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The Final Report by IAALS and ACTL was cited in this article, which discusses the implications technology may have on document review.
Over the past 10 years, courts and commentators have struggled with this issue. Some, such as the American… MORE
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Dirk Olin is the editor and publisher of Corporate Responsibility Magazine. Formerly the director of the Institute for Judicial Studies and the national editor of The American Lawyer magazine, Olin has written for The New York Times op-ed pages and… MORE
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Three federal judge vacancies in Atlanta, which have been declared "emergencies," face continued delays due to partisan gridlock. Larry Thompson, an Advisory Committee member for the O'Connor Judicial Selection Project, was interviewed for the story… MORE
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Presidential Newt Gingrich brought national focus to an issue state courts were already facing: legislators and politicians around the country are taking aim at the third branch of government.
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There may be as many as 175 judicial elections—both contested and retention—on the 2012 general election ballot. Two of these races are at the supreme court level, with one justice expected to stand for retention and one justice who was appointed to… MORE
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Intervention in judicial campaigns by special interest groups was an issue in a debate between two superior court candidates. One candidate was prepared to renounce all such activity by third-party groups, while the other candidate preferred to make… MORE
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Early this month, Rebecca Love Kourlis sat down with LawWeek reporter Matt Masich to discuss the purpose of her new book, Rebuilding Justice, and the current state of civil courts in the United States.
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As Gavel Grab reports, the United States Senate is not only at odds over the federal judicial nominees--it's also at odds over whether the delay in appointments is unreasonable.
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Judge Kevin Burke holds Newt Gingrich's claim that "President Thomas Jefferson abolished over half the federal judgeships" to historical scrutiny.
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Ray Suarez interviews Rebecca Love Kourlis about Rebuilding Justice and the problems and potential solutions it identifies for civil courts in the United States.
Watch U.S. Civil Court System Needs Major Overhaul, New Book Declares on PBS. See… MORE