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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director An unpopular decision became an issue in a supreme court race . The high court weakened the Open Beaches Act in a 5-3 decision in April, and the challenger to incumbent Justice Nathan Hecht criticized him for siding …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director When Michael Madison left Silicon Valley to begin teaching law, he thought a lot about how to teach judgment: “This was a question that was at the forefront of my mind because it was so much a forefront of my practice.” …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Mark Nadeau is a member of the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers A dvisory Committee and the co-managing partner of the Phoenix office of DLA Piper , one of the largest law firms in the world. He recently took some time to …

Marnee Baker Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers is proud to announce the newest members of its Advisory Committee . Among the new members are a District Attorney, a former Public Defender, a recruiter of in-house counsel, a past president of the American Bar …

Stephen Daniels Previously, we have drawn from the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ survey to describe the 23 ETL Consortium schools, explore the kinds of curricular innovations in which they may be engaged, and see how they compare to law schools more …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house judiciary committee tabled by a 13-12 vote a measure calling for merit selection of the state’s appellate judges, and it is unlikely that it will come up again before the legislature’s summer recess. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The proposed 2012 platform of the Iowa Republican Party calls for state legislators to impeach judges who recognize a right to same-sex marriage and supports eliminating the role of the state judicial nominating …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director After the governor failed to make a judicial appointment within the 30 day limit , the judicial selection commission made the appointment from its list of well-qualified nominees. The governor had selected the same …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Invoking what is known as the “Thurmond Rule,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that no votes would be allowed on nominees to the federal courts of appeals until after the November election. Nominees to …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Mark Nadeau regularly teaches oral advocacy and trial tactics and is a leading commentator on international dispute resolution. As a member of the  Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers   Advisory Committee , he …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis, a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School (BA '73, JD '76), was recently profiled in the Stanford Lawyer . The article takes a look at her career, including …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The  Summer 2012 edition  of Transparent Courthouse® Quarterly is now available. Transparent Courthouse® Quarterly is a quarterly newsletter reporting highlights from all IAALS initiatives.  Sign up  for Transparent …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director As part of the Atlantic's "America the Fixable" series, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis laid out the challenges currently facing the civil justice system—and a five-step plan to address them. Mon, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial selection commission sponsored by Senators Inouye and Akaka submitted to the senators a list of three candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The vacancy is …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The state bar association gave a supreme court candidate a “not recommended” rating for the first time since 1998, indicating that less than sixty percent of bar members gave her a favorable evaluation. Three supreme …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The appellate judicial commission invited applications for the supreme court vacancy to be created by Judge Ray Price’s October retirement. In announcing his plans to retire, Judge Price expressed his support for the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Scott asked a state law enforcement agency to decide if an investigation is warranted into whether the three justices standing for retention in November violated state law by seeking assistance from court staff …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A November ballot measure known as Proposition 115 would make two fairly substantial changes to the judicial nominating process , by requiring the commission to submit eight names (rather than at least three) to the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director On September 20th and 21st in Denver, IAALS will host our Third Civil Justice Reform Summit. IAALS was responsible in 2007 for convening a number of prominent and committed leaders from across the country who recognized …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Although Chief Justice Castille requested in early May that Governor Corbett hold off making any judicial appointments until 2013 for budget reasons, Corbett announced six nominees for county and municipal court …