Many litigants navigating state family courts today are without attorney representation—in some courts, these numbers are increasing. Justice system stakeholders have made significant efforts in the last decade to develop self-helpinformation,… MORE
In November 2015, the Honoring Families Initiative hosted the Family Bar Summit: Shaping the System for the Families We Serve. The two-day event brought together diverse leaders of the family law bar to identify obstacles to serving children and… MORE
This report chronicles and analyzes the two-year pilot project of IAALS' out-of-court model for separation and divorce at the Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families. It includes information on:
The service process;
The… MORE
This report describes the Foundations for Practice survey and methodology used for the foundations and describes the demographics and practice-specific characteristics of the respondents.
The Foundations for Practice survey was designed to clarify… MORE
This is the lead report in a series of reports that explore the results of the Foundations for Practice survey.
The Foundations for Practice survey was designed to clarify the legal skills, professional competencies, and characteristics that… MORE
Over the last two years, IAALS has worked alongside the National Center for State Courts to support the efforts of the Conference of Chief Justices’ Civil Justice Improvements Committee, which was formed in 2013 to examine the civil justice system… MORE
Professor Katz is a scientist, technologist and law professor who applies an innovative polytechnic approach to teaching law, meshing litigation and transactional knowledge with emerging software and other efficiency-enhancing technologies to help… MORE
In February 2016, IAALS hosted its Fourth Civil Justice Reform Summit. The goal of the Summit was to bring together federal and state court judges, court administrators, attorneys on both sides of the “v,” academics, and users of the system to chart… MORE
In June 2016, IAALS convened a group of people from around the country to discuss the development of an online tool designed to help people with potential legal problems in the family court arena and to help self-represented litigants with these… MORE
Since opening its doors in 2006, IAALS has been at the forefront of efforts to improve and expand programs for evaluating the on-the-bench performance of judges, and we have earned a reputation as the “go to” group for research, recommendations, and… MORE