NEWS STATEMENT 11.15.24: Larkin Joins Civil Rules Committee
Jocelyn Larkin
Berkeley, 11.15.24 – Jocelyn Larkin of the Impact Fund was recently appointed to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.
Jocelyn Larkin, the former Executive Director and current Of Counsel with the Impact Fund, said:
“Having long followed and admired the work of the Advisory Committee, I am humbled to now be a member and have an opportunity to assist in its important work. I hope I can bring my experience as a litigator to the committee’s ongoing endeavors.”
The Rules Enabling Act authorizes the Supreme Court to prescribe general rules of practice and procedure and rules of evidence for the federal courts. The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and its five advisory committees (Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, and Evidence Rules) each engage in "a continuous study of the operation and effect of the general rules of practice and procedure now or hereafter in use." Committees consist of members from the bench, the professional bar, and the academy. New members are appointed by the Chief Justice and serve an initial term of three years.
Current committee member Joseph Sellers of Cohen Milstein Sellers and Toll said:
“Jocelyn will bring her wisdom and decades of experience to the deliberations about whether, and in what manner, particular Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should be amended. She has a keen appreciation of the importance that the rules of civil procedure have in ensuring that all members of our society have meaningful access to the judicial system.”
Lindsay Nako, current Executive Director of the Impact Fund, added:
“Congratulations to Jocelyn on her appointment to the Civil Rules Committee. She brings decades of expertise in civil procedure and litigation practice to her new role. We will all continue to benefit from her career-long commitment to fair and equitable access to the judicial system.”
ENDS
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Teddy Basham-Witherington 415.845.1206 / twitherington@impactfund.org
About The Impact Fund
The Impact Fund was founded in December 1992 to help advance economic, environmental, racial, and social justice through the courts. It does so principally via the application and protection of the class action tool.
Originally envisioned as a purely grantmaking organization, the Impact Fund has made 796 grants totaling $9,910,129. Click here for Grant Criteria and information about Grant Deadlines.
Since its inception, the Impact Fund has grown to include both advocacy and education in its range of services. Today, the Impact Fund litigates a small number of cases directly, authors amicus briefs, provides a substantial amount of pro-bono consulting, provides templates and software to draft class action notices, and presents an annual conference for plaintiff-side class action practitioners, a training institute for budding public interest class action practitioners, and numerous seminars and webinars. Click here for the 2023 Annual Report.
What Is A Class Action?
A class action is a type of lawsuit in which one or more individuals sue on behalf of a larger group of people to obtain legal remedies like an injunction, a declaration that a law or practice is unconstitutional, or damages.