15th Annual Clifford Symposium
Rising Stars: A New Generation of Scholars Looks at Civil Justice
April 2 & 3, 2009
DePaul Center, Room 8005
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
Over the past decade, the legal academy has been enriched by the influx of a wonderfully talented and diverse group of young scholars. This generation of academics brings a variety of new personal and disciplinary insights drawn from such fields as psychology, economics, sociology and history to assess the challenges posed in managing the civil justice system. Their work already has significantly strengthened legal scholarship by providing insights about such surprisingly enlightening matters as adversarialism in Japan’s tuna courts and the role of apology in the tort system.
This year’s Clifford Symposium brings together 15 rising stars and asks them to provide their observations about issues in civil justice. The topics they have chosen, as well as the content of their papers, speak volumes about where civil justice scholarship stands today and where it is likely to move in the future.
The questions to be examined this year are wide-ranging, indeed, but may be grouped under four general headings: judicial decision making, civil procedure, the structure of the civil justice system, and torts. Presentations will serve as a jumping-off point for a robust conversation about each subject area led by an outstanding group of commentators who are all Clifford Symposium alumni and noted scholars in their respective fields.
Symposium Faculty
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Shari Diamond Eric Feldman Marc Galanter Myriam Gilles Michele Goodwin Daniel Ho Stephan Landsman |
Richard Lempert David Marcus Daniel Markovits Robert Rabin Jennifer Robbennolt Margo Schlanger Anthony Sebok |
Neil Siegel Jed Shugerman Benjamin Spencer Catherine Struve Suja Thomas Katerina Wyman Albert Yoon Kathryn Zeiler |
Schedule
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009
| 9:30 | ...................... | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 10:00 | ...................... | Opening Remarks
Glen Weissenberger Stephan Landsman |
| 10:15 | ...................... | SESSION I Judicial Decision Making
Presenters: Jed Shugerman-Caperton v. Massey and the Past, Present and Future of Judicial Elections Neil Siegel-The Roberts Court, the Government and the Individual Catherine Struve-Time and the Courts: What Deadlines and Their Treatment Tell Us About the Litigation System Discussants: |
| 12:15 | ...................... | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:30 | ...................... | SESSION II Civil Procedure
Presenters: David Marcus-The Past Is the Future: The Decline of Transsubstantivity in Civil Procedure Benjamin Spencer-The Restrictive Ethos in Civil Procedure Suja Thomas-Frivolous Cases Discussants: |
| 3:30 | ...................... | Concluding Remarks |
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009
| 8:30 | ...................... | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 | ...................... | SESSION III Torts
Presenters: Jennifer Robbennolt-Psychology and Torts Katerina Wyman-Tort Law and Universal Health Care Kathryn Zeiler-What Have We Learned from Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Studies?: The Big Picture Discussants: |
| 11:00 | ...................... | Break |
| 11:15 | ...................... | SESSION IV Civil Justice Structures
Presenters: David Marcus-The Past Is the Future: The Decline of Transsubstantivity in Civil Procedure Margo Schlanger-Against Secret Regulation Albert Yoon-Understanding the Legal Labor Market Discussants: |
| 12:45 | ...................... | Concluding Remarks |
Registration
The Clifford Symposium is free and open to the public. Because of space limitations, however, those interested in attending are encouraged to register in advance. Registrants will be given preference with regard to attendance, luncheon and distribution of materials. Registration must be completed no later than Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Walk-ins are welcome, but space is not guaranteed.
April 2 & 3, 2009
DePaul Center, Room 8005
1 E. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
