Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System and the ACTL Release Reform Principles to Improve the U.S. Civil Justice

Here is a press release from the University of Denver's Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System:

The Final Report on the Joint Project of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) Task Force on Discovery and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) is the culmination of an 18-month collaboration between the two organizations. This report includes a set of 29 proposed Principles that may one day underpin reform of the civil rules of procedure in both federal and state systems. One of the major Principles examines the traditional "one size fits all" application of rules to all cases and concludes that this approach no longer works. Instead, flexibility in applying specialized procedures to some cases should be permitted to promote efficient and affordable outcomes. The Final Report represents phase two of the initiative, which began with a national survey of ACTL members, undertaken to identify the sources of spiraling cost and delay in our civil justice system.

The release of the Principles will provide the platform for an important nationwide conversation about these crucial issues. Please click here to download a copy of this report. To review media coverage, please click here.