A Return to Trials

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There is a widespread perception that the civil justice system is too complex, costs too much, and takes too long. To address these concerns, several federal and state jurisdictions around the country have implemented an alternative process designed… MORE

Another Voice: Financial Experts on Reducing Client Costs in Civil Litigation

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Published in conjunction with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), this report evaluates the cost and delays of litigation from a new perspective: that of financial experts. The report offers judges, attorneys, financial… MORE

It Is Just Good Business: The Case for Supporting Reform in Divorce Court

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This article examines the ways in which familial distress surrounding separation and divorce can affect individual employee productivity and negatively impact a business' bottom line. Justice Kourlis suggests that businesses have a stake… MORE

Navigating the Hazards of E-Discovery

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Second Edition In 2007, following the adoption of the 2006 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, IAALS published its first edition of Navigating the Hazards of E-Discovery, A Manual for Judges in State Courts Across The… MORE

Cornerstones of State Judicial Selection

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This publication couples the desired attributes for court systems and individual judges identified by participants in the IAALS Roundtable on Judicial Selection with principles (or “cornerstones”) for judicial selection processes that are most… MORE

Cynthia Dow

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Cynthia Dow focuses on recruiting general counsel and other high-level legal and compliance officers. Based in New York, she is a member of the firm's Legal, Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates,… MORE

National Conference on Evaluating Appellate Judges

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IAALS has worked in the area of judicial performance evaluation (JPE) from its inception in January 2006. In August 2008, IAALS convened its first conference on JPE—Judicial Performance Evaluation: Strategies for Success—which focused on the… MORE

Options for Federal Judicial Screening Committees

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Second Edition Committees that U.S. senators use to vet would-be federal district judges whom they might recommend to the White House are a little known but substantial part of the landscape of federal judicial selection. The number of committees… MORE

Excess and Access: Consensus on the American Civil Justice Landscape

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This publication synthesizes the results of four recent studies exploring how attorneys and trial judges across the nation view the civil justice system. Survey respondents overwhelmingly agreed that cost is a concern; delay increases cost; and… MORE

Civil Justice at a Crossroads

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Four years ago, concerns about skyrocketing costs, unprofessional gamesmanship, and long delays in civil litigation were the stuff of grousing and shoulder shrugs. We all had a level of fatalism or cynicism about our inability to change any of those… MORE