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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 …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Florida is one of eight states with a commission-based judicial appointment process wherein the governor appoints all members of the nominating commissions. In Florida, as in Arizona, Delaware, and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Professor Anthony C. Infanti, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law , uses a problem-based teaching method to expose students to the complex concept of …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative According to a new analysis conducted by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, justices on Wisconsin's high court tend to favor parties whose attorneys contributed to their election …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In response to increasing pressures on the civil justice system, both at the state and federal level, many jurisdictions around the country have implemented an alternative process that is designed to provide speedy and less expensive …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern Earlier this year, a local news channel praised the University of Miami's  Health and Elder Law Medical Legal Partnership  in a piece entitled " Joining Forces .” The clinic, run by Dr. Pat Caralis of the VA …

Sarah Clark One of my primary responsibilities as Counsel to the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court is to start and maintain dialogue among Colorado's law schools, bench, and bar in an effort to find and promote commonality among their efforts to …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Over the summer, the Tennessee legislature declined to renew the state's judicial nominating commission, which was used to recommend well-qualified candidates for appellate judgeships to the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Much of the work on core competencies for entry-level lawyers has focused on large firms, often because it has been harder to collect this information from small firms. This is a challenge because small and medium firms …

Robert P. Thompson Former Director of Communications & Marketing IAALS is honored to be featured front and center in the Fall 2013 edition of The Bulletin , a publication of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). The article chronicles the six year …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative As Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts , a longtime advocate of judicial selection reform, celebrates its 25th year, supporters of moving from partisan elections to commission-based appointment of the …