Category Archives: Civil Procedure

Against Settlement: 25 Years Later – New York, NY

The Fordham Law Review presents Against Settlement: Twenty-Five Years Later April 3, 2009. In 1984, Owen Fiss provocatively argued that the ADR movement overvalued settlement, that adjudication serves a purpose…

Symposium Honoring Judge Betty Binns Fletcher – Seattle

The University of Washington School Law presents a symposium honoring Judge Betty Binns Fletcher of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Judicial Circuit on March 6, 2009. Judge Fletcher…

November 13th Colloquia/Workshops

Connecticut        Steven Davidoff (Connecticut Law), The Failure of Private Equity Florida State        Michael Rappaport (San Diego Law), The Tradeoff Between Originalism and Precedent: A Consequentialist Analysis Harvard Health…

November 13th Colloquia/Workshops

Connecticut        Steven Davidoff (Connecticut Law), The Failure of Private Equity Florida State        Michael Rappaport (San Diego Law), The Tradeoff Between Originalism and Precedent: A Consequentialist Analysis Harvard Health…

Future of Commercial Litigation and E-Discovery – White Plains, NY

The Journal of Court Innovation is soliciting articles concerning the future of commercial litigation and e-discovery.  Articles can concern the federal or any state justice system and there is no…

Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum – Stanford, CA

Stanford and Yale Law Schools announce the tenth session of the Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum to be held at Stanford Law School on May 29-30, 2009, and seek submissions for…

October 30th Colloquia/Workshops

Brooklyn        Michael Madison (Pittsburgh Law), Notes on a Geography of Knowledge Emory        Daryl Levinson (Harvard Law) Harvard Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, Bioethics Workshop        Mark A. Hall (Wake…

U.S. Chamber – Legal Reform Summit – Washington, DC

The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform holds its 9th Annual Legal Reform Summit Oct. 29, 2008. This year’s summit will cover a variety of timely topics, including: The Congressional…

Andreas Lowenfeld, Conflict of Laws, Transnational Litigation – New York

FORTHCOMING ANDREAS LOWENFELD / CONFLICT OF LAWS / TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION CONFERENCE Please mark your calendars and save the dates—April 16-18th, 2009—for two special events at New York University School of…

Strategies for Jury Trials – Boston

Suffolk University Law School presents Successful Strategies for Jury Trials: The 4th Thomas F. Lambert, Jr. Conference, Oct. 24, 2008. The panels will include state and federal judges, distinguished trial…