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You may have noticed a new voice in our Honoring Families blog posts. Natalie Knowlton has been with IAALS since 2006 and joined the staff full time in 2008, working first as a Research Analyst across initiatives and then as Manager of the Quality… MORE
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Increasingly, law firms, corporate employers, public interest organizations, government entities, and other organizations that employ lawyers are relying on core competencies when hiring, assessing, and promoting new lawyers.
We want to better… MORE
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This month we are welcoming a new contributor to our ranks. Katherine Kirk will replace Cindy Pham, who served as our first student contributor and helped us get IAALS Online off the ground. Like Pham, Kirk will highlight news and articles… MORE
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According to new data from the Center for Public Integrity, outside interest groups spent more than $11.7 million in ten states on supreme court elections—both contested and retention—in 2012 and 2013. Forty percent of this spending came from out-of… MORE
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Governor Tom Corbett nominated superior court judge Correale F. Stevens to fill the supreme court vacancy created by former justice Joan Orie Melvin's resignation following her criminal conviction. Stevens' nomination must be confirmed by a two-… MORE
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Judge Kevin Burke, a Minnesota trial judge and member of the IAALS Board of Advisors, seconded Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor's call for selection reform in her state. As IAALS Online covered last month, O'Connor identified eight potential… MORE
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Mo Weiland, a recent graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers consortium school, recalls her first volunteer case as both unexpectedly challenging and very informative for her developing… MORE
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On Sunday, June 23, 2013, former IAALS Board Member and Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court Patricio M. Serna will be honored as a Santa Fe Living Treasure. The ceremony pays tribute to elders who have generously served the Santa Fe community “… MORE
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Denver, Colo. – Quality Judges, an initiative of IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, has just released A Credit to the Courts: The Selection, Appointment, and Reappointment Process for… MORE
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I am pleased to announce that my new book, Skills & Values: Lawyering Process - Legal Writing and Advocacy was published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender last week. Sample copies will be available for review at the ALWD Conference in… MORE