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21st Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy: The Supreme Court, Business and Civil Justice
By Dialogue Magazine /
July 6, 2015 /
Posted in: Alumni News /
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The
United State Supreme Court’s rulings on corporate interests and business
entities, its resulting influence on matters of corporate law, regulation and a
wide array of civil justice issues were addressed at this year’s Clifford
Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy, which was held at DePaul in April.
Twenty-two scholars from around the country discussed what the symposium termed
“dramatically altered federal civil procedure and the changing tort law landscape.”
In
1994, Robert A. Clifford (JD ’76) endowed a faculty chair in tort law and
social policy at DePaul. In addition to providing support for faculty research
and teaching, the endowment makes possible an annual symposium addressing a
timely issue in the civil justice area. The purpose of the symposium is to
bring the latest scholarship and advances in legal practice to lawyers and
scholars who specialize in tort law, civil justice and related fields. Emeritus
Professor Stephan Landsman is the current organizer and director of the
symposium.