June 24, 2010     01:00pm - 02:30pm Eastern

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States sponsored a conference at Duke University School of Law on May 10 and 11 to explore the current costs of civil litigation and to discuss possible solutions. The Conference relied on new empirical research done by the Federal Judicial Center, bar associations, and legal reform groups to assess the degree of satisfaction with the performance of the present system. The Conference drew on insights and perspectives from lawyers, judges and academics concerning improvements that could be made in the federal civil litigation process to effectuate the purposes of the Civil Rules - "to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding." In addition to considering the results of the empirical research, experts at the Conference considered the range of tools in the federal civil litigation process that could be used more efficiently to accomplish the purposes of the Rules, including the discovery process (particularly eDiscovery), pleadings, dispositive motions and the management tools available to judges to expedite pre-trial procedure.

In this 90-minute webinar, four conference participants will report on their experience at Duke, the important lessons they took away, and the road ahead. They will also answer your questions.

Our panel includes Judge Lee Rosenthal, Chair of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States; former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System; Prof. Steven Gensler, a member of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee; and class action attorney William Butterfield of The Sedona Conference's Working Group 1.


Pricing

$79 Working Group Members of The Sedona Conference^®

$99 General Public

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