law school rankings. The tool, which pulls employment outcomes …