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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Governor Maggie Hassan signed an executive order establishing a judicial selection commission to advise her in filling vacancies on the state's courts. Hassan is the third New Hampshire governor to …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Last week, in  Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl , the  U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments   to decide whether custody rights of a three-year-old girl should go to her adoptive parents or her biological father, who is a member of …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern Under British Columbia's new Family Relations Act , unmarried couples who have lived together for more than two years will now have the same property rights as married couples. The changes went into effect March 18 and …

Brittany Kauffman CEO IAALS has played an important role in empowering jurisdictions to experiment with pilot projects and rules changes. Today, we are making information about these programs more accessible to all by launching Action on the Ground , an …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director If there's one thing the people in the room at the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education can agree on today , it's that something has to give. But just what has to give? That still seems to be up for debate. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The  ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education  is meeting today in Indianapolis at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law. The meeting is available via live webcast here . The Task Force is charged with …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A group of Republican members of the house of representatives have proposed cutting the pay of the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court justices who participated in Varnum v. Brien , a unanimous 2009 …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In November , the Texas Supreme Court issued long-awaited rules for expedited actions, proposing a mandatory expedited process for cases of $100,000 or less. The Texas Supreme Court has since issued revised final rules , which became …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The Wall Street Journal  has published an article examining the  push for alimony reform  and why it is becoming a growing movement. According to the article, the main contention is that current alimony laws have the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Senators Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) have agreed to a restructuring of the commission that has been used in Wisconsin since 1979 to advise senators in recommending potential candidates for …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications In February, the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity presented IAALS board member Walter Sutton with the 2013 Spirit of Excellence Award, which celebrates the efforts and …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In the wake of a very public fee dispute involving one of the world's largest law firms, Professor Benjamin Madison, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow , recommends that law schools turn it into a learning opportunity " …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern In a recent article,  The Miami Herald  takes a closer look into the University of Miami's new dual medical-legal degree program , set to launch this fall. This program is an expansion of Miami's Health and Elder Law Medical …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families IAALS has just released an Honoring Families Initiative research report entitled Family Law in Focus: A Retrospective …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families The Honoring Families Initiative is pleased to announce a new addition to our national Advisory Committee— Gabrielle …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that allowed Minnesota judicial candidates to publicly discuss their views on legal and political issues, the state and its legal community were first …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Socially conservative legislators in Alaska have proposed a bill that would remove the judicial council's authority to make recommendations regarding judges standing for retention. In 1975, Alaska …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a bill calling for the state's judicial nominating commissions to submit at least five names for each judicial vacancy. As IAALS Online reported last month , some …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern While advancements in technology have made marrying over the internet  a reality, they have made the divorce process easier as well. In a recent article,  The Wall Street Journal discusses technology-assisted divorce and …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative As Bill Raftery covered last month on Gavel to Gavel, legislatures in 17 states are considering whether to increase or eliminate their mandatory retirement age for judges. Mandatory retirement ages …