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Message from Our Executive Director |
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This year, the famous Broadmoor Resort has once again provided a fantastic vacation package for auction, with all proceeds benefitting IAALS. Support our work by taking a 5-Star Vacation of a lifetime—which includes the rare opportunity to experience all three of the Broadmoor properties in one trip. The auction will be open though Monday, February 12. Please take a moment to register and bid today! Thank you for your continued support of IAALS.
Rebecca Love Kourlis, IAALS Executive Director
February 2018
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Partner Profile: Daniel L. Ritchie
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IAALS simply would not be what it is without the support of our partners and friends. This month, we profile Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Denver.
Dan has had a profound influence on IAALS. The idea of IAALS was born in his office one day in 2005, and he has stuck with us, helping us shape our mission and our projects at every turn. Now, he offices at IAALS and continues to lend us his expertise regularly.
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Streamlining Discovery at Heart of New Fair Labor Standards Act Protocols
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) impacts more than 130 million Americans by addressing the working conditions of men, women, and child laborers. These legal cases are now fraught with cost and delay, making the courts inaccessible for many and inefficient for all.
With the goal of creating a more efficient process for both parties and the courts, IAALS and the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) have released new FLSA Initial Discovery Protocols designed to streamline discovery in federal courts.
"[W]e are optimistic that as federal court judges embrace these new protocols, they will have the widespread impact of resolving FLSA cases more quickly and inexpensively," said the Honorable Jeremy Fogel, who directs the FJC.
Read more.
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Wisconsin Bar
Highlights Foundations for Practice Study
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The
Wisconsin Lawyer recently reviewed IAALS' Foundations for Practice study and discussed some of its ties to Wisconsin's legal community. Of the more than 24,000 lawyers nationwide who participated, 500 were from Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin respondents identified, legal employment, recommendations from practitioners or judges, legal externships, and other experiential education as helpful hiring criteria. They also indicated that journal and law review experience, extra-curricular activities, and class rank were less helpful—a trend consistent with respondents from other jurisdictions and a break from traditional notions of hiring criteria.
Read more.
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Judging the Judges:
A Blueprint for
Judicial Excellence
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As part of the University of Denver’s Engaging Ideas series, IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis was interviewed about the importance of an independent judiciary—and IAALS’ model for sustaining it.
In the video, titled "Judging the Judges," Kourlis discusses how IAALS is helping improve state court systems through the O’Connor Judicial Selection Plan.
"Public trust in the judiciary is central to its legitimacy and to its capacity to enforce its orders," said Kourlis. "Retaining that impartiality, independence, and integrity of the judicial branch, I think in this day and age, is more critical than perhaps it’s ever been."
Read more.
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IAALS Associate Executive Director Karen Mathis Appointed to Two Advisory Committees
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Karen Mathis, Associate Executive Director at IAALS, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Advisory Council of the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) as the American Bar Association’s representative. ILAC, established in 2002, is a Stockholm-based association for legal practitioners and scholars from around the world who offer expert guidance to countries to rebuild justice systems after conflict.
Mathis has also been confirmed to a three-year term on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Law and Justice. The Committee’s mission is to improve governmental decision making and public policy, and promote the understanding and dissemination of research in matters involving law and justice.
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