Wednesday, March 18, 2015
18:00 – 21:00
Simmons & Simmons
Claude Debussylaan 247
1082 MC
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Stanford Law School and Tilburg Law School cordially invite you to attend a joint alumni reception in Amsterdam, featuring remarks by Stanford Law Professor Deborah Hensler. The evening will begin with an introduction by Tilburg Law Professor Ianika Tzankova, then Professor Hensler will speak about Mass Claim Resolution and elaborate on her recent article “Can Private Class Actions Enforce Economic Regulations? Do they? Should they?” There will be time for a reception with drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Registration is complimentary. Kindly register by Friday, March 13.
This event is graciously hosted by Simmons & Simmons.
About the Speaker
Deborah R. Hensler’s empirical research on dispute resolution, complex litigation, class actions and mass tort liability has won international recognition. Professor Hensler is a political scientist and public policy analyst who was the director of the RAND Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice before joining the Stanford Law School faculty. She is the organizer of the Stanford Globalization of Class Actions Exchange, which is spearheading international research on class actions and mass litigation, and the co-editor of the recently published volume The Globalization of Class Actions. At Stanford she teaches seminars on complex litigation, the legal profession, and the use of policy analysis in the law and serves as associate dean of graduate studies. Professor Hensler is an associate research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, has taught at the University of Melbourne (Australia) and has been awarded a visiting professorship to Tilburg University by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.