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Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern As noted by the  Miami Herald , the average lifespan of an immigration case in the United States is about three years. Several factors have led to the nation-wide backlog, but many say the most prominent reason is the …

Nathaniel Baca Former Manager Faced with rising numbers of people in poverty, funding deficiencies, and an increase in self-represented litigants in state courts, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our partners and friends. They are essential to our efforts and hail from a wide range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and sectors. Every month …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Aspen has been the home of things of great value for a long time… beginning with silver. Today, one of the treasures in Aspen is the Aspen Institute. It was founded in 1950 to promote the …

Caitlin Anderson Former Legal Assistant The 6th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference is right around the corner! It has become ETL Conference tradition to kick off the first day with a series of Ignite presentations. Presenters have 6 minutes, …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative The legal industry is changing. In some courts, upwards of 80% of civil and family …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Late last week, tens of thousands of Polish citizens took to the streets—and citizens around the world took to social media—to protest three legislative proposals that would severely impair the …

Keith Lee Attorney, Hamer Law Group The legal profession is amid one of its most tumultuous periods ever. The way law firms conduct business is changing. Technology is upending many long held established practices. New entrants are entering the market and …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Last year the Civil Rules Advisory Committee took up the topic of Rule 30(b)(6) depositions following the submittal of a letter by members of the Council and Federal Practice Task Force of the ABA Section of Litigation, in their …

Dona Playton Associate Professor and Director, Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic, University of Wyoming College of Law Former Director, Honoring Families Initiative Too often, an adversarial family court process does not provide the best outcomes for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A couple years ago, IAALS co-sponsored a conference called Client-Centric Legal Services . While there were many interesting takeaways, there was one that I still think about all the time. A speaker suggested that, in …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications Zachary Willis Director of Communications Questions about when judges should recuse themselves from hearing cases—usually because a party perceives their ability to be impartial to be in doubt—have drawn …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern Divorce proceedings are getting a digital makeover in the United Kingdom as Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) prepares to move all divorce applications online. Research to better understand the needs of …

Diane M. Johnsen Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One Do the methods by which states choose their appellate judges result in benches with different characteristics? A new study concludes that the most distinctive appellate benches are in …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Since its founding in 2001, Justice at Stake was a national leader in the movement to promote fair and impartial courts and increase judicial diversity. But last month, the organization’s leaders …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS I spent two weeks in Australia in May, meeting Australian judges, lawyers, law professors, deans, and legal service providers. I spoke at a conference dedicated to examining the role of empirical …

Heather Buchanan Former IAALS Intern In a recent  Wyoming Lawyer   article , former Judicial Nominating Commissioner Jeremy Michaels shared his observations from his tenure on the Commission and addressed some of the myths that might keep attorneys from …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications IAALS is expanding: both in terms of our capacity for impact and in the literal expansion of our ranks. Specifically, we are delighted to announce that Managers Nathaniel Baca and Zack DeMeola and …

Brittany Kauffman CEO This month the Northern District of Illinois launched a three-year pilot project, known as the  Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project (MIDP) . The pilot project requires robust mandatory initial discovery with the goal of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In January, I had the opportunity to present the results of IAALS’ Foundations for Practice study at the Association of American Law Schools’ Annual Meeting as part of the President’s Program. As always, I began my talk …