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Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects The family justice system was built on the assumption that litigants would be represented by lawyers, but that assumption no longer holds true. It is no secret among lawyers, court staff, and judges—if not the …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Karen Mathis is leaving IAALS at the end of this month. Karen has been the Associate Executive Director of IAALS since 2012, and prior to that, she served on IAALS’ Board of Advisors. Her career has …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation A first of its kind study,  Family Justice Initiative: The Landscape of Domestic Relations Cases in State Courts , brings together national data from family cases that confirms what we have long known …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Lawyers and judges team up to ensure the court system is efficient and accessible for those forced to rebuild their lives The road to recovery is arduous for disaster victims. For the increasing numbers of those …

Luz E. Herrera Professor and Associate Dean for Experiential Education, Texas A&M University School of Law Teaching  unbundling , or  limited scope representation , in law schools is necessary for new lawyers to develop the skills they need to operate in …

Michael Houlberg Director of Special Projects The IAALS  Court Compass  project is exploring streamlined and simplified solutions that help people through the divorce and separation process. In partnership with experts from Stanford Law School’s Legal …

Brittany Kauffman CEO More and more states are focused on civil justice reform in an effort to ensure their courts are accessible, efficient, and relevant to all.  Arizona has been a long time leader  in civil justice reform, and in 2015 Arizona renewed …

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

Russell Wheeler President, Governance Institute Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center Senior Fellow, IAALS IAALS’ recent  report  to the  Administrative Conference of the United States  described a …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In direct response to an  ABA study on attorney well-being  and IAALS’  Foundations for Practice project and findings , University of Denver Sturm College of Law Professor Debra Austin brought to life a class called …

Forrest S. Mosten Solo Family Practitioner Adjunct Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law In hosting the 2017 Better Access through Unbundling Conference —the second national conference of its kind—and publishing its comprehensive Conference Report , IAALS …

Alan Carlson CEO (Ret.), Orange County Superior Court, California At the beginning of my career in court administration, I was fortunate to be part of the team at the National Center for State Courts that produced the first empirically based study of case …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Our courts are suffering from a severe lack of public confidence. In a  recent piece for the ABA Journal , ABA President-elect Judy Perry Martinez suggests that the causes are twofold. First, our courts are not working …

William Hornsby The Law Office of William Hornsby Unbundling has been a tool to better deliver legal services since the 1990s, when California family law practitioner Forrest “Woody” Mosten coined the term and became its alpha advocate. Woody brought this …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In 2014, the American Bar Association adopted new standards for law school accreditation called the  ABA Standards and Rules Procedure for Approval of Law Schools , which focus less on bar passage and employment rates …

Jack Zouhary Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division How do I spend most of my time as a federal court district judge? The best part of my job is presiding at a trial with good trial lawyers. But …

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

Zachariah DeMeola Former Director of Legal Education and the Legal Profession In the most recent issue of the  Bar Examiner , Alli Gerkman and I discuss IAALS’  Foundations for Practice project , what it means to be a “whole lawyer,” and how we can ensure …

Russell Wheeler President, Governance Institute Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center Senior Fellow, IAALS According to news reports , a state district judge in Oklahoma’s green country, north of Tulsa, …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications The State of Oregon continues to blaze a trail in civil justice reform. A new report from the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD), released at the end of June, contains recommendations to improve civil justice in the …