THE STATE AND FUTURE OF CIVIL JURY TRIALS
Friday, September 11
Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 am
Welcome
9:00-10:00 am
Panel I: Originalism and the 7th Amendment
Moderated by Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law; Faculty Co-Director, Civil Jury Project, NYU School of Law
- Preserved Where, Preserved How, Preserved Why? (Full Text)
Renée Lerner, Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School - Betraying a Distinctive Constitutional Idea of Popular Self-Government—Are the Lawyers, Judges, and Law Professors Still at It?
Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School
10:00-11:00 am
Panel II: Empirical Studies
Moderated by Catherine Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Civil Jury Project, NYU School of Law
- The Jury Under Fire: Myth, Controversy, and Reform
Brian Bornstein, Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Edie Greene, Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado - Real Juries and Judicial Innovation: Arizona and the 7th Circuit
Shari Seidman Diamond, Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University School of Law
11:00-12:00 pm
Panel III: Who’s To Blame?
Moderated by Stephen Susman, Partner, Susman Godfrey; Executive Director, Civil Jury Project, NYU School of Law
- A View from the Bench
The Honorable William Young, Judge, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts - A View from the Bar
Arthur Miller, University Professor, NYU School of Law - A View from the Boardroom
Robert Gasaway, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
12:00-12:30 pm
Panel IV: What Innovations Judges, Court Systems, and Citizens Can Adopt to Save the Civil Jury Trial
Panel Discussion:
- The Honorable Mark Bennett, Judge, US District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
- Paula Hannaford-Agor, Director, Center for Jury Studies, National Center for State Courts
- Andrew Ferguson, Professor of Law, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
12:30-2:00 pm
Lunch Keynote
Is it Worth the Fight? (Full Text)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senator for Rhode Island
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