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Francis M. Wikstrom Shareholder, Parsons Behle & Latimer IAALS is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Throughout the year, we will be featuring guest posts from our colleagues and partners to recap our accomplishments and national impact — and look …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS In April, there will be a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for Colorado due to the impending retirement of Judge Robert Blackburn. As with all Article III judgeships, the President will nominate …

Carolyn A. Tyler Former Director of Communications John Moye , IAALS co-founder and Board of Advisors member, was recently honored with the coveted National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award . The award is given to an individual who …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern The North Carolina Bar Association is exploring how tweaks in its judicial evaluation process can have real impact on results. As recommended by both the National Center for State Courts and IAALS, the latest performance …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Today, we celebrate ten years of IAALS and ten years of work rebuilding justice across the United States. A milestone, to be sure. One that marks our first chapter in reform of the American legal …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications In December, major changes were made to the rules regarding civil procedure in federal courts. The federal rules refocus and reaffirm the legal community’s commitment to providing a just, speedy, and inexpensive …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts dedicated his 2015 year-end report on the State of the Judiciary to extolling the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He stressed that these …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO At the beginning of this month, the  long awaited amendments  to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect. Of the amendments, the one that changed the most following the public comment period was  Rule 37(e) , which …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO An important takeaway from the May 2010 Conference on Civil Litigation held at Duke University Law School, sponsored by the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, was that the disposition of civil actions in our federal courts could …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The Utah Supreme Court has  approved the development of a new program to help litigants navigate the court system . A Supreme Court Task Force established to examine the issue recommended that Limited …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Throughout the month of December, we've been releasing the 16 Ignite-style presentations given at our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference by ETL Fellows and faculty from across the ETL Consortium. …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Legal education has been undergoing a great metamorphosis to adapt to a changing legal market. In recent years, we have witnessed an increase of interest in experiential learning, with …

Myra Berman Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Touro Law Center This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. The author(s) presented a six-minute Ignite-style presentation at the conference …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO On December 1, Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was amended to recognize that the rules should be construed, administered, “and employed by the court  and the parties ” to secure a just, speedy, and inexpensive …

Gerald M. Slater Associate Dean for Professional & Career Development, Suffolk University Law School This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. The author(s) presented a six-minute Ignite-style …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS IAALS is all about innovation, for the benefit of everyone who depends on our legal system—from lawyers and judges to everyday citizens who need access to justice. And, 2015 was a good year for us …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Citing concerns about the erosion of “citizens’ and businesses’ confidence in the integrity of their judges,” a new report from the Committee for Economic Development calls for states to replace …

Mary Bowman Director of the Legal Writing Program, Seattle University School of Law This post is one of a series that stems from our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference. The author(s) presented a six-minute Ignite-style presentation at the …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation In 2013, the Colorado Judicial Branch created the Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator (Sherlock) program. The Sherlocks , operating in courthouses in each of Colorado’s judicial districts, assist …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Throughout this month, we've been releasing the fantastic Ignite-style presentations given at our 4th Annual Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Conference by ETL Fellows and faculty from across the ETL Consortium. …