Juries

The Civil Jury as a Political Institution: Feb 22-23

William and Mary Law School is hosting a symposium on the Civil Jury as a Political Institution on Feb 22-23.  To register for the symposium go here.

Symposium Schedule is as follows:

Friday, February 22

1:30 pm Introductions
1:40 pm Opening Remarks: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse,
D-Rhode Island

2:50 pm Presentation Group 1: Juries as Political Actors
Heather Gerken,
Yale Law School
Stephan Landsman, DePaul Law School
William Nelson, NYU
Law School

4:00 pm Presentation Group 2: The Civil Jury’s Place in Our Constitutional
Structure
Suja Thomas, Illinois Law School
Robert Burns, Northwestern Law
School

4:50 pm Presentation Group 3: Value Judgments Through Damages
Neil Vidmar,
Guynga Liu, Duke Law School, Herbert Kritzer, University of Minnesota Law
School
Valerie Hans, Cornell Law School
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Saturday,
February 23

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Presentation Group 4: Juries as Participants in
Democracy
Alexandra Lahav, University of Connecticut Law School
lya Somin,
George Mason University Law School

9:50 am Presentation Group 5: Jurors as Community Experts
Shari Diamond,
Northwestern Law School
Roderick Hills, NYU Law School

10:40 am Presentation Group 6: Representation By and Diversity on the
Jury
Jeffrey Abramson, Texas Law School
Ethan Leib, Fordham Law
School
Christina Carbone and Victoria Plaut, Berkley Law School

11:40 am Closing Remarks

 

 

 

This Week's Jury Related Events

Oct 21 (Wednesday) Prosecutor's Improper Use of Race Based Peremptories

The ABA is holding a CLE on October 21st to discuss a recent report (Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy) which examined the improper use of race based peremptory challenges by prosecutors in several Southern states. The report is available here and a NY Times article discussing the report is available here

Oct 21-22 (Wednesday and Thursday) National Symposium on the American Jury

Here is the agenda for the National Symposium on the American Jury.  The event, sponsored by the ABA, is being held at George Washington Law School. To register for the event go here.

Symposium on the American Jury October 21-22

Here is the agenda for the National Symposium on the American Jury.  The event, sponsored by the ABA, is being held at George Washington Law School from Oct. 21-22. To register for the event go here.