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Brittany Kauffman CEO In a recent post on the long-awaited results from pilot project experimentation around the country , we shared evaluations from the New Hampshire and Boston Litigation Session pilot projects. Initial data is now available from Utah …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families In this month's edition of The Colorado Lawyer , Natalie Knowlton and I provide an update to the Colorado legal community …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Professor Roberto Corrada of the  University of Denver Sturm College of Law , an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Consortium school , gives students a comprehensive understanding of administrative law through a unique, …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Historically, studies have shown a relationship between the rate of divorce and the overall well-being of the economy. The better the economic outlook the more likely unhappy couples are to separate and take on the daunting …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative IAALS Online has been tracking efforts in a handful of states to expand gubernatorial authority over judicial nominating commissions, and we can now add Alaska to this mix. Republican state …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) has established a new committee that will evaluate civil justice improvement efforts around the country and develop guidelines and best practices for civil litigation, as well as case-flow …

Janice Davidson Former Senior Advisor, Honoring Families Initiative A number of bills have already been filed in the 2014 session of the Oklahoma legislature that would alter the selection and tenure of the state's judges. One such bill is HB 3380 , which …

Brittany Kauffman CEO For those who have been awaiting empirical analysis from the pilot project and rules reform experimentation that has been going on around the country, there are two new significant reports from the earliest of the projects. The …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern In The Docket , a monthly publication of the Denver Bar Association, Barbara Mueller discusses the 2nd Annual Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference as a window into the ongoing discussions of legal education reform …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern IAALS would like to extend our sincere congratulations to Andrew Schepard on his designation as the Max Schmertz Distinguished Professor of Law at the  Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University . Andy has been a …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In his Voices from the Field interview, Bill Walters, Partner at Heizer Paul and former president of the Colorado Bar Association, suggests that law schools need to expose students to the various career options they …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The last of three hearings on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is being held today in Dallas, Texas, and our Executive Director, Rebecca Love Kourlis, is among those testifying. In summary, Kourlis …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation It comes as no surprise to those who work in or with the courts that many litigants these days proceed through the civil and family court system without an attorney. According to Gavel to Gavel , the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative IAALS Online recently summarized  anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, and a recent article in the ABA Journal  honed in on a common trend in a handful of …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications This spring, IAALS—the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver—will hold its annual Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner , which recognizes individuals who exemplify the …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation While divorce is a legal process, anyone who has gone through it knows that it is also an emotional process. Divorce coach and The Smart Divorce author Deborah Moskovitch explores these two sides of …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The New York State Bar Association is devoting a segment of its annual meeting to two themes that have emerged with increasing urgency in bar associations around the country: "Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers" and …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation A pair of Illinois attorneys are offering a unique model for couples looking to end their marriage. Sandra Young and Brian Garvey are pioneering "The Weekend Divorce,"  which builds on the …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Forthcoming statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth show an increase in cohabitation among new parents , and demographers say this trend is likely to continue. The preliminary figures …

Riley Combelic IAALS Intern Dean Rachel Van Cleave of Golden Gate University School of Law recently published an article  discussing the optimism of current law students and the responsibility of law schools to "have the courage to make our students' …