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The Past, Present, and Future of IAALS’ Groundbreaking Legal Education and Regulation Work
The Past, Present, and Future of IAALS’ Groundbreaking Legal Education and Regulation Work
Over the past several years, IAALS has designed resources to improve legal education and legal hiring; challenged the legal community to examine its licensure practices; and promoted a justice system that meets the demands of everyday people by clearing regulatory obstacles to innovation, development, and collaboration. And this work is just getting started.
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A Paralegal's Perspective on the Proposed California Paraprofessional Program
A Paralegal's Perspective on the Proposed California Paraprofessional Program
This comment was submitted to the State Bar of California in support of the proposed Paraprofessional Program, which would authorize paraprofessionals to provide legal advice in areas such as family, consumer debt, landlord/tenant, employment/income, and collateral criminal cases, as well as represent parties in court (excluding jury trials).
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The Future of the Legal Profession: In Person or Virtual?
The Future of the Legal Profession: In Person or Virtual?
Throughout 2020, we saw just about every aspect of the legal profession move from in-person to virtual services. There have been a number of horror stories but also plenty of success stories, in which technology helped decrease court backlogs and increased access to the courts. So where does this leave us, and how do we move forward?
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What’s in a Name: The Reality Behind the Rhetoric of Regulatory Sandboxes
What’s in a Name: The Reality Behind the Rhetoric of Regulatory Sandboxes
From conversations with legal reformers in many states, the idea of establishing a regulatory sandbox seems extreme. The reality is, though, that these initiatives are not as aggressive as they might seem—and in fact, state courts have been using similar reform tools for a very long time. 
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The US Justice Needs Study: A Watershed Moment for Achieving Equal Access to Justice
The US Justice Needs Study: A Watershed Moment for Achieving Equal Access to Justice
IAALS and HiiL have released the results of our US Justice Needs study, providing data on the justice problems Americans experience and the ways they seek to resolve them. Now that we know what people need help with most, we can begin to chart a new path forward to improve our justice system nationwide.
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To See Clearly: The Mission of Defining Lawyer Competence and Revitalizing the Legal Profession
To See Clearly: The Mission of Defining Lawyer Competence and Revitalizing the Legal Profession
Lawyer development is a single continuum that starts even before the first day of law school, and continues past the point when a lawyer has become an independent, confident, and proficient professional. Until we recognize this fact, we will continue to struggle to develop lawyers properly.
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The Bar Exam Does More Harm than Good
The Bar Exam Does More Harm than Good
The goal of any licensure process should be to make sure the public is protected from incompetence without serving as an artificial barrier to people entering the legal profession. Indeed, this is precisely what the bar exam purports to do. But does the bar exam actually do those things?
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Process Matters in Legal Regulation Reform
Process Matters in Legal Regulation Reform
We’re researchers who study legal services regulation and access to the civil justice system. We’ve been thrilled to watch groundbreaking announcements from the West ignite a wide-ranging national debate about how best to regulate legal training, services, and businesses—and we’ve been paying special attention to the role people who are not lawyers are playing in the process of legal re-regulation.
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The IAALS Effect on Hiring at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
The IAALS Effect on Hiring at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
At Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, we’ve been fortunate to have a front-row seat to the outcomes and transformation that IAALS has achieved through Foundations for Practice. We collaborated with IAALS to survey our partners on the characteristics that they viewed as most essential for new associates to be successful at WTO, and the outcomes for retention and diversity have been exciting and encouraging.
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Putting Students at the Center of Modern Legal Education
Putting Students at the Center of Modern Legal Education
As I’ve learned from many years practicing and advocating for innovative design changes in legal education, teaching online does not and should not involve doing what professors have always done—lecturing, leading discussions, and delivering exams—just through internet-enabled platforms. Instead, law professors should implement design principles to their courses for delivery in any modality: classroom, online, or blended.
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