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Enforcing court rules that require expedited actions can improve fairness, cost, and efficiency in the civil justice system while also relieving case backlogs exacerbated by the pandemic, according to new findings released by national experts today… MORE
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On Tuesday, April 4, IAALS held its first Lawyers Council meeting in downtown Denver. IAALS’ Lawyers Council pulls together the members of our former Law Firm Council and Business Leadership Network to create a new national group of law firms and… MORE
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Last Thursday, IAALS gathered with partners and friends for our 15th Annual Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner, celebrating the year’s awardees and recognizing our collective efforts to build a justice system that is accessible, constantly innovating,… MORE
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This year, the American Bar Association (ABA) is celebrating Law Day with the theme “Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility, and Collaboration.” These sentiments are at the heart of IAALS—what we do, how we do it, and why this work is so… MORE
New IAALS Report on State Court Civil Filings: The Trends, Drivers of Change, and Importance of Data
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IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announced today that it released its new The Past and Future of State Court Civil Filings report. This report provides important new insights into… MORE
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There is strong interest in the ongoing impact of the pandemic on filings in our courts, and with it a renewed interest in filings more generally. While it is critical to look at filings in the short term given the challenges of the pandemic and the… MORE
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< Back to Unlocking Legal RegulationOn August 15, 2020, the Utah Supreme Court issued Standing Order No. 15, which established a regulatory sandbox for new kinds of legal services and service providers—those disallowed under the traditional… MORE
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James Teufel, MPH, PhD, is an Evaluation and Regulatory Reform Consultant of IAALS. Dr. Teufel was the founding Director of Data of the Utah Supreme Court’s Office of Legal Services Innovation (OLSI) and the founding Data Analyst of Law Society of… MORE
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Barbara Arnold rejoined New Mexico's Judiciary as the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) Program Manager in February 2022. Barbara worked previously with the New Mexico courts as Drug Court Program Manager in 2014 and as Court… MORE
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Preceding the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference, a group of stakeholders met to discuss the mission and vision for a new project IAALS is launching in partnership with The Chicago Bar Foundation in the fall of 2023.