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Why do you obey the law? Because you are afraid of the consequences if you don't? Or perhaps because it is the right thing to do? How about, because you believe that "government has the right to dictate to [you] proper behavior"? Professor… MORE
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The Colorado Supreme Court has rejected a proposed initiative intended for the November 2014 ballot that would amend the state constitution to allow voter recall of judges. In a 5-2 decision, the court held that the proposed initiative violated the… MORE
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Denver, Colo. – IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, announces a first-of-its-kind national project to examine the growing trend of American families who represent themselves in family… MORE
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IAALS warmly welcomes and honors the founding members of its newly formed Law Firm Council (LFC). The LFC was formed in 2013 to provide a group of national firms who are invested intellectually and financially in IAALS' mission with an opportunity… MORE
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For the last several years, I have worked closely with IAALS and the Advisory Committee to its Quality Judges Initiative to promote processes for selecting and retaining state judges that inspire public trust in our courts and the integrity of their… MORE
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Last month, preLaw Magazine released its list of best practical training schools for part-time students. preLaw considered 97 part-time programs, all having 20 or more students, and 22 were selected for the magazine's top honors… MORE
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The Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families provides interdisciplinary services to separating and divorcing families, and is based on a model that IAALS developed and implemented on the University of Denver campus. The… MORE
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The Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) at the University of Baltimore School of Law is a national leader in promoting the concept of a Unified Family Court system, which… MORE
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A recent study has found that heavy use of social networking sites—like Facebook—is “a positive, significant predictor of divorce rate and spousal troubles” in the United States. "The apparent association between the use of… MORE
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Paula Schaefer, an associate professor at the Tennessee College of Law, recently published a paper, entitled “A Primer on Professionalism for Doctrinal Professors,” which discusses how and why doctrinal professors should incorporate attorney… MORE