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Brittany K.T. 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 …

Marnee Baker Professors JoNel Newman and Melissa Swain teach a unique clinic at the University of Miami Law School that integrates legal, medical, and social work to help students learn better patient/client advocacy skills. Students from both the law …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications The Denver Post reports that the  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hear Raymond Moore's nomination today  for the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Moore, a Federal Public Defender, was first …

Marnee Baker Richard H. Middleton, Jr. is the owner and senior trial attorney in The Middleton Firm, LLC, based in Savannah, Georgia. Middleton joins the Advisory Committee to Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers with more than 30 years in mass tort and class …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications On January 17, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announced that Michael Hunter Schwartz had been appointed the new dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law. Schwartz is currently a professor and …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families In the United States, divorce has been present as far back as the colonization. However, it was not until 2010 that all …

Melinda Taylor Clerk of Court, Denver Juvenile Court Former Executive Director, Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families For children of divorcing parents, grandparents can provide the safety and security that is so vitally needed by them …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative Two candidates have filed to challenge Justice Pat Roggensack’s bid for another six-year term on the Wisconsin high court. One of those candidates has encouraged his opponents to discuss their party …

Marnee Baker Elizabeth Phillips, a third year law student at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, knew she wanted to go to law school, but she also knew that selecting the right school that could equip her with the tools needed to actually …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO Alabama has passed legislation, SB 47 (Act 2012-492), which requires the Alabama Supreme Court to adopt expedited trial procedures for cases in circuit court where the amount in controversy does not exceed $50,000. Although the …

Brittany K.T. Kauffman CEO The Supreme Court of New Hampshire entered an order  last week amending the Superior Court Proportional Discovery/Automatic Disclosure Pilot Project Rules to implement the PAD Pilot Rules in all counties beginning March 1, 2013. …

Cindy Pham Former IAALS Intern The New York Times  has reported that the divorce rate in Spain is 17 percent lower than it was in 2006, when changes to the law simplified divorce proceedings. The Spanish Judicial Council attributes this decrease in …

Marnee Baker Zachary Willis Director of Communications Ben Madison, an  Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow, recently discussed  teaching materials and help available for those who want to try Carnegie methods in a post on the Best Practices for Legal …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In response to anticipated legislative proposals to alter the process for selecting the state’s appellate judges, with the most prominent being the discontinuance of the judicial nominating …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative With Justice Diane Hathaway  resigning in the face of serious ethics charges , some are urging Governor Rick Snyder to  follow a task force's recommendations  in appointing Hathaway's successor on …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In recent weeks, Governor Dannel P. Malloy has made significant strides toward diversifying the state supreme court, nominating the court’s  first Hispanic justice  and  first openly gay justice . …

Malia Reddick Former Manager, Quality Judges Initiative In his first news conference, new Republican Governor Pat McCrory rescinded the executive order enacted by his predecessor, Democratic Governor Bev Perdue, creating a judicial nominating commission …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Last fall, New York University School of Law made news for reorganizing its third-year offerings to better meet the needs of today's law students. N.Y.U. Law's changes are built around several themes, including a focus …