November 15, 2012

Rebecca Love Kourlis to Speak at Program About Streamlining Pretrial Processes Involving Financial Experts

By Zachary Willis on November 15, 2012 Posted in Rule One

Rebecca Love Kourlis, Executive Director of IAALS, will speak about the organization’s work to improve the use of financial experts in litigation on December 5. She will discuss how civil pretrial processes involving financial experts might be streamlined to increase the experts’ effectiveness and reduce client costs, which is the focus of a recently published report, Another Voice: Financial Experts on Reducing Client Costs in Litigation.

Ohio Judicial Election Process Called into Question after Defeat of Highly-Rated Justices

By Malia Reddick on November 15, 2012 Posted in News, Quality Judges

The defeat of two incumbent supreme court justices has led some to consider making changes to the judicial election process. Neither justices’ qualifications were called into question, and both received higher ratings from the state bar association than did their challengers—one of whom was “not recommended.”

Senate Republicans Deciding If They’ll Confirm Judicial Nominees During Lame-Duck Session

By Malia Reddick on November 15, 2012 Posted in News, Quality Judges

Senate Republicans are split on whether to consider confirmation of judicial nominees, many of which have been pending for several months, during the lame-duck session or wait until the next Congress.

Introducing the Honoring Families Initiative

By Rebecca Love Kourlis on November 15, 2012 Posted in Featured, Honoring Families, Informed Opinions

Divorce and resolution of child custody issues take a toll. They take a toll on families, they take a toll on the courts and they take a toll on a variety of other impacted communities, and it’s not clear that the current system is working. Which is why we’re formally launching our Honoring Families Initiative. Aligned with the greater mission of IAALS, Honoring Families is dedicated to advancing empirically informed models to ensure greater accessibility, efficiency, and fairness in divorce and child custody matters.