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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Former chief justice Roy Moore won a three-way Republican primary race for the chief justice spot and will run against the Democratic nominee in November. Moore was removed from the supreme court in 2003 for defying a …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The March 2012 edition of the  Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers   newsletter is now available. Sign up for this and other IAALS newsletters here . Thu, 03/15/2012 - …

Allison Small Allison Small is a third year law student at   Hofstra Law   who took   Family Law with Skills   as a second year law student. She is now a teaching assistant for the course. Her professional field of interest is child and family studies. …

Stephen Daniels In the wake of the recent economic downturn and its aftermath, law schools and legal education are again the focus of intense scrutiny. Unfortunately, there is often more rhetoric than constructive discussion. A key prerequisite for …

Allison Small Allison Small is a third year law student at Hofstra Law who took Family Law with Skills as a second year law student. She is now a teaching assistant for the course. Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers has chosen Family Law with Skills at Hofstra …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Republican member of the house of representatives filed resolutions calling for the impeachment of the four sitting justices who joined the Varnum v. Brien decision, but no action has been taken. The other three …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In two posts, Scott Fruehwald discusses the "Langdellian Bargain": Richard Neumann has added a novel concept to the causes of legal education’s problems, which he calls the "Langdellian Bargain" In Comparative Histories …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Lawyers who have already filed suit against 14 law schools for misrepresenting job placement numbers say they plan to target 20 more by Memorial Day. Click here to read the article. Wed, 03/14/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house judiciary committee is considering two bills that would move from partisan elections to merit selection with senate confirmation for the state’s three appellate courts. Members of the judicial nominating …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A recent survey shows that the state’s courts have become more diverse over the last five years, with women comprising one third of the bench and racial minorities making small gains as well. On the supreme court, white …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Howard Wasserman recently wrote a post questioning the notion that medical school offers an appropriate model to law schools wishing to graduate lawyers who are "practice-ready." Jeff Lipshaw responded at The Legal …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A bill that would have expanded the governor’s authority over the state’s judicial nominating commissions stalled after disagreement between the house and senate over whether the governor’s proposed authority to remove …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A proposal to establish seven-year renewable terms for judges, who now enjoy life tenure to age 70, received majority support in the house of representatives but did not get the three-fifths vote required for a …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director There are three supreme court seats up for election in November, one of which is an open seat. Though the parties do not officially nominate candidates until their conventions later this year, Democrats give non-binding …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The house of representatives voted to abolish the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance and end the state’s judicial performance evaluation program. While House Democrats believe the program provides important …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The judicial nominating commission created last April by Governor Perdue held hearings in three cities to hear from the public about the qualities and characteristics judges should possess. The commission screens and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The senate approved a proposed ballot measure that would raise the retirement age for judges from 70 to 75. A similar measure is stalled in the house. Thu, 03/01/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director University of Georgia Law is conducting a survey of people working in the legal field to determine what research skills are most valuable for law graduates. Click here to read the article. Thu, 03/01/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Nevada Senator William J. Raggio died on February 23. He was in Australia with his wife, Dale, when he suffered a respiratory ailment. He was 85. Senator Raggio was a 2010 IAALS Transparent Courthouse® Award recipient, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director With no Democrats filing to run, the March Republican primary will determine the successor to Justice Thomas Woodall, who is not seeking reelection. The two candidates are a court of appeals judge and a circuit court …