Panel 1: Disappearing Courts: Diminishing Use of and Access to Civil Litigation

PANEL 1: DISAPPEARING COURTS: DIMINISHING USE OF AND ACCESS TO CIVIL LITIGATION (10:30 am – 12:20 pm) Moderator: Christopher T. Nace, Esq., Pound Institute Trustee The Role of Litigation in American Democracy: Alexandra D. Lahav, University of Connecticut School of Law Where Have All the Cases Gone? The Strange Success of Tort Reform Revisited: Stephen Daniels, American Bar Foundation and Joanne Martin, American Bar Endowment Exodus from and Transformation of American Civil Litigation: Richard D. Freer, Emory University School of Law Panel discussion among morning faculty and keynote speaker Audience Questions and Answers