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Three NYU Law students join CCJ as Access to Justice Summer 2026 Fellows
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Please join us in welcoming Nala Sharadjaya, Tag Quijano, and Henry Muhlheim as our inaugural cohort for the Access to Justice Fellowship! Fellows will spend the summer writing a policy paper on a key access to justice issue.
CCJ Senior Affiliates Justice Hecht and Sateesh Nori Named 2026 Rebuilding Justice Awardees
Thursday, April 23, 2026
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System has named the Center on Civil Justice's senior affiliates Justice Nathan Hecht and Sateesh Nori as two of five 2026 Rebuilding Justice Awardees. Justice Nathan Hecht was awarded for Finding Common Ground, and Sateesh Nori was awarded for Setting Our Sights On Tomorrow.
Litigation Finance symposium brings over 200 scholars and practitioners to NYU Law
Friday, April 17, 2026
Litigation finance makes the world go round. The capital financiers provide is the lifeblood for plaintiffs’ firms and individual claimants attempting to run the litigation gauntlet in high-stakes battles with wealthy corporate entities. The quintessential nature and fundamental dynamics of conflict resolution have shifted dramatically in the last decade, revealing a brave new world of litigation.
Applications now open for Access to Justice Summer 2026 Fellowship
Monday, March 30, 2026
The Center on Civil Justice is excited to launch its inaugural Summer 2026 Access to Justice Fellowship. We are seeking 2-3 rising 2L and 3L law students to earn a $750 stipend this summer to write a policy paper on a key access to justice issue!
Kathryne M. Young and Sateesh Nori Appointed as Inaugural Scholars in the Center on Civil Justice’s Scholars Program
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
New York University School of Law’s Center on Civil Justice (CCJ) is proud to announce the appointment of its first two Scholars under the newly launched CCJ Scholars Program, an initiative designed to build sustained partnerships with leading scholars and practitioners committed to solving the nation’s most persistent civil justice challenges.
NYU School of Law Welcomes Chief Justice Nathan Hecht as Distinguished Judicial Fellow
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Chief Justice Nathan Hecht will join NYU School of Law as a Distinguished Judicial Fellow for the 2025-26 academic year. He will be affiliated with our Center on Civil Justice. Chief Justice Hecht is one of the most respected jurists in the United States. He served on the Supreme Court of Texas for 36 years—longer than any other justice in the Court’s history—before retiring as Chief Justice on December 31, 2024.