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Editor’s Note: This is the first blog post in a series covering the intersection of legal education and regulatory reform. Re-regulation presents an opportunity for law schools to be a part of shaping the future of the legal profession, and IAALS… MORE
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On February 13, the Arizona Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services filed a petition with the Arizona Supreme Court to eliminate Ethical Rule (ER) 5.4, which prohibits lawyers from sharing legal fees with nonlawyers as well as from forming… MORE
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As the number of cases of COVID-19 in the United States rises, both state and federal courts are preparing for how they will (or won’t) continue operating should more people quarantine and many other functions of public life temporarily shut down.… MORE
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If you are reading this, you have likely heard the news that on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the State Bar of California Trustees voted to postpone passing the motion to explore the development of a regulatory sandbox to May 2020 rather than pass the… MORE
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In a recent op-ed for Deseret News, Joanne Slotnik, who served as executive director of the Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission for eight years, touts the state’s successful judicial selection system, which includes robust performance… MORE
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Editor's Note: Although Professor Bill Henderson's talk on the future of legal services has been postponed, we're thrilled to share his recent post on Legal Evolution, in which he calls for us all to be Risk Takers—and to support Risk Takers—who… MORE
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On March 13, 2020, the American Bar Association created the Task Force on Legal Needs Arising Out of the 2020 Pandemic, chaired by James J. Sandman, the former president of the Legal Services Corporation. The task force will include up to 20… MORE
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In a new white paper published on March 22, 11 legal scholars—including Deborah Jones Merritt, our partner for the Building a Better Bar project—stress the need for jurisdictions to consider alternative licensing options for the Class of 2020 and… MORE
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We join countless others in wishing retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor all the best today on her 90th birthday. Her life’s journey has been remarkable—spending her childhood on a remote cattle ranch in southeastern Arizona, entering Stanford… MORE
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On March 29, 2019—almost exactly a year ago—the Maurice A. Deane School of Law's Center for Children, Families and the Law hosted “Plain and Simple: Making the Legal System Accessible to All,” co-sponsored by IAALS, the Self-Represented Litigation… MORE