2009 Symposium
Aggregate Justice: Perspectives Ten Years After Amchem and Ortiz
Friday October 30, 2009
Green Hall, 1535 W. 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
The 2009 Kansas Law Review Symposium is entitled "Aggregate Justice: Perspectives Ten Years After Amchem and Ortiz." The Symposium will examine developments in aggregate litigation over the last decade and into the future, using Amchem Prods. Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997), and Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp., 527 U.S. 815 (1999), as a springboard for this exploration. The Symposium will feature a number of well-known speakers in the field of aggregate litigation:
- Elizabeth Chamblee Burch (J.D., Florida State University College of Law) is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Florida State University College of Law.
- Howard M. Erichson (J.D., New York University School of Law) is a Professor of Law at the Fordham University School of Law.
- Steven S. Gensler (J.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) is the Welcome D. and W. DeVier Pierson Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
- Laura J. Hines (J.D., University of Michigan) is a Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law.
- Linda S. Mullenix (Ph.D., Columbia University, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center) holds the Rita and Morris Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law.
- Tom Willging (L.L.M., Harvard Law School, J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law) is a senior researcher at the Federal Judicial Center.
- Patrick Woolley (J.D., Yale Law School) is the Beck, Redden & Secrest Professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
- Howard M. Erichson (J.D., New York University School of Law) is a Professor of Law at the Fordham University School of Law.
Attendance is free and no reservations are required. CLE credit will be offered at this event pending approval.
For more information, please contact Symposium Editor Shane McCall: shane@ku.edu.
