The South Carolina Law Review presents its 2025 Symposium:
Making Justice Real: Exploring the Intersection of Access to Justice, the Rule of Law, and Democracy Symposium
The event will be held at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law on February 27-28, 2025
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The 2025 South Carolina Law Review Symposium, entitled Making Justice Real: Exploring the Intersection of Access to Justice, the Rule of Law, and Democracy, is good for 6 CLE Credits and will proceed as follows:
Day 1 – February 27, 2024
- 3:15 PM: Welcome & Opening Remarks/ Introduction of First Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Dean William Hubbard
- 3:30 PM: Keynote Address – Elizabeth Andersen
- 4:00 PM: Response Panel to Elizabeth Andersen Keynote Address
- Moderator: Cameron Cox
- Panelists:
- Ambassador Sarah Mendelson
- Governor David Beasley
- Steve Austermiller
- 5:15 PM: Cocktail Hour/Reception
Day 2 – February 28, 2024
- 8:00 AM: Drop-in Breakfast
- 9:00 AM: Keynote Address – Rebecca Sandefur
- Introduction by Elizabeth Chambliss
- 9:30 AM: Response Panel: Access to Justice and Democracy
- Moderator: Elizabeth Chambliss
- Panelists
- Matthew Burnet
- Daniela Barba
- Maaike de Langen
- 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM: Break
- 11:15 AM: Panel 3: Democracy in the Courts
- Moderator: Justice Few
- (Introduction by Katie Frank
- Panelists:
- Lisa Martin
- Tanina Rostain
- Lauren Sudeall
- Leo You Li
- 12:30 PM: Closing Remarks by Justice Few
Karen Williams Courtroom, 1st Floor, University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law, 1525 Senate St., Columbia, South Carolina 29201