Past Programs

IJA's 28th Brennan Lecture on State Courts & Social Justice

The Covid-19 pandemic brought historical disruption to courthouses across the country. In the context of a very-slow-to-change legal industry, courts are among the least able institutional stakeholders to pivot and innovate. But the pandemic gave them an opportunity to do exactly that, and many seized it. Chief Justice McCormack will address those innovations-- from technological adaptations to procedural modifications-- and the lessons learned from them. In particular, the innovations taught court leaders new ways to address the civil justice gap and allowed them to collaborate with stakeholders to find upstream solutions to justice problems. But the news about what happens next seems to be mixed; barriers to making positive changes permanent are sticky. Chief Justice McCormack addressed the threats and opportunities facing court systems as a result.

 

IJA's 27th Brennan Lecture on State Courts & Social Justice

Banner design of the 27th Annual Brennan Lecture


Joint Webinar with Columbia Law School: Jack B. Weinstein: Pioneer in Judging and Justice
Faculty from Columbia Law School and NYU School of Law joined Weinstein’s former clerks, students, and bench colleagues to explore Weinstein’s legacy in panels including “Judicial Administration and View of the Judicial Role,” “Mass Torts and Complex Litigation,” “Criminal Law—Evidence—Sentencing,” and “Civil Practice and Procedure.”
With Dean Trevor Morrison (NYU School of Law), Judge Carol Bagley Amon (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York), Senior Judge Anita B. Brody (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Thursday, December 2, 2021, 3:30-6:00 p.m. ED

IJA Webinars: US Supreme Court Highlights: Recent and Current Terms 
With Rex S. Heinke, Esq. (California Appellate Law Group) and Melissa Arbus Sherry, Esq. (Latham & Watkins)
Introduction by Samuel Estreicher (NYU School of Law)
Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 4:00-5:30 p.m. ED

IJA Webinars: US Supreme Court Highlights: Recent and Current Terms 
With Ian Gershengorn, Esq. (Jenner & Block) and Sarah Harrington, Esq. (Goldstein & Russell)
Introduction by Troy McKenzie (NYU School of Law)
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:00-5:30 p.m. EDT

COVID-19 Challenges for Workplace Safety and Dispute Resolution 
Webinar September 17, 2020
Co-hosted with the Center for Labor and Employment Law
 

Maite Oronoz Rodríguez

IJA's 26th Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts & Social Justice: Gender Equality & the Rule of Law featuring Chief Justice Maite Oronoz Rodriguez, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

 

IJA's 25th Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice
Hon. Nathan Hecht, Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court
An Independent Judiciary: What It Means, and How We Keep It
March 6, 2019
 

NYU's 21st Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges
March 21-23, 2018; open only to members of the Federal judiciary
 

Effective Appellate Advocacy: Views from the Bench and the Bar
at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, featuring:
Hon. Patricia Millett (US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit), Hon. Sri Srivivasan (US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit), Hon. Roy W. McLeese, III (DC Court of Appeals),  Hon. Thomas Ambro (US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit), and Hon. Pamela Harris (US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit), Paul Clement (Kirkland & Ellis), Robert Long (Covington & Burling), Jon Hacker (O'Melveny Myers) and Deanne Maynard (Morrison & Foerster).
 

IJA's 24th Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice
Hon. Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
The Excellence Initiative and the Rule of Law
March 8, 2018
 

IJA's 23rd Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice
Hon. Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights: A Reappraisal
March 23, 2017
 

NYU’s 20th Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges
March 8-10, 2017; open only to members of the Federal judiciary
 

IJA's 58th Annual New Appellate Judges Seminar
July 17-22, 2016
 

Beyond Elite Law: Access to Civil Justice in America
April 28 & 29, 2016
 

19th Annual Employment Law Workshop Seminar
March 9-11, 2016

IJA's 22nd Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice
February 24, 2016
 

NYU’s 18th Annual Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges
March 11-13, 2015; open only to members of the Federal judiciary
 

IJA's 21st Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice 
Hon. Chase T. Rogers, Chief Justice,Connecticut Supreme Court
February 25, 2015
 

IJA Public Policy Series - No. 2: Promoting Transparency in Police ‘Excessive Force’ Cases
February 18, 2015
 

NYU’s 17th Annual Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges
March 19-21, 2014; open only to members of the Federal judiciary
 

IJA's 20th Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice
Hon. Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals 
March 11, 2014
 

"Stop and Frisk": The Legal and Policy Issues
October 10, 2013
 

NYU New Appellate Judges Seminar
July 14-19, 2013
 

NYU’s 16th Annual Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges
March 13-15, 2013; open only to members of the Federal judiciary
 

The CPLR at Fifty: Its Past, Present, and Future
Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the New York Civil Practice Laws and Rules
, featuring: Hon. Jack Weinstein, Hon. Judith Kaye, Prof. William Nelson (NYU School of Law), Prof. Vincent C. Alexander (St. John's University School of Law) and David L. Ferstendig, Esq., and moderated by Prof. Oscar G. Chase (NYU School of Law).
March 12, 2013
 

IJA's 19th Annual Brennan Lecture on State Courts and Social Justice
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court
February 27, 2013 
 

The Roosevelt-Cardozo Way: Sitting for the Bar Examination After Two Years of Law School
January 18, 2013