Access to Justice Symposium
We would be delighted if you would join us for “An Evening Discussing Access to Justice,” featuring the Honorable Jonathan Lippman ’68, Chief Judge of the State of New York. Chief Judge Lippman will deliver a keynote address entitled “Equal Justice at Risk: Confronting the Crisis in Civil Legal Services.” The event is sponsored by the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and the Hays Program and will be held on Monday, October 24, 2011, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event will take place in Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, located at 40 Washington Square South.
The event will also include a panel discussion with the Honorable Robert Katzmann, Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Alan Levine ’73, a partner at Cooley LLP and former chairman of The Legal Aid Society, and Helaine M. Barnett ’64, adjunct professor of law, former president of the Legal Services Corporation, and chair of the Chief Judge’s Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York. Dean Richard Revesz will moderate the discussion, to be followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
There will be a short reception with the participants immediately following the discussion.
To register, click here, or copy and paste the registration link below:
Registration link: http://nyulaw.imodules.com/equaljusticeatrisk.
Please click here to view the Access to Justice Symposium program in PDF form.
