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1. A Roadmap for Review

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   This Guide provides the tools for any interested federal judge to make a quick, initial assessment of the status of his or her civil case docket to measure how it compares to his or her colleagues, as well as to courts across the nation, with the goal of improving caseflow management in civil cases in the U.S. District Courts. The Guide also provides the means for a more in depth docket analysis, as well as recommendations for better caseflow... MORE

2. FAQs: Judges in the United States

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   This publication answers many common questions about the court systems and judges in the United States:

   Why do we have both state and federal courts? How are they different? Are more cases filed in state or federal courts? Are there more state or federal judges? What types of state courts are there? How does a state judge reach the bench? What are the qual... MORE

3. Principles for Family Justice Reform

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   As state courts around the country began developing plans to implement the broader civil justice reform recommendations developed by the Conference of Chief Justices in 2016, IAALS, National Center for State Courts, and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges also began focusing on evaluating and improving the way courts handle domestic relations cases, through the

4. New Report Establishes Principles for Improving the U.S. Civil Justice System

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   Last year, we reported on the results of a survey of Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), conducted by IAALS and the ACTL Task Force on Discovery. The survey collected the opinions of nearly 1500 experienced litigators, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, on a wide range of issues concerning the civil justice system and the pretrial process. The survey found tha... MORE

5. An Opinion on Opinions

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   In August of 2011, IAALS convened a national conference on appellate judicial performance evaluation (JPE)—Evaluating Appellate Judges: Preserving Integrity, Maintaining Accountability. Throughout the course of the conference, participants returned to the issue of evaluating appellate opinions. Participants agreed that, as the primary work product of appellate judges, written opinions should be reviewed as part of the evaluation proces... MORE

6. Allocating the Costs of Discovery: Lessons Learned at Home and Abroad

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   Understanding how the courts and rulemakers have addressed the costs of discovery, including their allocation between the parties, provides important background and context for future recommendations. This report reviews the laws in the United States and other countries and provides examples of, and analogies to, various cost allocation models. We look to the various approaches for commonalitie... MORE

7. The American Civil Justice System: From Recommendations to Reform in the 21st Century

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   In this article we explore the history of recent efforts to improve the civil justice system in the United States, beginning first with the efforts of IAALS and the American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice, which culminated in a ... MORE

8. Recommended Tools for Evaluating Appellate Judges

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   Recognizing that appellate Judicial Performance Evaluation (JPE) programs have largely been patterned after programs for trial judges, IAALS is pleased to offer recommendations and tools for evaluating the performance of appellate judges that are tailored to those judges’ unique role and responsibilities.

   These recommended tools are the product of two years’ work, which included a national confere... MORE

9. Non-ALJ Adjudicators in Federal Agencies

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   This report to the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) describes a large but relatively unknown group of executive branch adjudicators who are not “Administrative Law Judges” (ALJs) governed by the Administrative Procedure Act. Like ALJs, these “Non-ALJs” preside over—or hear appeals from—adjudications in which one of the parties can obtain an oral hearing to pres... MORE

10. Efficiency in Motion

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    Much has been done over the past several years to address the cost and delay in the civil justice process, and much of that work has focused on discovery. Recognizing that there are equal challenges and opportunities for improvement in the area of motions practice, IAALS has focused on understanding the current motions landscape and issuing recommendations for improvement.

    Efficiency in Motion: Summary Judgment in the U.... MORE