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Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Justice Pat Roggensack and Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone were the top two vote-getters in the February 19 primary election for a seat on Wisconsin’s supreme court, and they will …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Legislators in Illinois have  filed three measures  that would enhance judicial qualifications and alter the judicial selection and retention process. Among the proposed reforms—which would require …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Tennessee’s senate approved by a 29-2 vote a proposed constitutional amendment that has been nicknamed “ The Founding Fathers Plan Plus .” The proposal would establish a federal selection process for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative The Quality Judges Initiative is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to the ranks of the O'Connor Advisory Committee— Professor Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte and Professor Keith Swisher …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications The University of Denver has announced the award recipients for its  Annual Founders Day Gala , and we are proud to announce that IAALS Associate Executive Director  Karen J. Mathis is among them. Karen, a 1972 …

Marnee Baker Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law  is one of the oldest law schools in the United States and has a longstanding commitment to legal education along the lines proposed in the Carnegie Report. This dedication to professionalism …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In September 2012, 21 law schools sent representatives to Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers ’ first conference, “The Development of Professional Identity in Legal Education: Rethinking Learning and Assessment.” The …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education convened during the ABA's mid-year meeting in Dallas to hear testimony from individuals about opportunities to improve legal education. ABA …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Federal public defender Ray Moore was one of 11 nominees voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14. As IAALS Online has covered in the past, Moore was among the candidates that an …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Inspired by the spirit of a holiday devoted to love, the New York Times’ Room for Debate editorial board hosted a lively discussion that asks: “Should a divorce be more difficult to obtain? Or is the process arduous …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation The Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Commission has posted the first of its endorsements of judicial candidates, in preparation for the May 21 primary election. The Bar’s review …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A senate panel approved a bill that would expand the state’s seven-member judicial nominating commission, adding two commissioners who would be appointed by the leaders of each chamber. The proposal …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Minnesota Supreme Court has adopted amendments to its Rules of Civil Procedure and General Rules of Practice that are aimed at “facilitating more cost effective and efficient civil case processing.” The amendments flow from the …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Only three of twelve Republicans on the senate judiciary committee voted with their Democratic colleagues to advance New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent  nominee to the state court of appeals , …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Two Republican lawmakers  proposed a bill  that would make judicial elections partisan again. Democrats led the charge to make them nonpartisan a decade ago, but at least in the 2012 appellate court …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The Civil Rules Advisory Committee has proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to address proportionality, preservation, and spoliation problems associated with today's swiftly evolving technology. These …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In  E-Discovery: The Views from the Trenches , the National Law Journal surveyed litigators and vendors to get their perspectives on the top developments in e-discovery over the past year. A top response—predictive coding. But …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative As state legislatures around the country kick off their 2013 sessions, lawmakers in at least four states—Kansas, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee—are poised to make changes to the process for …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative A new poll—this one commissioned by the Kansas Policy Institute—shows that Kansans see no need to change the process for selecting the state’s appellate judges. According to the recent poll , 54 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Advisory Committee member Paul Lippe is speaking to the “Deans Workshop for ABA Approved Schools” on February 15. In a post at The New Normal , he asked “How would you shape the law school …