The Access to Justice and the Future of Justice Work conference explores the growing body of evidence about people’s justice experiences and just solutions to everyday legal problems, with a focus on creating an enabling environment for effective and accessible justice work, empowering new kinds of justice workers, and democratizing access to justice. Through the lens of regulatory reform, technology, public education, training and capacity building, and using tools of research, advocacy, litigation, and program design and implementation, the conference brings together scholars, policy makers and frontline organizations and advocates to celebrate recent advances and chart the future of justice work in the United States.
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1:30pm: Arrival and Registration - ASU Memorial Union
Location: Pima Auditorium (MU 230)
ASU Memorial Union, 301 E. Orange St., Tempe, AZ 85281 (On campus)
2:00 - 2:10pm: Welcome
Location: ASU Memorial Union, Pima Auditorium (MU 230)
Rebecca Sandefur (Conference Co-Chair)
Professor and Director, Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University; Faculty Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Matthew Burnett (Conference Co-Chair)
Senior Program Officer, Access to Justice Research Initiative, American Bar Foundation; Visiting Scholar, The Justice Futures Project, Arizona State University; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
2:10 - 2:30pm: Keynote
Location: ASU Memorial Union, Pima Auditorium (MU 230)
Renee Knake Jefferson
Professor of Law and the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics, University of Houston Law Center; Author, Law Democratized: A Blueprint for Solving the Justice Crisis
2:30 - 3:45 pm: Opening Plenary I: Access to Justice and the Future of Justice Work
Location: ASU Memorial Union, Pima Auditorium (MU 230)
Panelists:
Nikole Nelson, Frontline Justice
Rachel Rossi, U.S. Department of Justice Office for Access to Justice Rebecca Sandefur, Arizona State University
Radhika Singh, National Legal Aid & Defender Association
Moderator: Jim Sandman, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
3:45 - 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm: Opening Plenary II: A Conversation with Judicial Leaders About the Future of Access to Justice
Location: ASU Memorial Union, Pima Auditorium (MU 230)
Panelists:
Justice Melissa Hart, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Henderson, Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Flynn, Oregon Supreme Court
Chief Justice Bridget McCormick, Michigan Supreme Court (Retired)
Moderator: Rebecca Sandefur, Arizona State University
5:00 - 7:00 pm: Opening Reception - Hosted by Justice Futures at Arizona State University
Location: Tempe Mission Palms, 60 E. 5th St, Tempe, Arizona 85281 (Off Campus; approximately 15-minute walk or 7 minutes by car from ASU Memorial Union)
