International Access to Justice Forum 2025
September 26-27, 2025 | New York City
Fordham University School of Law and New York University School of Law
The 2025 International Access to Justice Forum is hosting 35+ panels of scholars, researchers, jurists, practitioners, reformers, court and dispute resolution experts from across the globe, to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement for civil justice. Panels cover a broad range of work advancing access to justice through community empowerment and engagement, court reform, diversion programs, law schools, tech and AI, and through human rights and democracy efforts. We welcome your participation in-person or as a member of the online audience.
Please register here for Virtual programming and Dinner.
Conference Program
Conference Co-Chairs
From Fordham School of Law:
- Matthew Diller, Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Fordham School of Law and Distinguished Scholar In Residence at the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law
- Bruce Green, Louis Stein Chair of Law and Director of the Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham School of Law
- David Udell, Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham School of Law
- Paolo Galizzi, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Sustainable Development Legal Initiative and the Corporate and Social Responsibility Program at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham School of Law
From NYU School of Law:
- Janet Sabel, Director of the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law; Founding Director of the Center's Access to Justice Initiative
- Margaret Satterthwaite, Faculty Director of the Robert & Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights and Director of the Legal Empowerment and Judicial Independence Clinic at NYU School of Law
- Sukti Dhital, Executive Director of the Robert & Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law
