Description:

The inaugural Access to Social Justice Symposium will convene experts at the cutting edge of social justice advocacy for a series of interdisciplinary panel discussions on access to justice. Leading members of the civil rights and criminal justice bar, legal tech innovators, community and faith leaders, and skilled investigators will come together over the course of an afternoon in a first-of-its-kind symposium at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, home of the Bluhm Legal Clinic.
On the cusp of its 50th anniversary, the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s mission is to train skilled, ethical, and public-spirited lawyers integral to a society that values and promotes justice. In an era of social change, the Clinic’s mission is more vital than ever, and this Symposium, co-hosted by the Clinic and the Action Injury Law Group, will continue to advance this goal.

The symposium panels will include:

Panel 1: INTERSECTION BETWEEN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY ACTION
Panel 2: CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLICE REFORM IN CHICAGO
Panel 3: DISRUPTION – TECHNOLOGY, FINTECH AND THE LAW
Panel 4: KEYS TO AN EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION
Panel 5: THE SYSTEM AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE