This training will be held live at PLI's New York Center and simultaneously webcast nationwide.

Why You Should Attend

Section 1983 litigation is multi-faceted and often complex. The law of Section 1983 litigation and Section 1983 attorney's fees is voluminous and continues to develop on an ongoing basis. At PLI's 33rd Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation program, a highly experienced and accomplished faculty will analyze recent Section 1983 trends and developments. The faculty includes a law school dean, federal circuit and district court judges, legal scholars and authors, and Section 1983 practitioners.

What You Will Learn

This year's program will cover a wide range of important subjects including:

• Review of relevant Supreme Court decisions rendered during the October 2015 Term
• Qualified immunity in excessive force cases
• Section 1983 fabrication of evidence claims and immunity defenses
• When is official abuse of governmental authority state action?
• Section 1988 attorney's fees

Faculty

Chairperson - Martin A. Schwartz ~ Professor Emeritus of Law
Speakers

• Professor Karen M. Blum ~ Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
• Frederick K. Brewington ~ Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington
• Dean Erwin Chemerinsky ~ Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Peter Farrell ~ Deputy Chief, Special Federal Litigation Division, New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel
• Hon. James C. Francis IV ~ United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• Professor Leon Friedman ~ Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professor of Civil Liberties Law, Hofstra University School of Law
• Hon. Arlene Rosario Lindsay ~ United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• Patricia B. Miller ~ Chief of the Special Federal Litigation Division, New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel
• Professor Alex Reinert ~ Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
• Hon. James A. Wynn, Jr. ~ United States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Who Should Attend

The program is for attorneys working in Section 1983 litigation who will benefit from expert review of recent trends and developments.

Cost: $995*

*PLI's Scholarship/Financial Hardship Policy: Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are available to pro bono attorneys, judges, judicial law clerks, law professors, attorneys 65 or older, lawyers, law students, librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit organizations, legal services organizations or government agencies, and unemployed attorneys and others with financial hardships.

Registration 

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