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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 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Professor James Moliterno presenting at 2012 Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference   Once again, law schools have found themselves the subject of a New York Times front-page article that has already topped the paper's …

Corina D. Gerety Former Director of Research, IAALS Two Colorado attorneys discuss the utility of Colorado’s simplified civil procedure rule (C.R.C.P. 16.1) in the Point/Counterpoint section of The Colorado Lawyer ’s February edition. One of the authors …

Brittany Kauffman CEO In 2009, IAALS and the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice published its Final Report , a culmination of eighteen months of research, discussion, and deliberation regarding the problems …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Delaware Court of Chancery has amended its Rules  regarding discovery, effective January 1, 2013, to "account for modern discovery demands" and to bring the Court’s rules in line with "current practice." The amendments to Rules …

Natalie Anne Knowlton Advisor on Regulatory Innovation An informal Senate agreement on the rules of filibusters has the potential to accelerate confirmations of federal district court judges . The agreement, reached by Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid …

Brittany Kauffman CEO The Western District of Washington has amended its Local Civil Rules , which include their express purpose of promoting “the just, efficient, speedy, and economical determination of every action and proceeding.” Local Rule 26(f) …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative On the same day that jury selection began in the trial of a supreme court justice charged with illegal campaign practices, a Pennsylvania legislator introduced a measure that would end partisan …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative This week the judiciary committee in both the house of representatives and the senate approved measures that would alter the process for choosing the state’s appellate judges. The proposed …