Civil Justice: an Oxymoron?

Authors

Jan R. Schlichtmann
Alex Scherr, University of GeorgiaFollow

A recording of this speech from the University of Georgia Law Library archival collection was digitally preserved from audio cassette tape to digital in 2023 and made publicly available in 2024. Digitization, metadata creation, and increased discoverability of this record was made possible thanks to a grant from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council. The primary archival object is a digitized audio cassette recording of Schlictmann's and Scherr's speech.

Event Date

3-19-1999

Abstract

Civil Justice: An Oxymoron?

Presentation by attorney Jan L. Schlichtmann as part of the Law Day activities.

The afternoon program included re-enactment of trial scenes described in Jonathan Harr's book A Civil Action. Residents of the town of Woburn, Massachusetts brought a class action suit against W.R. Grace & Co. and John J. Riley Tannery for the contamination of local wells. (Not included in the recording).

A full summary of this event was published in the Advocate Magazine Volume 33, Issue 2, Spring 1999 on page 6: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/advocate/vol33/iss2/1/

Repository Citation

Schlichtmann, Jan R. and Scherr, Alex, "Civil Justice: an Oxymoron?" (1999). Law Day Lectures. 30.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/lectures_pre_arch_lectures_lawday/30