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Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern preLaw Magazine 's 2013 Back to School issue highlights numerous achievements from our Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers   Consortium schools . In an article discussing some of the more recent and important developments in …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern The Delaware Legislature recently  passed a resolution  requesting a study to examine the possibility of opening Family Court proceedings to the public. Delaware's legislature has shown a long history of interest in …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Last week, during a town hall at Binghamton University, President Obama jumped into the legal education fray when he suggested that law schools could increase the value of a law degree without sacrificing its quality by …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Last week, Governor Brownback nominated his chief counsel , Caleb Stegall, to a newly created seat on Kansas' court of appeals, reigniting a war of words between his supporters and detractors. The …

Robert P. Thompson Former Director of Communications & Marketing Effective July 1, 2013, two current IAALS managers stepped up to lead their respective divisions. Corina Gerety has assumed the role of Director of Research and Brittany Kauffman is now …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A recent piece in the  Chicago Sun-Times sheds light on the process for selecting judges in Cook County, Illinois. Earlier this month, the Cook County Democratic Party's Judicial Selection Committee …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern At the direction of the Montana Legislature, the Montana Law and Justice Interim Committee met last month with the objective of finding ways to  improve the Montana family court  and domestic relations proceedings. To …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative For the second time in his tenure—and the second time in state history—New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declined to renominate a sitting supreme court justice.  Christie offered two rationales for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative On August 12, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the keynote address at the 2013 Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in Atlanta, …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern A recent article in the  Washington Post suggests that our current concept of marriage needs to adapt to the high divorce rate in the United States. As a solution, the author borrows a concept from property law and …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern According to a new book entitled “ What the Best Law Teachers Do ,” ETL Fellow and Professor  Roberto Corrada  of the  University of Denver Sturm College of Law  (an ETL Consortium school) is among the ranks of the …

Brittany Kauffman CEO On August 15, 2013, the public comment period opened on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. As discussed in an earlier post that detailed the proposed amendments, this package of amendments represents the …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program Committee , which for many years has been at the forefront of efforts to reduce the cost and burden of electronic discovery consistent with the goals of Rule 1, now provides …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Ann Roan, State Training Director for the Colorado Public Defender's Office, advocates for more practical skills education within law school classrooms in order to ease the transition into the high stakes environment of …

Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern This summer, the Brooklyn Family Court Child Support Study  hopes to improve the quality of legal assistance to self-represented litigants in child custody proceedings. The study, conducted by the National Center for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education released its Working Paper late last week  ( update: the ABA has posted a new version as of August 7, 2013 ). If you have been following the discussions (including the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Early tomorrow morning, I'm heading to San Francisco through Sunday for the ABA's Annual Meeting. You may see me at meetings for the Law School Division, the Young Lawyers Division, the Section of Legal Education and …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Adequate training is vital in preparing judicial officers for the challenges of being on the bench. While this is true regardless of docket type, judicial education/training is especially important …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, is pleased to announce that it is welcoming a new Director of Communications and Marketing and a new Director of …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The North Carolina legislature sent to Governor McCrory for approval a bill that would revamp the state's elections, including eliminating public financing  for appellate judicial elections. Created …