Task Forces
Specialized research and reform teams
Task forces bring professionals and interested individuals together around a focused area of investigation. Membership requires administrative approval.
- Task Force 01
Bar Examination Reform
To study the design, administration, scoring, and accessibility of bar examinations and to evaluate proposals for fair and transparent licensing pathways.
- Gather and organize candidate experiences with examination administration and scoring
- Review publicly available examination data and rules across jurisdictions
- Identify questions for further research on fairness and validity
- Task Force 02
Access to Justice
To examine barriers people face in obtaining legal help and to identify promising approaches for expanding access to qualified assistance.
- Map available low-cost and pro bono resources
- Collect experiences of people seeking representation
- Review research on limited-scope and self-help services
- Task Force 03
Pro Se and Pro Per Rights
To document the experiences of self-represented litigants and study court procedures, resources, and practices that affect them.
- Collect and categorize self-represented litigant experiences
- Review court self-help resources and forms
- Identify procedural barriers for further study
- Task Force 04
Legal Education and Employment
To study the relationship between legal education, licensure, employment outcomes, and student debt.
- Review publicly reported outcome and cost data
- Collect graduate experiences with employment and debt
- Identify research questions on transparency and value
- Task Force 05
Judicial Accountability
To study judicial conduct systems and court transparency and to support informed public discussion of potential reforms.
- Compare judicial conduct complaint processes across jurisdictions
- Review public reporting of complaint outcomes
- Study court records access