IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, announced today that it is awarding Robert Southers, Director of the Franklin County Municipal Court Self Help Center and Dispute Resolution Department, the fifth annual Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award. The award is designed to encourage and showcase innovators, risk takers, visionaries, and

UPDATE: In the days following IAALS’ publication of this post, on December 9, Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT) proposed a resolution that would amend the U.S. Constitution to limit Supreme Court justices to 18-year terms. More information below.The Constitution authorizes United States Supreme Court justices to serve during “good Behaviour”; as a

The Constitution authorizes United States Supreme Court justices to serve during “good Behaviour”; as a practical matter, this has meant life tenure, given how rare legislative impeachment and removal are. Lifetime tenure has been the source of controversy in recent years, as the Court’s decisions and the off-bench activities of some justices have sent the

The regulatory sandbox modelA regulatory sandbox is a policy tool through which organizations can offer and test new models or services to assess marketability and impact, and to inform future policymaking while maintaining consumer protection. Regulatory sandboxes involve risk-based regulation and include one or more regulatory models. The regulatory sandbox model was first developed in

To expand access to legal services, the state of Arizona has implemented alternative business structures (ABS), business entities that include individuals other than lawyers who have an economic interest or decision-making authority in a firm that provides legal services. The ABS program recognizes that entrepreneurial lawyers and nonlawyers alike should be empowered to pilot a