DRI News

Updated brand language reflects DRI’s enduring mission and growing impact in defense law.

DRI’s Annual Professional Achievement and Service Awards celebrate and honor outstanding performance by state, local, and national defense organizations (SLDOs/NDOs), DRI law firms, and individual members.

Dean Martinez discusses how businesses need to set value and incentives to increase in-house attendance.

John Parker Sweeney will serve through the 2026 Annual Meeting.

Center joins brief to Pennsylvania Supreme Court to address “No-Safe-Threshold” expert opinions.

Share your opinion in our anonymous survey on the impact of third-party litigation funding on the legal system.

History. Journalism. Leadership. Bob Woodward is taking the stage at the 2025 DRI Annual Meeting in Chicago, October 15-17!

Center files brief arguing that the fairness and efficiency of the arbitration process does not exclude “mass arbitrations.

Do you have colleagues who deserve recognition for their professional contributions? Submit them for consideration for DRI’s 2025 Professional Achievement and Service Awards by July 1!

Interested in a leadership role at DRI? Submit a Declaration of Candidacy by July 1, 2025.

Learn how you can receive a DRI Programming Discount when you engage your network and help build the DRI community.

Help DRI better support and bring awareness to the wellness, philanthropic and charitable efforts of defense lawyers across the country.

From May 5-9, IWIL is offering a week of virtual programming focused on movement, community, recovery, and wellness—and DRI members get exclusive discounts!

DRI recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to the success of the legal profession.

DRI announces its annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program, open to rising (2025–2026) second- and third-year law students.

DRI and IWIL will work together to create opportunities for members to engage with the well-being movement, gain access to critical resources, and implement strategies promoting a balanced career and a thriving personal life.

Center leader Laura Clark Fey discussed the influence of the plaintiffs’ bar in enforcing judicial privacy laws.

Congratulations to DRI's new second vice president, secretary-treasurer, and national and regional directors. Thank you to all who participated in the 2024 DRI Elections.

The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy is proud to announce the publication of its latest white paper, Data Mining, Algorithms, and Deepfakes: Combatting Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation in 2024 Elections and Beyond

Applications and all other requested materials must be received on or before September 6, 2024.