The International Access to Justice Forum 2025 will bring together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, practitioners, reformers, court and dispute resolution experts, and all who are committed to increasing access to justice to discuss exciting new research, theory, and policy developments in the global movement for civil justice.

We look forward to 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.

We seek to make this a truly international conference and hope to be able to offer limited scholarships to expand the participation of persons interested in attending the Forum from other parts of the world.

Conference Details

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.  This will require a separate fee.

Selected panels of each day's conference will be live streamed.  Presenters are expected to participate in person.

In person registration is $250, Virtual registration is $75, we hope to be able to offer a limited number of partial scholarships to defray the cost of attending the conference for international participants.

The Forum will take place in English.

Click here to receive a notification email when registration is open.  We hope to be able to offer partial scholarships to select participants.  If you are interested in learning more about this, please click here and submit your scholarship request by April 15th.

We Welcome Presenters

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 will be considered on a rolling basis and are due no later than April 15th.

We will continue to update this webpage as this conference take's shape. Check back for hotel information, the Friday night Forum dinner, the conference schedule, etc.

Conference Co-Chairs (in development):

From Fordham School of Law:

Matthew Diller, Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Fordham School of Law and Distinguished Scholar In Residence at the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law

Bruce Green, Louis Stein Chair of Law and Director of the Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham School of Law

David Udell, Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham School of Law

Paolo Paolo Galizzi, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Sustainable Development Legal Initiative and the Corporate and Social Responsibility Program at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham School of Law

From NYU School of Law:

Janet Sabel, Director of the Center on Civil Justice at NYU School of Law; Founding Director of the Center's Access to Justice Initiative

Margaret Satterthwaite, Faculty Director of the Robert & Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights and Director of the Legal Empowerment and Judicial Independence Clinic at NYU School of Law

Sukti Dhital, Executive Director of the Robert & Helen Bernstein Institute for Human Rights