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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. Every month, IAALS shines the spotlight on one… MORE
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On April 29, Maine continued its efforts toward civil justice reform by conducting an all-day Civil Justice Reform Training Conference for all Maine Supreme Court Justices, Superior Court Justices, District Judges, Magistrates, Clerks, and staff of… MORE
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The National Center for States Courts (NCSC) has released the first in a series of evaluations of civil justice reform demonstration pilot projects around the country: Civil Justice Initiative, Evaluation of the Civil Justice Initiative Pilot… MORE
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In 2016, California legislators, pressed by court users and judges, authorized the State Auditor to investigate the Commission on Judicial Performance, created in 1960 as the nation’s first state judicial conduct body. A commission lawsuit… MORE
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IAALS is pleased to announce that Kelsey Montague has joined the organization as its new Associate Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Kelsey comes to IAALS from the Anchor Center for Blind Children, where she was Communications Manager. She… MORE
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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. Every month, IAALS shines the spotlight on one… MORE
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As state courts work to serve the substantial numbers of litigants who navigate the civil and family court process without an attorney, they are taking a variety of approaches. Some have fillable forms, some have established self-help centers, some… MORE
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As thousands sit for the bar exam this week, IAALS is spearheading an empirical effort to define the minimum competence they need to practice law
Most law school graduates sit for the bar exam at the end of each July—an exhausting ordeal of… MORE
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In June, the National Center for States Courts (NCSC) released the second in a series of evaluations of civil justice reform demonstration pilot projects around the country: Civil Justice Initiative: Evaluation of the Civil Justice Initiative… MORE
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Nevada, which directly elects nearly all of its state judges, has never implemented an official judicial performance evaluation (JPE) program. Instead, between 1992 and 2013, the state’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal,… MORE