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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Pennsylvania is one of two states (Wisconsin is the other) that is electing supreme court justices in 2015. To provide the public with information about judges on the ballot—whether running for …

Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Last year, the American Bar Association's Student Lawyer featured Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers , and her advice for current law students in its  I Wish I'd Known column. The column provides practical …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Social and mainstream media is abuzz with coverage of a recent segment on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, in which Oliver skewers judicial elections. With clips of campaign ads that range …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A recent survey commissioned by the National Center for State Courts explored public opinions of the court system. Compared to a similar survey conducted in April 2012, assessments of state court …

Brittany Kauffman CEO A federal judge in Washington, D.C., recently issued an order titled “Order on One Millionth Discovery Dispute,” sharing her impatience with the ongoing discovery disputes of the parties. In her order , U.S. District Judge Rosemary …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Hunter Metcalf IAALS Intern Law Week Colorado   recently published an article highlighting Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers ' report, Ahead of the Curve: Turning Law Students into Lawyers , which examines the Daniel …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their potential impact continue to be on the forefront of  discussions around the country . During a recent webinar titled “Amending the Federal Rules: Moving Toward …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Since opening in September 2013, the University of Denver's Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families (Resource Center or RCSDF) has served as an invaluable resource for participating …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative IAALS congratulates Colorado's  Judicially Speaking  on receiving the Sandra Day O'Connor Award for Advancement of Civics Education from the National Center for State Courts.  Judicially Speaking   …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Are law school graduates ready to enter the profession, engage in the practice, and serve clients? In recent years, legal employers and members of the profession have called on law schools to educate lawyers who …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Photography by Willie Petersen   In its effort to highlight the paradigm shift in how law is being practiced, the ABA Journal recently reported on the IAALS model for a less adversarial, out-of-court …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Those of you who attended our conference last fall probably had a chance to talk with Elise Miller, Vice President of Research Programs at Access Group, who has been developing Access Group's new grant-making program …

Brittany Kauffman CEO With the new year comes reflections on the past, and predictions for the future. This is equally true in the world of e-discovery, and there are many commentators around the country who are taking this opportunity to reflect on the …

Meryl Justin Chertoff Executive Director, Georgetown Program on State and Local Government Policy and Law (SALPAL) Last Tuesday's Supreme Court argument in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar was the latest chapter in the Court's struggle to balance electoral …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark S. Cady announced in his 2015 State of the Judiciary speech the creation of a task force “to make recommendations for greater consistency, efficiency, and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director It's a big month at Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers . We're about to release our first major report—a study of the Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program at the University of New Hampshire School of Law . I don't want to …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Discovery in litigation can be complicated and expensive, and electronic discovery is no exception. The preservation and production of electronically stored information presents ample opportunities for complication and expense, …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to data presented by Russell Wheeler of the Brookings Institution, President Obama has seen a higher judicial confirmation rate (92 percent) after six years in office than did President …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The National Center for State Courts recently released a screening tool for divorce cases to help courts “meaningfully differentiate cases.” The tool is designed to identify families who are largely …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In the upcoming legislative session in a handful of states, lawmakers are expected to propose legislation aimed at courts and judges. Some Washington legislators have filed a bill that would make the …