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Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Divorce is a highly stressful experience for all those involved, but the impacts on children can be especially profound. A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the Effects of Conflict and Divorce is a new, …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO This month IAALS is co-hosting the third in a series of webinars with the National Center for State Courts focused on providing practical information and guidance on implementing civil justice reform. The webinars are part of …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our staff, partners, and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors. …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO In February, IAALS released a set of initial discovery protocols for first-party insurance cases arising from disasters , both natural and man-made. These cases have a clear core of basic information the parties need to exchange …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Given the large number of people who navigate the legal system without any representation, justice system stakeholders have a duty to cut through the legalese and ensure that the system is more understandable to …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP)  recently announced the launch of their rebranded blog, “The Access Revolution Blog: Dispatches from the Frontlines.” The NSRLP is an organization whose …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications After 13 years of growing IAALS—the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver—from a fledgling idea to a nationally recognized force for change and evolution on the …

John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator In family courts around the country, substantial numbers of people represent themselves in court.   Recent national statistics suggest that a majority of divorce and separation cases (72%) involve at least …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our staff, partners, and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors. …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator As we move into the New Year, everyone at IAALS is excited to be taking on new projects, creating new relationships, and continuing the important work that moves …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications When disasters hit, whether by hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or fire, the impacts extend beyond the immediate recovery. For the property owners, their insurers, and the courts, there is often a flood of first …

Randall Warner Judge, Superior Court, Maricopa County, Phoenix I wrote lots of summary judgment motions in the day. Partial motions and total motions. One-issue motions and complex motions. Early motions to smoke out legal theories. Late motions to knock …

John Montgomery Former Communications Coordinator Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern The American legal system is in the midst of a transformation. As compared to our historical notions in America of litigants being represented by an attorney in every …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects This time last year, the Court Compass project team was in Boston, Massachusetts, wrapping up the prototype test of the first Court Compass design …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our staff, partners, and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors. …

Laura Storovich When I first considered getting divorced, I knew that it was going to be difficult emotionally. We had young children, I was going through chemotherapy, and my ex-husband did not want to get divorced. What I did not know, however, was just …

Logan Cornett Director of Research Legal Education & Licensure James Swearingen Former Research Analyst People frequently associate research with a handful of methods, such as surveys or measuring differences over time or between groups—that is to say, …

Janet Drobinske Senior Executive Legal Assistant “ I just found out about this and I need to come. I NEED to come. This matters. Thank you .” This was an emailed response to our invitation to a Court Compass Design Sprint Workshop in Boston, MA earlier …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Our courts face a crisis of access. In a majority of family cases—divorce or separation, and custody issues—at least one party is …

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession According to IAALS’ Foundations for Practice project, legal employers and current practitioners believe that, to be successful, new attorneys right out of law school must do …