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Zachary Willis Director of Communications In 2012, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis was named an Honorary Diplomate of ABOTA—the American Board of Trial Advocates. She received the award last month in Austin, Texas, when she presented at the …

Barbara Blackwell Former Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships IAALS is extremely grateful for the unwavering generosity of the Gates Frontiers Fund. Entirely supported by gifts and grants, IAALS values support at every level. From time to time, we …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern Harvard Law School's “Case Studies Blog” recently featured the University of Denver Sturm College of Law 's Lawyering Process Program as one that helps students begin to develop their identities as lawyers in the first …

Robert P. Thompson Former Director of Communications & Marketing Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers  announces a newly expanded and integrated collection of online  legal education resources for law schools and professors . These teaching tools were compiled …

Brittany Kauffman CEO On November 7th, the Civil Rules Advisory Committee held the first of three hearings on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The hearing, which took place in Washington D.C., provided an opportunity for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A couple years ago, Milbank Tweed announced Milbank@Harvard , billed as a "groundbreaking multi-year training program for Milbank associates" to give them broader context for the commercial matters they handle for …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Studies on predictors of divorce abound. Among the more recent is a study exploring a connection between the intensity of one's smile—as memorialized in a yearbook picture—and the likelihood of …

Stephen Daniels “[Lawyers] who have smaller shops and are looking to take on people out of Baylor because they're ready to walk into a courtroom. Baylor has that edge of teaching you how to go try cases . . . .” Responses like this are common from Texas …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Recent studies are shedding new light on the impact of divorce on society and the individual. According to a Brown University longitudinal study, based on data collected beginning in 1948, divorce may …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill calling for a move to merit selection for judges of Pennsylvania's appellate courts. Pennsylvania is currently one of nine states that …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Recent statistics from the United Kingdom show a drop in family mediation referrals , which have fallen an average of 26 percent from April to June 2013, compared to the same period last year. A …

Brittany Kauffman CEO As the public comment period continues on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Senate Judiciary Committee joined in the discussion this week by holding a hearing on the proposals. The hearing provided …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Drawing attention to the costs of high-end divorce, Justice Matthew Cooper of the New York Supreme Court (the state's highest trial court) recently refused to go along with longstanding legal …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Pennsylvania is one of at least four states that holds judicial elections in off-years. This November, two candidates competed for a seat on the superior court (an intermediate appellate court) and …

Mark A. Nadeau Co-Managing Partner, DLA Piper, Phoenix Office In Michigan, twelve graduates of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed a class action premised on the Consumer Protection Act and the common law, asserting the school misrepresented employment …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Appellate judges in 38 states stand for election. One state is holding judicial elections in November, and many more will do so in 2014. But how much do we know about our appellate judges? Are they fair? Do the …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern In a recent article for The Recorder , Rachel Van Cleave, dean of  Golden Gate University School of Law , an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers (ETL) Consortium School, champions the efforts of ETL and its collaborative …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative IAALS is thrilled by the news that Judge Russell Carparelli of the Colorado Court of Appeals will take the helm at the American Judicature Society (AJS) as of January 1, 2014. New leadership of AJS …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to a new poll commissioned by Justice at Stake and the Brennan Center for Justice, nearly nine in ten voters (87 percent) believe that judicial campaign support—whether in the form of …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS IAALS follows a four-step framework for continuous improvement of the American civil justice system. Within our Rule One Initiative , we gather research on existing court processes, convene stakeholder …