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Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS What are your predictions for legal education in 2012? Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez of Northwestern Law recently asked commenters for their predictions, and also made five of his own, including the need …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Association of American Law Schools is meeting in Washington, DC, this week for its annual meeting, which is themed "Academic Freedom and Academic Duty." This Inside HigherEd article previews the conference, which …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director American Bar Association (ABA) President William Robinson recently spoke with Thomson Reuters to respond to growing criticism of the ABA's role "in fostering high expectations about legal jobs." Click here to read the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Scott Fruehwald at Legal Skills Prof Blog recently reviewed Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook , authored by Michael Hunter Schwartz and Denise Riebe: After having thoroughly studied this casebook over the last …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The January 2012 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here . Tue, 01/03/2012 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director On January 1, 2012, Colorado launched its “Civil Access Pilot Project Applicable to Business Actions in District Court.” Five Denver metro-area courts will use new rules of civil procedure in certain types of cases for …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The article (subscription required) reviews the Model Order on E-Discovery in Patent Cases and commends the work of the Federal Circuit Advisory Council's E-Discovery Committee and Judge Randall Rader, who unveiled the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Law and business students come together for a Stanford class called "The Role of the Modern General Counsel." Led by former Apple Corp. general counsel Daniel Cooperman, now of counsel in the Palo Alto office of Bingham …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A recent grand jury report included testimony from a witness who claimed that supreme court justice Joan Orie Melvin used her office and her staff in past judicial campaigns. The grand jury was investigating allegations …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director CNN's Bill Mears recently interviewed IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis about the challenges facing civil courts, including resource constraints, politicization and inaccessibility. Kourlis: The courts are …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The March 2012 Republican primary could determine who the next chief justice will be. Three Republicans are vying for the seat, but no Democratic challengers have emerged. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Randall Shepard, currently the longest-serving state chief justice, announced his intention to retire as of March 2012. The judicial nominating commission will screen applicants to fill the supreme court vacancy and …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Diversity may be a factor in filling the vacancy. Indiana is one of only three states with no women justices, and only one justice of color currently serves on the court. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The court of appeals rejected on standing grounds a challenge to the 2010 judicial retention ballot, an election that ended with the defeat of all three supreme court justices standing for retention. The challenge was …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A Republican candidate for governor voiced his support for commission-based appointment of the state’s judges. According to Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, there is too much “horse-trading” in the current system, in …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Seven candidates for six seats on Luzerne County’s court of common pleas spent $1.1 million on their campaigns. The losing candidate spent the least of the seven candidates. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director As a result of the standoff between Governor Christie and Democratic leaders in the legislature, one-fourth of the judgeships on the Essex County Superior Court are vacant. The governor is said to be refusing to fill …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A trial court judge was removed from hearing all asbestos cases after accepting $30,000 in campaign contributions from attorneys whose firms had cases on the judge’s asbestos docket. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director While campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich touted his role in helping to fund the campaign to defeat the three supreme court justices up for retention in 2010. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A campaign finance reform task force recommended public financing for judicial elections. The state first enacted limits on contributions to judicial and other candidates in 2009. Wed, 12/21/2011 - …