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As a member of the California State Bar Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services, I’m often asked how things are going with ATILS and what is coming next. Considering the recent increase in news coverage of our efforts, the critical… MORE
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On January 1, 2020, Michigan implemented its first major overhaul of its civil discovery rules in nearly 40 years. A State Bar Association committee was formed in 2017 to evaluate the current rules and recommend amendments that can help… MORE
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Momentum to better regulate legal services keeps building as more voices at home and abroad call for greater access and more options. However, Ontario's former Attorney General Chris Bentley stated his belief that lawyers’ monopoly on giving legal… MORE
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Efforts to re-regulate and innovate legal services took a major step forward last week at the Conference of Chief Justices’ (CCJ) midyear meeting, where members adopted Resolution 2 - Urging Consideration of Regulatory Innovations Regarding the… MORE
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The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that advocates for self-represented litigants (SRLs) by fighting for a better and deeper understanding of their needs, motivations, and challenges. Every… MORE
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The critically acclaimed Netflix movie Marriage Story depicts a couple who decides to end their marriage, and subsequently must figure out the best way forward for both themselves and their eight-year-old son. Although the couple initially wants to… MORE
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On Monday at the American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas, the ABA House of Delegates passed Resolution 115, encouraging states to consider regulatory innovations to expand access to justice. The resolution, prepared by the… MORE
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The bar exam is designed to test whether law school graduates have attained sufficient knowledge and skills to practice law—in other words, whether those seeking admission to the bar are at least minimally competent. Given the importance of this… MORE
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On Wednesday, February 26, IAALS and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law had the privilege of hosting Patricia Refo, President-elect of the American Bar Association, for a talk and Q&A regarding the re-regulation of legal services… MORE
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In January 2019, IAALS published Efficiency in Motion: Recommendations for Improving Dispositive Motions Practice in State and Federal Courts, calling for a new paradigm for motion practice in the United States. The recommendations are more than… MORE