The Pound Civil Justice Institute today published the proceedings of its 2018 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges, which features CCL's Robert S. Peck as a commentator on Rutgers Law Professor Robert Williams's paper on "State Constitutional Protection of Civil Litigation."

      The book, entitled State Court Protection of Individual Constitutional Rights, transcribes the proceedings of the July 7, 2018 forum that took place in Denver, Colorado, attended by 140 judges from 36 states. In his remarks, Peck talked about the right to trial by jury and the right to a remedy under state constitutions.

      Other speakers at the conference included California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu and Wayne State Law Professor Justin Long.