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Rocket Lawyer, founded in 2008, is an alternative, online legal service provider that many see as a first wave in a tidal shift in how legal services are delivered to the public. Their cutting-edge model bucks the normal law firm standard, instead… MORE
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At its meeting last week, the Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (the “Standing Committee”) approved the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Rules… MORE
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Ending months of speculation, Governor Chris Christie re-nominated Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The move was part of a political compromise with senate leadership, which agreed in exchange to support the nomination of… MORE
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A recent article reported that 46 percent of litigants in the UK court system are self-represented—and magistrates are starting to take notice. According to a survey, nearly 97 percent of the 461 magistrates polled agreed that self-represented… MORE
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San Diego's "one-day divorce" pilot project, founded in March 2014, has already seen successes in its first few months. The program, implemented by the San Diego Superior Court, allows couples who meet its requirements to complete a… MORE
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A federal judge has upheld the unusual system that Ohio uses to elect its judges, which features partisan primary elections and a nonpartisan general election.
The challenge to the Ohio system was first filed in 2010 by the Ohio Democratic Party,… MORE
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David Thomson, an Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Fellow, has written two hybrid law school textbooks, which include both print and online components. The Skills & Values series of textbooks is “designed to provide a tool for teaching practice… MORE
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On June 5, Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, appeared on Colorado Public Radio to talk about efforts being made on a national scale to change legal education and how Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers is leading the way.
During the… MORE
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Developed as part of the “Informed Voters – Fair Judges” project, a voter education effort led by the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), a short film featuring retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has… MORE
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Recent national media coverage—Filibuster Weakened, Senate OK'ing Judges Faster; Obama's Shocking Success on Judgeships Overturns Conventional Wisdom; Obama Leaves His Mark on the Federal Bench—paints a highly positive picture of the current… MORE