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Duke Law Clinics

Duke University Law School
Durham, NC 27708-0360
Contact: Sandra Pettiford
Phone: (919) 613-7169

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AIDS Legal Project

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Animal Law Project

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Children's Law Clinic

Children's Education Law Clinic teaches efficient, compassionate problem solving
» Duke Law Magazine, Spring 2006

Long-term Disasters For Youth
Raleigh News & Observer features op-ed article by Clinic Director Jane Wettach.

Clinic Director Jane Wettach discusses school discipline as a guest on WNCU
The below files are audio clips and can be heard with Realplayer or free RealOne Player

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Community Enterprise Clinic

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Guantanamo Defense Clinic

  • Protection for iguanas at Guantanamo, but what about the detainees?
    Professor Madeline Morris says that the United States needs to establish legal procedures for suspected terrorists. » The New Zealand Herald

  • Primer: Guantanamo Detainees' Rights
    As some U.S. senators push to restore the legal protections of foreign detainees deemed to be "unlawful enemy combatants," Professor Madeline Morris, chief counsel to the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel for Military Commissions, provides legal context. » NPR

  • Guantanamo POW Status is Crucial to U.S.
    Professor Madeline Morris says current efforts by the U.S. government are "in danger of destroying the very protections for POWs it has worked so hard and so long to establish." » The Raleigh Chronicle

  • Judges at Guantanamo Throw Out Two Cases
    Professor Madeline Morris, director of the Guantanamo Defense Clinic, says a military trial system "riddled with internal contradictions and anomalies" contributed to the recent dismissal of charges in the only two war crime trials against Guantanamo detainees.

  • Guantanamo Restrictions
    Professor Madeline Morris, Director of Duke Law's Guantanamo Defense Clinic, and clinic student Hannah Polikov '08 discuss the impact of a new proposal from the Justice Department to restrict client-attorney contact for Guantanamo detainees » WUNC (Audio)

  • Military Commissions Bill Violates Constitution
    The president's bill on military commissions still violates the Constitution, says Professor Madeline Morris, director of the Guantanamo Defense Clinic

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Low-income Taxpayer Clinic

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Environmental Law and Policy

  • DC Environmental Law & Policy Clinic Reception - Feb. 12
    Celebrate the launch of the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. » Register

  • Duke Law profs, students and alums publish article examining the constitutionality of climate change policies
    Co-authored by Profs. Chemerinsky, Siegel and Schroeder, along with Tim Profeta (Dir. of the Nicholas Institute, JD/MEM '97), Brettny Hardy JD/MEM '07 and Brigham Daniels (Nicholas School graduate student and Law School lecturing fellow), the piece analyzes California's climate change initiatives from a constitutional perspective. » Read Article

  • New Limits are Likely for Hog-waste Lagoons
    Ryke Longest, director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, comments on a bill to ban waste ponds on new hog farms and set higher standards for alternative waste disposal systems. » The News & Observer

  • Law, Science, and Uncertainty: The future of children's environmental health
    Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum fall 2006 symposium focuses on children's environmental health » more