We are excited to announce the 2025 International Access to Justice Forum will be held in New York City on September 26th and September 27th, 2025, hosted by Fordham & NYU Law Schools, including the National Center for Access to Justice. This international event has been at the center of the creative advocacy and scholarship around Access to Justice, and we are looking forward to continuing that tradition.
The Forum will bring together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, judges, and court and dispute resolution experts to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement for civil justice.
We expect a broad range of presentations on topics such as racial, gender, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination in the design and operation of civil justice systems; gaps in access to justice; impacts of new technologies; legal professional regulatory reform; legal needs studies; climate change and civil justice; civil justice in democratic governance; and more. We welcome your participation, whether as an in-person presenter or attendee, or as a member of the online audience.
Day One of the Forum will be held at NYU Law School, located in the West Village in Manhattan. Day Two of the Forum will be held at Fordham Law School, near Columbus Circle and Lincoln Center, also in Manhattan. We will provide breakfast, lunches and snacks each day, and are working on identifying a venue for a Forum Dinner on Friday, September 26. This will require a separate fee.
We encourage you to sign up now by clicking here. In Person Registration costs $250; On-Line Registration is $75. We hope to be able to offer partial scholarships to a limited number of international presenters. If you are interested in learning more about this, please click here and submit your scholarship request by April 15th.
Key to the success of this program will be your presentations. We encourage you to submit a proposal to present at the event. Presenters are expected to attend in person. You can learn more and submit a proposal by clicking here. Proposals are due by April 15th.
The Forum will bring together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, judges, and court and dispute resolution experts to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement for civil justice.
We expect a broad range of presentations on topics such as racial, gender, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination in the design and operation of civil justice systems; gaps in access to justice; impacts of new technologies; legal professional regulatory reform; legal needs studies; climate change and civil justice; civil justice in democratic governance; and more. We welcome your participation, whether as an in-person presenter or attendee, or as a member of the online audience.
Day One of the Forum will be held at NYU Law School, located in the West Village in Manhattan. Day Two of the Forum will be held at Fordham Law School, near Columbus Circle and Lincoln Center, also in Manhattan. We will provide breakfast, lunches and snacks each day, and are working on identifying a venue for a Forum Dinner on Friday, September 26. This will require a separate fee.
We encourage you to sign up now by clicking here. In Person Registration costs $250; On-Line Registration is $75. We hope to be able to offer partial scholarships to a limited number of international presenters. If you are interested in learning more about this, please click here and submit your scholarship request by April 15th.
Key to the success of this program will be your presentations. We encourage you to submit a proposal to present at the event. Presenters are expected to attend in person. You can learn more and submit a proposal by clicking here. Proposals are due by April 15th.
We look forward to seeing you in New York City!
The event is co-hosted by the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law, the Robert & Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights at NYU School of Law, the Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham School of Law, the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham School of Law, the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham School of Law, and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham School of Law.