Since opening its doors, IAALS has been at the forefront of efforts to improve and expand programs for evaluating the performance of state and federal court judges. JPE 2.0 represents the next stage in IAALS’ work: to reexamine approaches to… MORE
Susanne DiPietro has served since 2014 as the Executive Director of the Alaska Judicial Council, the constitutionally established commission responsible for judicial performance evaluation in Alaska. Before coming to the Judicial Council, she worked… MORE
Kent J. Wagner is the Executive Director of the Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation in Denver, Colorado. In that role, Kent manages the Colorado Judicial Performance program established by the Colorado Legislature in 1988. The program provides… MORE
Michael Oki has been assigned since 1991 as staff to the Hawai‘i Supreme Court Rule 19 Committee on Judicial Performance. The Judicial Performance Program conducts evaluations of full time and per diem judges through attorney and juror surveys. Oki’… MORE
Since 2016, Jennifer MJ Yim has served as the executive director of the Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), an independent state government commission that evaluates the performance of Utah judges for voters.
Yim has over 20… MORE
Farrah Fite is a former member of IAALS' JPE 2.0 Task Force. She communicates and promotes—using traditional and new media—the wide range of services and resources The Missouri Bar provides to help lawyers even better serve their clients. Since 2012… MORE
This week, IAALS Interim CEO Brittany Kauffman and Director of Research Logan Cornett will attend the World Justice Forum, discussing US Justice Needs and the importance of people-centered data when creating and implementing justice reforms. … MORE
With great sadness, IAALS mourns the passing of John E. Moye, one of our founders. John was a visionary in the practice of law and an innovator within our legal system. His passion for justice and the betterment of society were at the forefront… MORE
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the World Justice Forum 2022: Building More Just Communities, held in The Hague. The forum “tackled the root causes of our global rule of law crisis through three days of agenda setting, learning, and… MORE
The Minnesota Legal Paraprofessional Pilot Project (“Pilot”) launched in March 2021, allowing legal professionals who are not licensed attorneys to provide legal advice and, in some instances, representation for clients in family law and landlord-… MORE