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Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS We would like to extend our congratulations to Jon Streeter for his confirmation to California's First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco. Jon was  nominated by Governor Brown on November 11, …

Brittany Kauffman CEO This week, January 8-9, 2015, the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure will meet in Phoenix, Arizona. The Agenda Book includes a December 2, 2014, Report from the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, along with the draft …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern In November, Delaware Law Weekly published an article discussing how judicial vacancies are filled in Delaware. Specifically, the article focused on the state's Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) and whether it is appropriate …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director It's been almost three-and-a-half years since we launched Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers . From the start, we were committed to supporting law schools and legal educators around the country who were doing innovative work. …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern The institution of marriage in the United States is stronger today than it has been for quite some time—or is it? Recent articles from  The New York Times  and   The Week  debate the issue and reach different conclusions. The …

Brittany Kauffman CEO One of the current proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, currently under consideration by the Supreme Court , addresses preservation of electronically stored information (ESI). The new proposed Rule 37(e) …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In 2014, we have continued to see a rise in the number of, and interest in, alternative processes designed to provide a more streamlined approach to the pretrial and trial process. While these programs are known by many different …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to a study recently released by the Manuel H. Johnson Center for the Political Economy at Troy University, Alabama should move from partisan elections of judges to commission-based …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Idaho has released a report evaluating its Informal Custody Trial (ICT) program . The ICT allows litigants in child custody cases to suspend the rules of evidence and the normal question-and-answer format of trial, waive the …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Like the United States, the United Kingdom has historically faced a lack of legal representation for low income individuals. In the U.K., the strain has been amplified by massive cuts in legal aid . The apparent lack of …

Maureen E. Schafer President, Schafer Company LLC In a historic 53.78%–46.22% decision, which is already beginning to transform the state's judiciary in significant ways, Nevada voters elected to create an Intermediate Court of Appeals during the November …

Brittany Kauffman CEO On November 13-14, 2014, IAALS convened a group of senior in-house counsel and corporate management from around the country to discuss the challenges of preservation and production in the United States. Disputes about discovery can …

Brittany Kauffman CEO Last week, IAALS met with the other members and staff of the Conference of Chief Justices Civil Justice Improvements committee for its second plenary meeting in Washington D.C. The committee is evaluating civil justice improvement …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications A recent article in the Denver Bar Association's The Docket reviewed the dilemma that surrounds how states select and retain judges. One of the most contentious issues is whether judges should be chosen in …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Three Colorado jurists who were identified as outstanding case managers in  Working Smarter, Not Harder: How Excellent Judges Manage Cases have shared their expanded views of successful …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Professor Neil W. Hamilton of the University of St. Thomas School of Law, an ETL Consortium School , recently published an article that analyzes empirical research on the competencies that legal employers and clients are …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Here's an overview of 2014 election outcomes that impacted state courts and judges. Ballot Measures Tennessee voters approved Amendment 2, which establishes a modified federal selection …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications This Thursday and Friday, November 6-7, 2014, the Law School Survey of Student Engagement's (LSSSE) “Data and Assessment in Legal Education: The Necessities, The Possibilities” symposium will be held at Saint …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern New research out of the United Kingdom suggests that instead of facing the family court system without legal counsel, families are choosing to forgo the courts altogether. Following a number of cuts to legal aid, coupled with …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In a recent blog post on cross-border e-discovery , Sasha L. Hefler and Chris Dale discuss the differences between discovery in the United States and abroad, and the resulting challenges. As they point out, discovery in the United …