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From June 8–11, 2020, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) commissioned a survey of one thousand registered voters to gauge levels of public trust and confidence in the state courts. This is the seventh consecutive year that the NCSC has… MORE
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In just a few short months, COVID-19 created unprecedented havoc across the world, touching nearly every aspect of modern life. One area of disruption that has yet to fully materialize is the pandemic’s effect on our legal system.
Civil… MORE
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IAALS is pleased to announce that two of our own have been promoted to director positions as of July 1: Logan Cornett has been promoted to Director of Research and Zack DeMeola has been promoted to Director of Legal Education and the Legal… MORE
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Last month, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) released their 2020 Trends in State Courts. The articles in this year’s publication covered, among many others, a diversity of topics such as on-demand virtual-remote-interpreting services,… MORE
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We’ve all done it—googled something and then went from page to page to page trying to find the best source. And the thing is, you really can’t make an accurate determination of what is or isn’t best—or even trustworthy—unless you have a baseline… MORE
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Last week, in a historic vote, the Utah Supreme Court voted unanimously to establish a regulatory sandbox for nontraditional legal services providers—including entities with investment or ownership by professionals other than lawyers—in order… MORE
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Reforming the rules governing the practice of law is increasingly an agenda item for state bar associations and high courts, and that includes the Windy City. The Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) Task Force on the… MORE
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IAALS and HiiL will collect data from 10,000 people in the United States to gain an in-depth understanding of the scope of legal issues people encounter and their experiences in resolving them, on a national scale.
IAALS, the Institute for the… MORE
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Tony Lai is a Silicon Valley-based lawyer, entrepreneur, and evangelist for participatory governance and technology systems that support access, openness, innovation, engagement, and sharing.
Tony is a former member of the IAALS Board of Advisors… MORE
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On August 20, IAALS and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law co-hosted a virtual panel discussion on how regulatory reform can help address issues of racial injustice, featuring legal industry leaders and access to justice advocates Rohan… MORE