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Katherine Kirk Former IAALS Intern According to  U.S. News , separating spouses should plan for the future education of their children together and, in the process, pay special attention to funds saved prior to the divorce settlement and the shape that …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications David Trickett is the founder of The Jefferson Circle, which focuses on the re-connection of people with purpose at the individual, organizational, and societal levels through strategic discernment, assessment of …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation Colorado Magistrate Judge Simon Mole recently penned a guest post for the Access to Justice Blog in which he comments on IAALS' study and analysis of data from Colorado pilot programs that instituted …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications In a recent article by Judge Kevin Burke , a member of the IAALS Board of Advisors , and Babak Armajani, they discuss several key areas in which courts are failing to meet the needs of the public , and a few …

Brittany Kauffman CEO This September, IAALS and the National Judicial College will host an educational summit  exclusively tailored for state court judges on all facets of the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI)—from preservation to …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In remarks at last week's annual conference of the state bar association, Justice Barry Albin encouraged members of the legal profession and the public to defend New Jersey's courts against attacks …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Minnesota Supreme Court continues to implement rule changes stemming from the recommendations of its Civil Justice Reform Task Force . On May 7, 2013, the Court adopted an Order  authorizing the creation of a Pilot Expedited …

Brittany Kauffman CEO On March 7, 2013, Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal entered an Administrative Order recognizing the successful ad hoc use of a Fast Track jury trial process in South Carolina and implementing the voluntary process statewide. The Court …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Bob Emery is one of the preeminent national experts on issues related to children and divorce. He is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center for Children, Families and the Law at the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative It has been an eventful week judicial selection-wise in the Kansas legislature. As IAALS Online covered last week, conservative legislators and bar leaders were discussing a compromise selection …

John T. Broderick, Jr. Chief Justice (Ret.), New Hampshire Supreme Court As a former Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and a current member of the IAALS Board of Advisors, I commend Governor Maggie Hassan for her wisdom in establishing the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In a recent speech to the Ohio State Bar Association, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor identified eight areas in which the state's process for electing judges might be improved. Among the reforms that …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative With Justice Joan Orie Melvin's resignation from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 1, Governor Tom Corbett has ninety days to fill the vacancy . Pennsylvania judges are chosen in partisan …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Taking some lawmakers by surprise, prominent Republicans in the house and senate announced that they will continue their pursuit of a constitutional change to the process for selecting supreme court …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications The Hon. Jack Zouhary, federal district court judge and member of the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice , recently penned an article for the Federal Lawyer about his case …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The Tennessee legislature ended its 2013 session without renewing the state's judicial nominating commission , which screens applicants for appellate court vacancies and recommends the best qualified …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Denver, Colo. – Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers , an initiative of IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, is pleased to announce Law Jobs: By the Numbers™ ( …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Numbers matter. As we take on some of the biggest challenges facing the civil justice system, our work depends on the number of stakeholders we bring to the table, our ability to facilitate …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern A recent study by IAALS board member  Russell Wheeler , a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, analyzes the politics behind the  high number of judicial vacancies without nominees . Wheeler examines judicial …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern A study from the  Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics  shows "law students who found ways to exercise their top strengths in daily life were less likely to report depression and more likely to report satisfaction." …