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Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Amanda Gonzalez, Executive Director of Ms. JD, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the success of women in law school and the legal profession, has posted a review of Rebuilding Justice : The book is part …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director This article takes a look at the growing tension between law firms and companies about who should be paying to train first-year associates and proposes solutions, including retooling law school curriculum. Click here to …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Two Saturdays ago, the New York Times posted this article about the failure of law schools to adequately prepare lawyers for the practice of law. On Sunday, it featured the article on its coveted front page. And by …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The supreme court announced that it will not revisit its decision in Avery v. State Farm. The petition to vacate the decision was based on recent allegations that State Farm had contributed more than $3 million to the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Of the 100 justices who have served on the supreme court since statehood, only 36 have been elected to their seats. The rest were appointed by the governor to fill mid-term vacancies. But with two open-seat races in …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director In 2012, superior court judges in Pinal County will stand for retention rather than reelection. Because the county’s population now exceeds 250,000, its judges will now be included in the state’s merit selection, …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A U.S. bankruptcy judge was rebuked by a disciplinary committee of the Federal Judicial Conference for his longtime membership in a country club that has no black or women voting members. The judge is retiring at the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director As part of his plan to “overhaul” the federal government, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry proposed eighteen-year, staggered terms for supreme court justices and similarly limited terms for lower federal court …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A state court judge ruled that the governor must disclose the names of nominees submitted by the judicial selection commission. Unlike his predecessors, the governor had refused to make the names public because he …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Governor Gregoire appointed superior court judge Steven Gonzalez to the supreme court to fill the vacancy created by Justice Gerry Alexander’s retirement. Gonzalez is only the second Hispanic to serve on the supreme …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director A trial court judge was censured and suspended without pay for six months for living outside her district and misleading investigators about it. The constitution requires judges to live in the district in which they …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director After a controversial article last week, the New York Times editorial board weighs in: "American legal education is in crisis." Click here to read the article. Fri, 11/25/2011 - …

Zachary Willis Director of Communications Dennis Kaw is the General Counsel for Appliance Factory Outlet and its affiliates (AFO). AFO owns and operates a chain of retail stores, is the 43rd largest appliance dealer in the country, and is ranked 41st in …

Bill Sullivan Senior Scholar, Center for Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Martin Katz Professor and Former Dean, University of Denver Sturm College of Law As David Segal’s November 19 …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director David Segal of the New York Times is again writing about law schools , this time addressing their failure to produce practice-ready graduates. Read our response to the article here. Sat, 11/19/2011 - …

Rebecca Love Kourlis Founding Executive Director, IAALS Law schools are being targeted by the media and by former students for failing to provide adequate information about actual employment of graduates, and for graduating more lawyers than the market …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Bypassing the intermediate appellate court, the supreme court agreed to review a trial court decision invalidating an increase in judges’ contributions to their health insurance and pensions. Governor Christie …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director Supreme court presiding justice George C. Carlson, Jr. announced that he will not seek reelection in 2012. Carlson was first appointed to the bench in 2001 and won reelection in 2004. Click here to read the article. …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Congress might be readying for congressional hearings law schools, their job placement numbers, and the debt their graduates are carrying with them. Click here to read the …

Alli Gerkman Former Senior Director At a recent event in her honor, Sandra Day O'Connor acknowledged her unlikely path to the Supreme Court, which resulted in her being the first female justice on the Court. And now she is "breaking ground again and …