The 31st Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law & Social Policy
Social Science and Civil Justice
Description:
For over a century, the social sciences and civil justice have influenced one another, fueling debates that drive innovation and expose systemic challenges. That conversation has produced new insights and procedures but also sharp criticism of the way lawyers have gone about their work and the way social scientists have conducted their assessments of the civil justice system.This year’s Clifford Symposium revisits a crucial topic—the influence, or absence thereof, of key social science insights on civil justice. The symposium will explore five key questions raised by social science scholarship. The first, and the original inspiration for this program, is the impact of the oeuvre of the late Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize winner in Economics. It will then turn to the work of another outstanding social scientist, Tom Tyler, whose insights about voice and legitimacy have had a profound influence on how we think about civil justice processes. The symposium will then consider what social science research might teach us about decision maker prejudice and bias, as well as how judges perform their assigned tasks. Finally, it will examine the integrity of social science research and its broader implications for the legal system
Please register for this free CLE event by May 21, 2025. There is a room cap of 100 in-person attendees, and online participants will receive a link to view the presentation from InReach just ahead of the event.
Thursday, May 22 · 9am - 4:30pm CDT
Friday
May
23
8:30 AM
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Credit:
DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. This program has been approved for up to 10.5 hours of general CLE credit.:
Day 1: up to 6.5 credits
Day 2: up to 4 credits.
DePaul University College of Law CLE credit is reported for Illinois attorneys only. Attorneys seeking out-of-state CLE credit can self-report independently to their jurisdictions. Check the jurisdiction's requirements for credit approval.
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