The Vanishing Day in Court: Procedural Reform and Access to Justice

Renowned civil procedure scholar and former U of MN Law professor Arthur R. Miller will be joined by three distinguished panelists to discuss and address judicial decisions that have given judges broader discretion to resolve cases prior to trial and screen cases out of court (e.g., dismiss on the pleadings, dismiss on jurisdictional grounds, require arbitration, etc.). Panelists include the following:

• Arthur R. Miller, CBE, University Professor, New York University School of Law 
• Susan Richard Nelson, Federal District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Michael Ciresi ’71, Founding Partner, Ciresi Conlin LLP 
• Roshan Rajkumar ’00, Partner, Bowman and Brooke LLP