Conference on Civil Justice Systems in the 21st Century: Keynote Address on "AI and Civil Justice Systems" by Lord Briggs of Westbourne

This conference will examine topical issues facing civil justice systems in England and around the world in the 21stcentury. These include the role of litigation funding; balancing the demands of national security and the administration of justice; using the courts as a means of promoting accountability and redress for corporate and public scandals; and ADR and the role of AI. The conference will also look at leading empirical legal research projects into how justice systems operate and how this influences public perceptions of those administering them.

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Faculty of Law

Convenor: Professor Andrew Higgins (University of Oxford)

Conference Schedule:

12:15 – 12:55 Lunch

13:00 – 13.40 Empirical Insights into Civil Justice Systems

Speakers: Professor Rabeea Assy (University of Haifa) and Associate Professor Inbar Levy (University of Oxford)

13:40 – 14:20  Financing & Facilitating Redress for Mass Harm

Speakers: Professor Rachael Mulheron (Queen Mary University of London) & Professor Samuel Issacharoff (New York University)

14:20 – 15:20 Civil litigation as a Method of Public Accountability and Advancing Legal Rights

Speakers: Russell Hopkins (Temple Garden Chambers), Richard Meeran (Leigh Day), Alice Hardy (Bindmans) and Stephanie Needleman (JUSTICE)

Coffee & Tea Break

15:40 – 16:20  Balancing National Security and the Administration of Justice

Speakers: Mr Justice Martin Chamberlain (High Court of England and Wales) & Shaurya Upadhyay (University of Oxford)

16:20 – 17:20 Alternative Dispute Resolution – Old and New

Speakers: Walter Merricks CBE (Class Representatives Network CIC), Emeritus Professor Adrian Zuckerman (University of Oxford) and Professor Pablo Cortes (University of Leicester)

Break

17:30 Keynote Address on Artificial Intelligence and Civil Justice Systems 

Speaker: Lord Briggs of Westbourne (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom)

*All attendees are welcome to the sandwich lunch and afternoon tea, which will be provided at the venue. 

*Anyone may attend the event, but prior registration is required