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If there's one thing the people in the room at the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education can agree on today, it's that something has to give. But just what has to give? That still seems to be up for debate. In the opening session, opinions… MORE
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IAALS has played an important role in empowering jurisdictions to experiment with pilot projects and rules changes. Today, we are making information about these programs more accessible to all by launching Action on the Ground, an interactive map… MORE
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A study from the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics shows "law students who found ways to exercise their top strengths in daily life were less likely to report depression and more likely to report satisfaction." With this… MORE
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Governor Maggie Hassan signed an executive order establishing a judicial selection commission to advise her in filling vacancies on the state's courts. Hassan is the third New Hampshire governor to create such an entity. The first was Governor… MORE
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A recent study by IAALS board member Russell Wheeler, a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, analyzes the politics behind the high number of judicial vacancies without nominees. Wheeler examines judicial nominations… MORE
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Numbers matter. As we take on some of the biggest challenges facing the civil justice system, our work depends on the number of stakeholders we bring to the table, our ability to facilitate implementation of our recommended models in numerous… MORE
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Denver, Colo. – Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, an initiative of IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, is pleased to announce Law Jobs: By the Numbers™ (http://educatingtomorrowslawyers.du.… MORE
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The Tennessee legislature ended its 2013 session without renewing the state's judicial nominating commission, which screens applicants for appellate court vacancies and recommends the best qualified candidates to the governor for appointment. The… MORE
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As the head of a non profit ministry that has served the homeless community in Down town Denver since 2015, she and her team has had the amazing opportunity to provide, food, clothing, toiletries as well as encouragement and to connect them to local… MORE
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The Hon. Jack Zouhary, federal district court judge and member of the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice, recently penned an article for the Federal Lawyer about his case management process and the… MORE