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Duke Center for Sports and the Law to host panel discussion among high-level sports executives
Center's inaugural event will address the internationalization of American team sports. -
Burdman '56, longtime donor and volunteer, dies
B. Richard Burdman, 76, namesake of the Burdman Lounge and the Burdman Fellowships, was an honorary lifetime member of the Law School's Board of Visitors. » Legacy.com -
Schwarcz selected a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy
Prof. Steven Schwarcz will be inducted into the prestigious College in March. -
CICL launches “scholarship roundtable” series
Inaugural event offers a venue for discussing works in progress on the law and politics of international cooperation. -
Duke Law in China
Profs. Reichman and Wiener speak at various conferences examining financial regulation and risk management. -
Dean Levi appointed to Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
Dean David Levi once chaired the U.S. Judicial Conference committee. -
Rai joins U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Prof. Arti Rai, a scholar of patent law and innovation policy, serves as administrator of PTO’s Office of External Affairs. -
Rai named to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office position
Prof. Arti Rai will oversee legislative, congressional, and international matters as the office's new administrator for external affairs. » The Blog of LegalTimes -
Who inspired Roberts' dissent in drunk driving case?
Apparently Duke Law's Appellate Litigation Clinic deserves some credit. » National Law Journal -
Duke in D.C. expands in spring 2010 semester to DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Register now for Spring 2010 placements in the DOJ and on Capitol Hill. -
Duke Law unveils new scholarship repository
Site extends Law School’s commitment to open access. -
Banks' actions on credit cards undermine consumer protections
Research Fellow Jamie Lau '09 observes that banks have been raising rates and changing terms in advance of reform. » The Seattle Times -
Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars
Google’s William Patry delivers Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property Law on Oct. 21. -
Oct. 23 DELPF symposium to focus on ecosystem services markets
New USDA Office of Environmental Services and Markets co-sponsors symposium. -
On the blogs: Judging women judges
Bloggers discuss new paper coauthored by Duke Law Prof. Mitu Gulati. -
Career services dean offers advice on preparing for interviews in an uncertain economy
"Students can benefit themselves by talking about challenges they've overcome, decisions they've made," Associate Dean Bruce Elvin '93 says. » Law.com -
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton critiques president’s foreign policy
Speaking at Duke Law Oct. 1, Bolton calls on the president to be "an advocate for America." -
Duke Law students explore the human cost of mountaintop removal mining
Environmental Law and Policy Clinic files amicus brief with Supreme Court in case related to controversial mining practice. -
Fleishman to be honored at Duke Founder's Day convocation
Prof. Joel L. Fleishman will deliver Founder's Day address, Oct. 1 -
Brown shares advice on entrepreneurship with Duke students
Prof. Bill Brown's address was part of the cross-disciplinary Duke Entrepreneurship Education Series. -
Lives in the Law: Rita Hauser
Dean David Levi interviews noted international lawyer, philanthropist. -
Former Ambassador to the UN John Bolton - Live at Duke Law
Bolton discusses President Obama's "New International Order," streaming live on the Duke Law News page. » Watch Live Now -
Duke Law mourns Federico Carvallo LLM’09
LLM graduate died Sunday in a polo accident in his home country of Chile. -
Friends and colleagues remember Robinson Everett
Memorial celebration brings together colleagues, students, friends, and family to honor the generous, well-accomplished man. » The Herald-Sun -
The Souter Legacy
Three former clerks discuss Justice David Souter’s judicial craft and kindness. -
Remembering Robinson O. Everett
The Duke Law community celebrates the life and legacy of its alumnus and professor. -
Center for the Study of the Public Domain's comic book demystifies copyright law
To understand the complexities of the Disney-Marvel deal, reading Bound By Law? is suggested. » U.S. News & World Report -
New Duke Law group focuses on international criminal law
ICCSN founder Matt Smith says the organization is an excellent opportunity for students to support the work of the International Criminal Court. » Duke Chronicle -
Network outage issues resolved
Duke's Office of Information Technology reports network outages impacting various services on the University and Health System Sunday morning have been resolved. A user continuing to experience problems is advised to reboot the computer or device. If this does not fix the problem, please call the Help Desk at 613-7072. -
Beyond OCI: Making the most of the alumni network
Far-flung yet close-knit, Duke Law alumni offer students advice, introductions to regional legal markets. -
Associate Justice Samuel Alito to teach seminar
Current Issues in Constitutional Interpretation examines recent Supreme Court cases. -
Memorial service to honor Robinson Everett’s life at Duke Law
Sept. 24 event honoring the late professor will include tributes from friends and colleagues. -
Evaluating Judging, Judges, and Judicial Institutions
Judges, legal scholars, and political scholars will gather at Duke Law this month to consider how best to study and rate judicial performance. -
Dean Levi discusses law schools' efforts to build practical skills
"We're trying to get students from the very beginning to think about what type of career they want," Dean David F. Levi says. » The National Law Journal -
New Voices of American Law documentary looks behind Citizens United v. FEC
Prof. Thomas Metzloff's documentary focuses on First Amendment and campaign finance issues the Supreme Court will consider in Sept. 9 argument. » View documentary -
Longest discusses wetland and mussel concerns for proposed Navy airfield
The Gates County site should not be considered, says Ryke Longest, director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. » The Virginian-Pilot -
Former Duke Innocence Project client gains freedom
Joseph Lamont Abbitt is exonerated by DNA after serving 14 years for rapes. -
Supreme Court Litigation with Donald Ayer
A leading high court advocate guides Duke Law students through the Court’s unique process. -
Duke Law students receive training in International Criminal Court prosecutions, Sept. 11
Duke students launch first U.S. chapter of International Criminal Court Student Network. -
OCI and beyond
Students begin on-campus interviews with employers from around the U.S. and abroad as career searches hit high gear. -
Holman on medical bills and bankruptcy
Duke Law Research Associate Mirya Holman and a coauthor examine the impact of medical bills on patients, families, and the healthcare system. » The Faculty Lounge -
Committee to review journal selection process
Led by journal editors, the committee will explore opportunities to improve system. -
Beale discusses grand jury deliberations in Plaxico Burress case
“They’re going to be asking themselves: ‘How dangerous do I think this was?’” Prof. Sara Sun Beale says of the jury in the pro-football player's shooting trial. » The New York Times -
Care you should: James Boyle and The Public Domain
A book review by Robert Cook-Deegan. -
Peter Kahn ’76 to join Duke University Board of Trustees
Kahn chaired Law School Board of Visitors from 2001 to 2007. -
Professor Jonathan Wiener discusses overall risk in environmental dilemmas
Wiener says legislators need to write regulations broad enough to shoot for a desired outcome without advocating a specific method. » Forbes -
Remembering Judge Robinson Everett '59
Photos, stories, video, and a memory page pay tribute to a Duke Law icon. » In Memoriam -
The Honorable Robinson O. Everett, 81
Beloved professor served on the Duke Law faculty for 51 years and was a member of the Class of 1959. -
David Ichel ’78 to chair Duke Law Board of Visitors
Ichel is a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a longtime volunteer at Duke Law. -
Professor Guy-Uriel Charles comments on Norm Coleman's appeal of Minnesota Senate race election results
“Generally, election law is not terribly conducive to broad fishing expeditions,” Charles says. » Politico -
Appellate Litigation Clinic wins in D.C. Circuit
Unanimous ruling accepts positions briefed and argued by Class of 2009 grads. » The Blog of LegalTimes -
Oswalt '08 clerks for Supreme Court nominee
Michael Oswalt has spent the past year as a clerk for U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who President Obama has nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. » The Saratogian -
Duke Law moot court team shines in final round of ELSA Moot Court Competition
Duke students place second, win “Spirit of ELSA Award” in international rounds in Taipei. -
Duke Law team moves to final round of WTO moot court competition
2L teammates will compete May 23 in Taiwan. -
Professor Christopher Schroeder nominated for key administration position
Schroeder chosen to become the assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy. » White House -
Hooding ceremony honors the Class of 2009
Students praised for their academic accomplishments, achievements in national and international competitions, and service contributions. -
Dan Blue '73 elected chair of the Duke University Board of Trustees
Blue has served on the board since 1995. » Duke University Office of News & Communications -
Meet the Class of 2009: Amanda McRae
McRae spent her time at Duke Law promoting public interest and human rights work. » More -
Graduating students honored by their Duke Law colleagues
Members of the Class of 2009 receive awards for leadership, integrity, intellectual curiosity, citizenship, and community participation. -
Meet the Class of 2009: Yen-Chia Chen
Duke Law provided LLM candidate Chen the opportunity to pursue new areas of study and to continue to serve others through pro bono work. » More -
Meet the Class of 2009: Dineo Mpela-Thompson
Mpela-Thompson did a semester-long externship in South Africa, which affirmed her goal to practice international law. » More -
Meet the Class of 2009: Eric Eisenberg
Eisenberg has made the most of his time at Duke Law and discovered an unexpected interest in criminal law along the way. » More -
Staff honored by University
Two members of the Law School community recognized for service to Duke. -
Meet the Class of 2009: Sonja Ralston Elder
A former Teach for America volunteer, Ralston Elder seizes every opportunity available to gain theoretical and practical training in education law. » More -
Judge Sentelle to speak to Class of 2009
Duke Law hooding ceremony will honor 215 JD and 76 international LLM graduates. -
Schmalbeck, Benjamin, Young, and Helfer honored with distinguished professorships
Honors announced at a Duke University ceremony on April 27. -
E. Carol Spruill praised for building thriving pro bono community at Duke Law
Senior Lecturing Fellow Spruill led Office of Pro Bono and Public Interest for 18 years as associate dean. -
Duke Law Journal launches web magazine with other law journals
The Legal Workshop offers an alternative to traditional academic articles, allowing scholars to present their research to a wider audience. » Business Wire -
Regulating climate
Experts gather to contemplate the role of clean air legislation in effecting climate change. -
John Hope Franklin: A life steeped in law and history
Colleagues and friends remember Franklin and his contributions to the fields of American history and law. -
D.O.N.E. awards honor teaching, community leadership, and service
Professor David Lange receives 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award. -
John Hope Franklin: A life in law and history
April 17 lunchtime event pays tribute to the late renowned scholar. -
The Duke Project: Law students piece together solutions to the global financial crisis
April 15 discussion looks at the role of risk management in crisis and recovery. -
James Pearce ’11 wins Hardt Cup
Pearce and Leah Shen '11 were the finalists in the annual moot court competition for first-year students. -
The Duke Project: Law students piece together solutions to the global financial crisis
April 8 discussion focuses on the role of credit-rating agencies and fair value accounting in global financial crisis. -
Dong-young Chung visits Duke Law
A 2007 presidential candidate of the ruling United New Democratic Party of Korea, Chung discussed the “Fourth” Wave of Change on the Korean Peninsula and the role of the Gaeseong Industrial Park. -
Conference examines role of international law in Sudan
International experts give a glimpse into complexities behind the Darfur crisis. -
Have we nationalized our banking system?
Finance experts discuss the role of government in economic crisis. -
Remembering John Hope Franklin: Scholar, teacher, advocate, friend
The renowned historian taught constitutional history at Duke Law from 1985-92. -
John Hope Franklin, 94, passes away
Franklin was a professor at Duke Law from 1985 to 1992. » Duke Today -
March 26, 2009: Clean Air Act Conference
Conference examining climate change policy and the Clean Air Act. » Event Details -
Prosecutorial ethics on trial
After observing the Durham County Courthouse in action, David Maxted '09 questions whether prosecutors adhere to their ethical obligations in everyday cases. » The Herald-Sun -
The Duke Project: Law students piece together solutions to the global financial crisis
Series of panels continues on Wednesday, March 18. -
Duke Law moot court team wins regional round of international competition
In May the team will head to finals of ELSA competition on WTO law in Taiwan. -
The future of elections scholarship
The Tobin Project and American Law Institute bring top election scholars and policymakers to Duke Law. -
Have we nationalized our banking system?
Top banking executives and academics to examine the state of U.S. financial institutions. -
Duke Law 3L makes "superb" impression on D.C. Circuit
Sarah Campbell '09 argues on behalf of a man claiming he was improperly kicked off of a D.C. Superior Court grand jury. » The Blog of LegalTimes -
Womble Carlyle endows scholarship at Duke Law
The Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice Scholarship will provide annual financial support to law students. -
Michelle Nowlin comments on proposal for cement plant near Wilmington
"We are not convinced that [the state's] review is going to look at secondary and cumulative impacts [of the plant]," Nowlin says. » The News & Observer -
Professor Arti Rai participates on panel debating how intellectual property should be regulated
Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz, Sir John Sulston, and Harry Varmus on the panel with Rai. » Columbia Spectator -
Legal scholarship: To print or not to print?
Professor Richard Danner discusses the “Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship.” -
Professor Bill Brown and Duke Law students comment on the economic crisis and President Obama's proposals
Brown and students outline the challenges that the President faces. » NBC 17 -
Measuring judges and justice
Duke Law Journal conference brings judges and social scientists together. -
Sidley Austin leads support for PILF auction
Feb. 21 auction at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art supports summer public interest grants for students. -
Prominent international law scholar to join Duke faculty
Laurence Helfer is an expert in international human rights, the interdisciplinary study of international law and institutions, and international intellectual property law. -
Local property, global justice
Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law symposium facilitates discussion of property-based solutions for environmental problems. -
Program in Public Law launches blog on executive branch power
“Executive Watch” includes news and commentary on executive-branch actions. -
A life in the law: Justice Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court Associate Justice shares the experiences that led him to the Supreme Court and insight into his judicial philosophy. -
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia presides over Dean's Cup Moot Court Competition
Adam Doverspike ’09 and Kristin Collins Cope ’10 declared the winners and Doverspike named Outstanding Oral Advocate. -
Race and socio-economic class
Law & Contemporary Problems conference explores increasingly complex issue, Jan. 23. -
Duke Law student wins Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellowship
Amanda McRae '09 will begin her legal career working on an international human rights project for Human Rights Watch. -
Possibilities and Perils: The Role of Faith in Public Life
Jan. 15 discussion on faith in the public sphere honors legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -
Law schools' degrees increasingly customized
Duke Law School offers the academic strengths of Duke University through a number of joint-degree programs, Dean David Levi says. » The Chronicle of Higher Education -
Legal minds
Duke Law's LLM program is recognized as one that synthesizes a diverse group of international offerings and opportunities. » NAFSA -
Professor Scott Silliman comments on the possibility of pursuing a war crimes investigation for Bush administration
"From a legal point of view, it would be exceedingly difficult," Silliman says. » Detroit Free Press -
Gao Xiqing '86 analyzes the financial crisis
Gao says that the U.S. financial system must change fundamentally and acknowledge the global support it requires. » The Atlantic -
Middle school students get a taste of the justice system
Twelve Lowe's Grove Middle School students participate in a mock trial in the Duke Law's moot court room. » The Herald-Sun -
Private equity, sovereign funds and the global credit crunch
Leading investors discuss the causes and cures of the current crisis. -
Detainees at Gitmo a power strategy
Professor Madeline Morris comments on Bush administration's resistance to releasing 17 Chinese Uighurs no longer considered enemy combatants. » The Washington Independent -
Two Duke Law faculty help with Obama transition
Professors Schroeder and Rai serve on Obama-Biden transition agency-review teams. -
Preeminent election law scholar to join Duke Law faculty
Guy-Uriel Charles brings expertise in race, voting issues, and law and politics to Duke’s constitutional law faculty. -
Lecture traces musical lineage, questions musical copyright laws
Professor James Boyle introduces new book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind. -
Visiting Distinguished Professor John Dugard nominated to serve as a judge on the International Criminal Court
Dugard is renowned for his work on human rights and international law. -
The Bush administration and international law: lessons learned
Professor Curtis Bradley counters popular view that administration ignored international law. -
Duke Law celebrates Goodson Law Library and Star Commons
Justice Anthony Kennedy helps dedicate Duke Law’s new community spaces. -
Duke Law dedicates J. Michael Goodson Law Library
Panel discussion and reception are part of the Law School’s weeklong building dedication celebration. -
Duke Law School Building Dedication
Duke Law celebrates the J. Michael Goodson Law Library and Star Commons. » Dedication » Library -
New fund benefits Duke Law grads working for Legal Aid of North Carolina
Loan repayment fund is dedicated in honor of the late Calder Womble '47. » North Carolina Bar Association -
Reassessing NAFTA
Trade experts assess success, shortcomings, and future of the North American Free Trade Agreement. -
Currie Lecture focuses on federal court jurisdiction
Judge William Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals parses the meaning of the word "all" in Article III of the Constitution. -
Senior lecturing fellow Ted Kaufman appointed co-chair of Biden’s transition team
Kaufman also serves on advisory board of President-elect Obama’s transition team. -
Justice Anthony Kennedy delivers keynote address at Law School building dedication
Kennedy's speech concludes a week of festivities celebrating the renovated J. Michael Goodson Law Library and the new Star Commons. » The Chronicle -
The rule of law central to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's speech
The Enlightenment led to an understanding of the rule of law which became "the underpinning of freedom" in this country, Kennedy said. » The Herald-Sun -
Post-election panel asks “What just happened?”
Experts discuss similarly historic past presidential elections, campaign financing, and the effect of demographic shifts on elections. -
The Bush administration and voting rights: lessons learned
Voting rights expert says administration focused on fraud, not franchisement. -
The Bush Administration and Executive Power: Lessons Learned
Program in Public Law continues its semester long examination of administration policies Nov. 12. -
Justice Kennedy to speak at Duke Law Building Dedication ceremony
The week-long celebration will also feature a series of lunchtime lectures and several social events. » Duke News & Communications -
Ninth Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher to deliver Currie Lecture Nov. 11
A scholar of federal courts and jurisdiction, Fletcher will discuss “federal courts in an age of federalism. -
The Bush administration and civil rights: Lessons Learned
Program in Public Law lecture examines enforcement, affirmative action, and Katrina response. -
Michael Scharf '88 discusses trial of Saddam Hussein
Expert in international criminal law helped train judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel of Iraqi High Tribunal. -
Examining Shariah
Professor Ebrahim Moosa helps Duke Law students understand foundations of Islamic law. -
“Political Science”
Expert in regulatory policy argues that the Bush administration took an overly political approach to science. -
A primer on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Duke Law students hear about how the law affects current and former service members. -
Professor Stuart Benjamin discusses how the judicial nomination process might work under the next president
The next president will likely try to engage in more and broader consultation than Bush has, Benjamin says. » Inside Counsel -
Outsourcing the U.S. military
Contractors need greater accountability and alignment of corporate cultures to military norms, says expert on Oct. 6. -
Lawyers for detainees contrast federal court and military commission process
Classified information presents particular challenges they tell students. -
Beyond Boumediene
Duke Law students get a briefing on litigation pertaining to detainees. -
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit hears arguments at Duke
Law students get first-hand look at interactions of lawyers and judges. -
Associate Dean Jill Miller leaves Duke Law
Miller to serve as the director of career services for The Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. -
Anatomy of a crisis
Duke Law experts in securities and capital markets discuss current financial collapse, bailout, Sept. 25. -
Kalvin Michael Smith case receives fresh attention
Les Gura, a senior editor at the Winston-Salem Journal, talks about the case and the efforts of the Duke Law Innocence Project on Smith's behalf. » WUNC -
The Center for Criminal Justice & Professional Responsibility asks Georgia to stay execution
Center Director James Coleman and Fellow Kimberly Kisabeth argue that Troy Anthony Davis' claim of innocence warrants a careful and thorough examination. » Read letter (pdf) -
Supreme Court Review provides insight into recent decisions
Duke Law faculty discuss cases pertaining to detainees, voting rights, and international law. -
Gao Xi-Qing '86 named one of Esquire's 75 most influential people of the 21st Century
The magazine's anniversary issue calls Gao "one of the most powerful men in the world." » Esquire -
Cato Institute scholar reviews “worst” Supreme Court decisions
Robert Levy offers his list of decisions that expanded government and eroded freedom. -
Navy lawyer tells students the military offers unique opportunities for young lawyers
"If you graduate from law school this spring, by Christmas you could be sitting at a desk handling cases,” says Lt. Justin Boyd. -
In Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rescue, Schwarcz sees implementation of key proposal
Professor Steven L. Schwarcz praises Treasury's move to act as a market liquidity provider of last resort. -
Judge Eugene Sullivan visits Duke Law for a discussion and book signing
Sullivan's latest book, "The Report to the Judiciary," includes multiple references to Duke Law School. -
Bush appointees to Supreme Court fail to revive judicial conservatism, says David Strauss
University of Chicago constitutional scholar kicks off Program in Public Law lecture series on "Lessons Learned" from the Bush administration. -
Freedomnomics author links market restrictions and individual liberties
John Lott kicks off Federalist Society lecture series Sept. 3. -
ACS event offers snapshot of the state of the death penalty in N.C. and the courts
Speaker Tom Maher heads the Center for Death Penalty Litigation based in Durham. -
Law School launches "Duke in D.C."
Externships in the nation's capital give second- and third-year students valuable federal public sector experience. -
Law School's cafe opens for business
The Refectory Cafe features fresh, healthy fare made with local, sustainably-produced ingredients. -
Duke Law welcomes entering students
LEAD week activities promote relationships and professional identity and culture. -
Media Advisory: Professor Madeline Morris testifies before military commission Aug. 13
Morris is scheduled to be an expert witness in pretrial motions on behalf of Mohammed Jawad. -
A Q&A with Professor H. Jefferson Powell
Powell discusses his new book, Constitutional Conscience: The Moral Dimension of Judicial Decision (University of Chicago Press, 2008). -
Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility welcomes inaugural fellow
Christian Dysart '07 returns to Duke Law to teach, develop center's programs. -
It's another Fourth Circuit win for the Appellate Litigation Clinic
Ruling aids former inmate seeking damages for incarceration beyond the terms of his sentence. -
Allen G. Siegel, lecturer and Duke Law alumnus, dies
Siegel '60 established the Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Moot Court Competition and David H. Siegel Memorial Scholarship at Duke Law. -
Professor Steven Schwarcz testifies before the Chancery Division of the United Kingdom High Court of Justice
Schwarcz presented expert testimony in a landmark international financial case. » Schwarcz's testimony (pdf) -
Xi-Qing Gao '86 elected to Duke University Board of Trustees
The president and chief investment officer of China Investment Corp. began a five-year term on July 1, 2008. » Duke News & Communications -
Duke Law alumni and faculty collaborate on climate change article
"California, Climate Change, and the Constitution" published in the July/August 2008 edition of The Environmental Forum. » The Environmental Forum -
High school students take crash course in wrongful convictions
Duke Law’s inaugural TIP program is hosted by the Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility. -
Deciphering the Medellin v. Texas ruling
The Vienna Convention treaty is unusual because its enforcement rests with police and prosecutors, says Professor Ernest Young. » ABA Journal -
Professor Christopher Schroeder testifies in Congress on Office of Legal Counsel interrogation advice
Schroeder testified as part of ongoing investigation into OLC advice on interrogation practices. -
Parsing Boumediene v. Bush
Faculty scholars examine the significance of Supreme Court’s extension of constitutional right of habeas to Guantanamo detainees. -
Professor Christopher Schroeder to testify in Congress on issues relating to Guantanamo interrogations
Schroeder will testify June 26 before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. -
Angela Harper '11 speaks about child trafficking in Ghana
Harper shares what she learned during a six-week summer internship with the Association of People for Practical Life Education (APPLE). » WUNC -
Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic studies environmental impact of naval landing base
Clinic retained by Gates County, N.C., community group. » The Virginian-Pilot -
Duke Law students secure significant ruling for disabled inmates in Fourth Circuit
Prisoner's case was briefed and argued by students in the Appellate Litigation Clinic. -
Professor James Boyle presents at Google's Eurozeitgeist
Boyle speaks about how the online world has changed copyright law and what it means for the distribution, creation, and incentivization of culture. » YouTube -
Lauren Collins honored with AALL’s Minority Leadership Development Award
Head of reference services for Duke Law Library recognized for strong academic credentials and demonstration of leadership potential. -
Professor Katharine T. Bartlett receives honorary degree from Wheaton College
Duke Law's former dean also delivered keynote address to Wheaton's graduating class. -
The latest on Internet address changes - May 19 update
Community members: file and most printing services are available; GroupWise servers are up; webmail access is coming. -
N.C. attorney general appoints special prosecutor in case handled by Duke's Innocence Project
David Pishko '77 represents inmate requesting new trial. » Winston-Salem Journal -
Honoring the talented class of 2008
Graduates are praised for their academic achievements and commitment to public service. -
Adopting Awa
After completing her 1L year, Lori Russel '10 puts Duke Law School on hold until she can bring her daughter back home with her from Togo. » The News & Observer -
2008 Justin Miller Awards announced at Graduation Gala
Graduating students receive awards for integrity, intellectual curiosity, citizenship, and leadership. -
LLM students receive award for leadership and community participation
Carlos Kaplan and Masaya Tsuda honored at the 2008 Graduation Gala. -
Innocence Project work unveiled in motion
Motion asking for a new trial for a N.C. man outlines exculpatory evidence uncovered by Duke Law students and faculty. » Winston-Salem Journal -
Scholars honored with distinguished professorships
Professors Powell, Coleman, and Rai receive Duke University and Law School chairs. -
Quest for Southern justice
Appreciation pours in from sites Duke Law students visited during Spring Break. -
Fellowship recipients commit to public interest
Emilia Beskind '08 heads to Georgetown Law Center as a Prettyman Fellow and Leah Nicholls '07 joins the Public Citizen Litigation Group with the assistance of a Supreme Court Assistance Project Fellowship. -
Duke Law honors the Class of 2008
Graduation events begin with a gala on May 7 and conclude with the University commencement and farewell tea on May 11. -
DBA recognizes jobs well D.O.N.E.
Duke Bar Association honors student and faculty for "outstanding and noteworthy endeavors." -
Reunion 2008
Weekend filled with exciting events, including a ceremony honoring distinguished alumni. -
"Extraordinary rendition" procedure unreliable, says CIA vet who created it
Speaking at a Duke Law School conference on strategies for combating terrorism, Michael Scheuer says he always distrusted intelligence resulting from the program. » The Globe and Mail -
Conference explores strategies for next administration in the war on terrorism
In a keynote address, the Iraqi ambassador reviews post-invasion mistakes and successes. -
Deans' Dialogue: What would Dean Levi do with $100 million?
Levi imagines Duke Law graduates as civic educators and international ambassadors for rule of law. -
Duke Law community participates in Dedicated to Durham
Students, faculty, and staff spend a Friday afternoon volunteering together at area nonprofit organizations. -
The EU and U.S.: an indispensable partnership
Transatlantic relations have warmed "spectacularly," top EU diplomat tells Duke Law audience April 8. -
Professor James Boyle appointed as the chairman of the board of Creative Commons
Boyle is a founding board member of the nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to creative works. -
Civil rights luminaries reflect on Brown v. Board of Education
Key advocates in landmark case help launch Duke Forum on Law and Social Change. -
Duke, UNC law students join forces to help veterans, April 4
Vets can get help completing disability benefits at day-long Duke Law clinic. -
Students take road trip to Supreme Court hearing
2Ls Robert Giddings and LaToya Edwards waited in line 21 hours to see District of Columbia v. Heller argued. -
Duke Law students continue annual service of free tax assistance to low-income taxpayers
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program helped 218 Durham residents for the 2006 tax period. -
Obama's race speech earns mixed review from lecturer
While praising Barak Obama's recent speech for addressing critical issues on race, Mills Conversation Series speaker Juan Perea calls for Latinos to be part of dialogue. » The Herald Sun -
Jeff Coates named associate dean for alumni and development
Veteran fund-raiser joins Duke from University of Illinois College of Law. -
Mills Conversation Series sparks dialogue on race
Next two events on March 20 and March 26 at Duke Law. -
AALL hails Duke Law professor's study of law librarianship
"Redefining a Profession" by Senior Associate Dean for Information Services Richard Danner recognized in all-time top 25 articles list for Law Library Journal. -
New York Times reporter Stephen Labaton ’86 discusses recent story on John McCain and lobbyist
Labaton is winner of DeWitt Wallace Center’s 2008 Futrell Award. -
Duke’s moot court teams notch big wins
Law School students take top honors in three recent competitions. -
Effective appellate advocacy
Carter Phillips offers advice from his career experience. -
Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration
Duke conference charts course for new administration in combating terrorism, April 10-11. -
U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement speaks to Duke Law students
Clement offers insight into the many functions of the Office of the Solicitor General in his Feb. 28 address. -
Exposed today, grandchildren pay
Siegel Memorial Lecture in Ethics addresses legal and ethical implications of transgenerational environmental epigenetics. -
Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration
April 10-11, 2008: Conference will examine a number of specific issues with regard to shaping our counterterrorism policy for the next four years and beyond. » Event Details -
Mills Conversation Series returns to spark dialogue on race
A public discussion of immigration reform will launch the series March 5. -
Duke Law Innocence Project seeks to reopen Fayetteville murder case
Students hope to exonerate Lamont McKoy, who has spent 17 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit. » WRAL -
LGBT Law 101
Panelists review legal issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and families. -
ESQ 2008 answers professional questions the casebooks can’t
Duke Law alumni and friends return to offer insight and advice to current students. -
Scholar praises 14th Amendment as "real" Constitution
Speaking Feb. 14, Professor Garrett Epps '91 says it delivered on the promise of "one nation." -
Former Duke Law School Dean Sneed dies
Joseph Sneed also served as deputy attorney general of the United States and spent three decades on the bench in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. » San Francisco Chronicle -
Program in Public Law presents Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, Feb. 27
U.S. Solicitor General is top Supreme Court advocate. -
Tie declared in Dean's Cup Moot Court competition
Justice Samuel Alito, Judge Jose Cabranes, and Judge William Pauley visit Duke Law to preside over competition. -
Conference explores transatlantic approaches to data privacy and protection
Policymakers, business leaders, and scholars discuss the challenges faced in designing comprehensive privacy laws and policies. -
Exposed today, grandchildren pay
Siegel Lecture in Ethics explores implications of transgenerational environmental epigenetics, Feb. 26. -
John Shipley '95 recalls Padilla prosecution for Duke Law students
Federal prosecutor says historic terrorism trial was challenging and satisfying. -
Careers in intellectual property
Panelists discuss a wide-range of options and experiences in the field. -
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky stresses the importance of offering debate in schools
Chemerinsky attributes his own skills in analysis, research and public speaking to participation in debate. » USA Today -
Duke Law’s moot court team makes national semifinals
Team to compete at 4 p.m. EST today, Jan. 31. -
ABA President William H. Neukom to speak at hooding ceremony
Long-time counsel for Microsoft, Neukom will address Class of 2008 on May 10. -
The process of becoming a leader
Second annual Duke Law Leadership Experience examines the development of a leadership identity. -
Data privacy in transatlantic perspective: conflict or cooperation?
Duke conference explores challenges of and approaches to data privacy, Jan. 28. -
Law and leadership
Ben Heineman outlines vision, challenge for lawyers and law schools. -
In praise of American juries
Professor Neil Vidmar makes the case that the system works in his new book, American Juries: The Verdict. -
Religious sign in patrol car raises legal questions
Promotion of a particular set of religious beliefs in a government vehicle is wrong, says Professor Erwin Chemerinsky. » Greensboro News & Record -
Innocence Projects often at odds with law-enforcement agencies and prosecutors
Difficulties experienced by the Duke Law School Innocence Project in the Kalvin Michael Smith case are not unusual. » Winston-Salem Journal -
A different kind of NIMBYism
Professor Barbara Hines describes the living conditions of immigrant children detained in the T. Don Hutto Residential Facility and her immigration clinic’s endeavors to change them. -
Duke Law Web site restored
Efforts to address the web and data security breach are ongoing » Incident Report -
Professor James Cox testifies before U.S. Treasury committee Dec. 3
Testimony addressed issues of sustainability in the accounting profession. -
American politics: a speculative market
Professor Jedediah Purdy says that by approaching politics as a merely tactical thing, campaigns and voters help make it just that. » The Guardian -
From the bench to the dean's desk
The academy and the judiciary have a lot in common, Dean Levi tells N.C. attorneys and judges. -
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky says government can ban some weapons
Chemerinsky responds to the Supreme Court's decision rule on D.C. handgun ban. » Newark Star-Ledger -
Former OLC chief Jack Goldsmith reflects on post 9/11 legal opinions
Fear, secrecy, and lack of review contributed to flaws in opinions Goldsmith said. -
Former Office of Legal Counsel head Jack Goldsmith speaks at Duke Law Nov. 12
Goldsmith will discuss his new book The Terror Presidency. -
Judge Diane Wood speaks on role of international law in U.S. courts Nov. 5
Seventh Circuit judge says Medellin will offer a significant ruling. -
ICTY Judge discusses challenges of international criminal court, tribunals
Theodor Meron gives keynote address of Duke Law School's International Week. -
Federal Bureau of Prisons chief speaks to Duke Law students Oct. 25
Assisting prisoners with community re-entry after incarceration is key focus of system, says Lappin. -
Colonel discusses his refusal to prosecute a suspected terrorist
Interrogation tactics were "a violation of the UN Torture Convention,” says Lt. Col. Stuart Couch. -
Justice Alito among Dean’s Cup Moot Court judges for 2008
Dean Levi announces the judges for the final round of the Duke Law School moot court competition in February. -
Professor Arti Rai testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee Oct. 24
Rai addresses federally-funded university research within the patent system. -
Jay Sekulow discusses Roberts court Oct. 15
The chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice shares insights on abortion litigation and high court advocacy. -
Keynote address on international criminal tribunals kicks off International Week Oct. 22
International Week, Oct. 22-26, celebrates diversity of Duke Law community. -
Duke Law clinic helps launch medical-legal partnership for children
The Children's Law Clinic forms a collaboration with local agencies and health centers to identify legal issues affecting children's health and well-being. -
Program in Public Law presents Jay Sekulow Oct. 15
The chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice will discuss the Roberts court. -
Learning from lacrosse
An interdisciplinary Duke Law conference examines the practice and ethics of trying cases in the media. -
Read the Fall 2007 issue of Duke's Environmental Law Newsletter
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Political scientist and legal theorist Jack Knight to join Duke Law Faculty
Knight will hold appointments with the Law School and Duke’s Political Science Department. -
Professor Steven Schwarcz testifies before House Financial Services Committee
On Oct. 2, Schwarcz addressed the issue of systemic risk and regulators' ability to respond to threats to the financial system. -
An "unspeakable compromise:" slavery and the Constitution
Delivering Duke's Constitution Day address, Professor Walter Dellinger said the Framers both accommodated slavery and planted the seeds of its demise. -
New Duke Law center will focus on criminal justice and professional responsibility
Duke University will invest $1.25 million over five years to establish center. » More -
Study examines who uses health insurance benefits
Professor Barak Richman finds that race and family income play a significant role in determining who takes advantage of mental health and drug benefits. » The News & Observer -
Conference to explore the legal and ethical issues of high-profile cases
The Court of Public Opinion will be held at Duke Law School Sept. 28-29, 2007 -
Class of 2010 Profile
Interesting facts and unique accomplishments of the Class of 2010. -
Duke’s Appellate Litigation Clinic notches a win in Fourth Circuit
Students briefed and argued case on behalf of NC inmate. -
New study reveals disparities in use of healthcare benefits by race and class
Professor Barak Richman's study examines the use of mental health and drug benefits by employees with identical benefits. -
Professor Walter Dellinger discusses slavery and the Constitution
Dellinger reflects on Constitution's "defects" as well as its glories, Sept. 17 -
Panelists parse Supreme Court rulings on school integration
Two Law School events explored the legal and policy implications of Parents Involved. -
Professor James Boyle says science benefits from accessible research
Column discusses the benefits of - and resistance to - making research more accessible online. » Financial Times -
Panel discussions explore Supreme Court rulings on school integration
Lunchtime events Sept. 5-6 look at legal and policy implications of key rulings. -
Duke Law students, faculty, celebrate NC man's exoneration
Dwayne Dail's release "reinvigorates" those who work to overturn wrongful convictions, says 3L Jeffrey Ward. -
Innocence Project pushes for new trial for client
Professor James Coleman outlines new evidence suggesting a wrongful conviction in beating case. » Winston-Salem Journal -
Constitutional law scholar Ernest Young to join Duke Law faculty
Young is the latest in a line of strong lateral hires at Duke -
House Judiciary Committee counsel offers inside look at battle over executive privilege
Elliot Mincberg, chief counsel for oversight and investigations, charges that the White House seeks to expand the protection beyond that claimed by any other administration. -
Duke launches interdisciplinary Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
New clinic allows law and environmental science students to collaborate on addressing complex issues. -
Chief counsel for oversight and investigations for the House Judiciary Committee speaks at Duke Law Aug. 23
Elliot Mincberg, chief counsel for oversight and investigations, says the White House is trying to unreasonably expand the protection. -
Dean Levi welcomes the Class of 2010
Entering students are encouraged to embody integrity and practice professionalism during kickoff events for LEAD week. -
Going Green
New Star Commons among seven projects seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) designation last month, making June the greenest month for the Triangle. » The News & Observer -
Alaska Law Review Article Draws Media Attention
An Alaska Law Review article by Erik Smith '07, addressing the use of dental therapists, rather than certified dentists, to treat patients in Native Alaskan communities, is the subject of a local news telecast. » 2 News KTUU.com -
Duke Law School Welcomes Dean Levi
The Hon. David F. Levi, former chief U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of California, began his tenure July 1. -
Hunt Aims to Prove a New Case of Innocence
Students and faculty in Duke's Innocence Project work with Darryl Hunt, who spent more than 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, to review the case of a man convicted in the near-fatal beating of a Winston-Salem woman. » Winston-Salem Journal -
DJGLP Publishes "Gender, Sexuality & the Military"
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy focuses on such timely issues as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and the Solomon Amendments. -
Clinical Professor Andrew Foster Appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
Foster will serve a two-year term as the Journal's associate editor before assuming the role of editor-in-chief. -
Incoming Dean Judge David Levi Receives Honorable Send-off From the Federal Bench
The legal community says goodbye to David Levi as he leaves the Federal Bench to lead Duke Law School. »Read the Sacramento Bee Article »Read Congressional Remarks -
Professor Donald Horowitz briefs President Bush on Iraq Policy
One of six scholars to meet with President Bush and Vice President Cheney in the Oval Office, Professor Horowitz discussed alienation of Sunni Arabs and problems with the Iraqi constitution. -
Duke Law Contributes to Duke's New Public iTunes U Site
The Law School has contributed 73 downloadable videos and audio files to Duke's recently unveiled iTunes U site (Read more about iTunes U). >>Access Duke on iTunes U -
Zephyr Teachout '99 and Shawn Bayern to join Duke Law Faculty as Visiting Assistant Professors
As part of the Law School's new Visiting Assistant Professor Program, Zephyr and Bayern will spend two academic years at the Law School. -
2007 Class Gift Campaign
Graduating class sets record with more than $180,000 in donations. -
The Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law Features an Article by Professor Jim Salzman
Professors and experts in land use and environmental law recognize an article by Professor Jim Salzman as one of the best of 2006. -
Celebrating the Class of 2007:
Justin Miller Awards and Faculty Awards honor members of the graduating class of 2007 -
Kudos, Advice Send Off the “Spectacular” Class of 2007
Speakers at Law School's annual hooding ceremony highlight achievements of graduates and praise contributions of family and friends. -
Annual Southern Justice Spring Break Trip
Thirty-three Duke Law students and Associate Dean Carol Spruill spent their spring break doing public interest and pro bono work throughout the South -
Class of 2007 Student Profiles:
Linton Mann III, B.A., Univ. of Georgia, 2004
Amy Curry, B.A., Indiana University, 2004
Chris Murray, B.A., Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2000
Jamie Markham, B.A. Harvard College, 1999 -
Duke Law's Public Interest and Pro Bono Board Wins N.C. Bar Award
The North Carolina Bar Association recognizes the Law School's Public Interest and Pro Bono Award with the Outstanding Law Student Pro Bono Project Award -
From North Carolina: The Alaska Law Review
Duke Law students publish Alaska's law manual » Fairbanks Daily News-Miner -
Charlie Rose '68 to Speak at Law School's Hooding Ceremony
Awarding-winning journalist and host of PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show" to speak at Hooding Ceremony » more -
Richardson and De Achaval to Speak at Graduation Hooding Ceremony
Chris Richardson and Federico de Achaval have been elected to speak on behalf of the graduating class of 2007 -
The Hon. David F. Levi is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The incoming dean of Duke Law School is a member of the 2007 Class of Fellows -
Richardson and De Achaval to Speak at Graduation Hooding Ceremony
Chris Richardson and Federico de Achaval have been elected to speak on behalf of the graduating class of 2007 -
Professors Fisk and Salzman honored with distinguished professorships
Professors Catherine Fisk and James Salzman named to distinguished professorships April 25 -
Amy Curry and Rita Trivedi to Present Third-year Captsone Projects
Curry and Trivedi present their projects before the Capstone Committee and faculty -
Duke Reaches Finals of WTO Moot Court Competition
A Duke Law teams will travel to Geneva in May for the finals of the prestigious "EMC2" WTO Moot Court Competition -
Professor George Christie to be Honored by University of Athens
Professor George C. Christie will receive an honorary degree from the University of Athens on April 30. -
Duke Law Community Gathers to Celebrate Excellence
The Duke Bar Association organizes a celebration of "Duke Outstanding and Noteworthy Endeavors" - D.O.N.E. - to close the academic year. -
Triangle Law and Economics Conference
"The Role of Information in Supporting Legal and Economic Institutions"
April 27-29, 2007 » Details -
"A Wrongful Convictions Reality Case"
Professor James Coleman discusses role of the state bar, attorney general, and Duke University in the Duke lacrosse case -
Endowed Professorship Honors Dean Katharine T. Bartlett
Duke Law School's Board of Visitors, alumni, and friends establish the Edgar P. & Elizabeth C. Bartlett Professorship Fund in honor of Dean Katharine Bartlett -
Timothy McGinn ’09 Named 2007 Hardt Cup Champion
McGinn was one of 135 students to compete in the annual competition -
Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles for 2006
Peer teachers in corporate and securities law recognize an article by Professor James Cox as one of the best of 2006 -
The Marker Case
Editorial presses for review of Winston Salem police investigation into 1995 beating; the case has been reopened largely due to the efforts of Professor James Coleman and students in Duke Law School's Innocence Project » Winston-Salem Journal -
Center on Law, Ethics and National Security hosts conference
"Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward?"
April 12-13, 2007 » Details -
“The U.S. Privacy Act in Comparative Perspective”
Professor Francesca Bignami speaks on data protection in European Parliament -
Questions lead to review of 1995 beating case
Duke law students pushed Winston-Salem police to take closer look at how investigation of beating case was handled » Winston-Salem Journal -
Duke Law team wins Moot Court Competition
Chris Richardson '07 and Steven Schindler '07 make Duke Law proud -
Law students do office work
Duke Law students get tips on dealing with difficult people in the workplace as part of the Career and Professional Development Center's "Fundamentals of Professionalism and Leadership" series » Herald Sun -
PILF Auction and Gala
Eleventh annual Public Interest Law Foundation's Auction and Gala raises record amount for summer public interest fellowships -
"Synthetic Biology"
Duke Law School hosts "Synthetic Biology: The Intellectual Property Puzzle" Workshop, March 2-3 -
Prisoners of the rule of law
Following a ruling that denies Guantanamo detainees access to federal courts to challenge their detentions, Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for the Supreme Court to hear their appeal on an expedited basis » Boston Globe -
Rites and wrongs
Ten years after its passage, Professor Doriane Coleman reflects on the educational significance of a federal law prohibiting female circumcision » Boston Globe -
Freedom of the Press & the Military
Professor Scott Silliman takes part in roundtable discussion on free speech and the military » WUNC -
Jewelry companies look for values in valuables
Professors Joost Pauwelyn and Barak Richman comment on international process intended to keep conflict diamonds out of mainstream markets » Los Angeles Times -
Faith, Politics, and the Law, Feb. 27
Former head of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives speaks at Law School -
Congress can limit troops
Duke scholars say Congress has the power to limit troop escalation in Iraq -
Program in Public Law presents University of Texas Professor Sanford Levinson
Constitutional Scholar Sanford Levinson calls for a national conversation on "Our Undemocratic Constitution" -
Duke graduates "top pick" among nation's largest law firms
Duke Law School came in fifth among the country's 250 biggest law firms for hiring first-year associates according to new survey by The National Law Journal. » The National Law Journal -
Policy secrecy serves no one
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for openness in in Los Angeles police disciplinary proceedings » Los Angeles Times -
Private wealth is changing the world
Professor Joel Fleishman discusses his new book, "The Foundation: A Great American Secret" -
Duke trustees approve new joint degree programs
Duke trustees have approved two new dual degree programs at the Law School, a three-year JD/DESS in global business law and a JD/MEMP in cooperation with the Pratt School of Engineering. -
Children's Education Law Clinic saves 1,000 school days!
A dozen public school students were in school for 1,000 days when they otherwise would have been excluded as a result of the work of the Children's Education Law Clinic. -
The Times calls Professor James Boyle one of "the world's clearest thinkers on the impact of the internet"
Richard Susskind singles Boyle out for his work on the information economy. » Times Online -
Post-Election Analysis with Ronald Klain
December 1, 2006 -
Countdown to Finals Week
Changes to the Law Library's schedule for Finals Week at Duke Law.
2007 (old website)
- Lunchtime panel explores the significance of the first guilty plea by a Guantanamo detainee, March 28
» more - Professor Christopher Schroeder comments on the "showdown" between Democratic lawmakers and the president over whether senior White House aides will testify about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys
» Congressional Quarterly - Professor Erwin Chemerinsky comments on the administration's argument that if the president has broad discretion to appoint U.S. attorneys, he also has the power to fire them for any reason » Slate
- Professor Scott Silliman discusses who is liable for harm when service from private military contractors results in injury or death » WUNC
- Professor James Cox comments on a move by the SEC that allows financial institutions to "manipulate" investor purchases in the auction-rate market » Bloomberg.com
- Professor James Boyle asks, "in matters of intellectual property, who is the trespasser and who is the greedy landowner?" » Financial Times
- Professor Catherine Fisk comments on the practice of imposing employment bans on whistle-blowers when settling termination suits » USA Today
- Professors Walter Dellinger and Christopher Schroeder review congressional authority - beyond the power of the purse - to change the course of the Iraq war
» The New York Times - Even taking into account different interpretations of the Second Amendment, Professor Erwin Chemerinsky says that an appeals court was wrong in striking down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns
» Washington Post - Duke Law Professor Stuart Benjamin comments on the FCC's attempts to gain authority to regulate violence on broadcast and basic cable networks » more
- Duke Law students get tips on dealing with difficult people in the workplace as part of the Career and Professional Development Center's "Fundamentals of Professionalism & Leadership" series » Herald Sun
- Professor James Cox says that SEC seems to be making a historic shift away from investor interests
» The New York Times - Professor Jerome Reichman calls for public funding and oversight of clinical trials, saying drug companies rarely compare how well new and cheaper products do against existing drugs » The News & Observer
- Eleventh annual PILF Auction & Gala raises record amount for summer public interest fellowships
» The Chronicle - Dr. Robert Hunt, senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia explores "The Geography of Innovation in the U.S." on Mar. 7, as part of "The Information Ecology" lecture series » more
- "Synthetic Biology: The Intellectual Property Puzzle" - Workshop, March 2-3 » more
- Duke Law Drama Society presents "The Laramie Project," March 1-3 » more
- Yale scholar Reva Siegel delivers annual Currie Lecture, March 1 » more
- Following a ruling that denies Guantanamo detainees access to federal courts to challenge their detentions, Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for the Supreme Court to hear their appeal on an expedited basis » Boston Globe
- Faith, Politics and the Law: Former head of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives speaks at Law School Feb. 27 » more
- Professors Joost Pauwelyn and Barak Richman comment on international process intended to keep conflict diamonds out of mainstream markets
» Los Angeles Times - Ten years after its passage, Professor Doriane Coleman reflects on the educational significance of a federal law prohibiting female circumcision » Boston Globe
- The Program in Public Law presents "The Battle of New London: Understanding the Kelo Case," Feb. 26 » more
- The Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Society hosts 6th Annual 'Hot Topics' Symposium February 23 » more
- PILF Auction & Gala set for February 24 » more
- Professor Joel Fleishman urges new era of accountability in philanthropy » more
- Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Society hosts 6th annual "Hot Topics" Symposium, Feb. 23 » more
- Professor Scott Silliman takes part in roundtable discussion on free speech and the military » WUNC
- Judge Gerald Tjoflat'57 lectures, receives Federalist Society honors, Feb. 22 » more
- Duke Law Journal’s 37th annual Administrative Law Conference: Regulating Food » more
- Fifth Annual Duke Law ESQ Career Symposium highlights career opportunities » more
- Court TV anchor and former prosecutor Jack Ford criticizes the "certainty" with which media outlets reported events in coverage of Duke lacrosse case
» Herald Sun
- Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz to deliver annual Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property, Feb. 16 » more
- DBA Leadership Committee presents inaugural symposium on leadership, Jan. 19 » more
- The Center for International and Comparative Law presents a lunchtime talk on "Happiness and the Law" by world-renowned economist Bruno Frey, Feb. 14
» more - Duke Law Professor James Boyle reacts to Steve Jobs' call for media companies to curb digital rights protections for music downloads » NPR
- Professor Robinson O. Everett questions whether Durham DA Mike Nifong was obligated by the North Carolina evidence rules to fully disclose DNA test results to defense lawyers in the Duke lacrosse case
» Herald Sun - The Program in Public Law presents Feb. 12 panel discussion on the legal issues surrounding the Military Commissions Act of 2006 » more
- Professor Walter Dellinger tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that Congress can "validly limit the presidential use of force" » The New York Times
- Panel examines role of prosecutor and press in high-profile cases » more
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky challenges U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' assertion that the Constitution does not guarantee habeas corpus
» San Francisco Chronicle - Court TV anchor Jack Ford discusses media coverage of Duke lacrosse case » more
- Duke Law professors take part in Feb. 7 NCBA program on separation of powers » more
- The Duke Law Leadership Experience: Symposium highlights elements of leadership and professionalism
» more - Professor Clark Havighurst reflects on antitrust cases pending before the Supreme Court » National Law Journal
- Professor Walter Dellinger to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee on "Exercising Congress's Constitutional Power to End a War" » more
- Professors Thomas Metzloff, James Coleman, and Visiting Professor Michael Tigar discuss state bar ethics charges against DA Mike Nifong, and the role of the press in trying high profile cases » The News & Observer
- Law & Contemporary Problems presents 2007 Symposium: "Odious Debts and State Corruption," Jan. 26 » more
- Duke constitutional scholars say Congress has power to limit Iraq troop increase more
- The Career and Professional Development Center at Duke Law School will host February workshop on dealing with conflict and difficult people » The New York Times
- Adam Doverspike '09 and Justin Outling '08 are among 24 North Carolina students selected for spring internships with state agencies » more
- Program in Public Law hosts Jan. 25 discussion on "Trying Cases in the Media: The Role of Prosecutor and Press" » more
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for openness in Los Angeles police disciplinary proceedings
» Los Angeles Times - Professors Barak Richman and Joost Pauwelyn critique the Kimberley Process, an international initiative aimed at keeping "blood diamonds" out of mainstream distribution » The News & Observer
- Constitutional Scholar Sanford Levinson calls for a national conversation on "Our Undemocratic Constitution"» more
- Professor Joel Fleishman discusses his new book, "The Foundation: A Great American Secret" » more
- Duke University celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., January 12-16 » Commemoration
- Provost names Federal Judge David Levi as the next Dean of Duke Law School » more
- Professor Donald Horowitz elected to head American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy » more
- Reflecting on Enron, Professor Steven Schwarcz says that in an age of increasing financial complexity, "the disclosure paradigm [alone] has become an anachronism" » The New Yorker
- Professor Neil Vidmar takes part in on-air roundtable discussion about jury behavior » The State of Things
- The Program in Public Law launches spring semester Jan. 10 with a lunch-time talk by constitutional scholar Sanford Levinson » more
2006
- Marathon run benefits Loan Assistance Repayment Program» more
- Professor James Cox says an SEC proposal to give corporate managers more flexibility in assessing internal financial controls may weaken investor protection
» Businessweek.com - The Duke Endowment donates additional $2 million for Law Library renovations » more
- Professor Jonathan Wiener elected to lead Society for Risk Analysis » more
- Professor Scott Silliman says ACLU lawsuit against Defense Secretary Rumsfeld over torture of detainees faces an uphill battle » The Christian Science Monitor
- Professor Donald Horowitz says the Bush administration should seize the opportunity to change the course in Iraq with the creation of an "undivided federal Iraq," limited regional authority, and a new agreement for distributing oil revenue among Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis » The Wall Street Journal (subscribers)
- Professor Christopher Schroeder takes part in Annenberg Center debate on the "use and abuse" of presidential signing statements » Justice Talking
- Duke trustees approve new joint degree programs
» more - Professor James Cox comments on a controversial report that recommends rolling back corporate regulation and SEC powers » Washington Post
- Professor Neil Siegel says the Supreme Court’s ruling in two cases on race-conscious school assignment plans could mark the final legacy of Brown v. Board of Education » Newsweek
- Duke Law team runs Charlotte Marathon to benefit public interest legal work Dec. 9 » more
- Duke Law Journal focuses on Hurricane Katrina for the 37th Annual Administrative Law Issue » more
- Professor Scott Silliman participates in an ABA roundtable discussion on detaining and prosecuting terrorists » C-Span
- Professor Barak Richman says the conflict diamond industry is difficult to regulate legally, responding to a new industry certification process » more
- Professors James Coleman and Mitu Gulati argue that large law firms' failure to provide mentoring and good assignments, not law school grades, help explain why minority associates are less likely to make partner than their white counterparts » The New York Times
- Professor Neil Siegel says that two cases on race-conscious school assignment plans that will come before the Supreme Court December 4 "could be the final chapter in the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education." » more
- Professor James Cox comments on the proposed merger of the NASD and the NYSE to form single regulatory body » Los Angeles Times
- Professor James Boyle is called one of "the world's clearest thinkers on the impact of the internet"
» The Times
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky joins a group of top constitutional scholars asking the First Circuit to consider a challenge to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy » U.S. Newswire
- Duke Law School's LL.M program offers an international perspective » South China Morning Post (.pdf)
- Professor Neil Siegel says that two cases on race-conscious school assignment plans that will come before the Supreme Court December 4 "could be the final chapter in the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education." » more
- Professors Curtis Bradley and Madeline Morris appointed to Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on International Law » more
- Duke tax experts Lawrence Zelenak and Alan Weinberg explain significance of an IRS lien filed against the property of a Durham lawyer » Herald-Sun
- Professor Scott Silliman argues that the U.S. is aggressively working to regain its status as a world leader on human rights issues » Public Radio International
- Responding to a speech on markets by new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Professor James Cox says that in order for markets to be attractive, they must be trustworthy » Marketplace
- John Bellinger III, legal adviser to the secretary of state, explores transatlantic differences in approach to international law and institutions » more
- Duke Law community celebrates Judge Robinson Everett’s support of LENS » more
- Charlie Rose ’68 to speak at Law School’s hooding ceremony » more
- Siegel Lecturer Carl Schneider argues that informed consent has failed » more
- Professor James Coleman petitions Gov. Mike Easley to grant clemency for death row inmate Guy LeGrande who, Coleman argued, is mentally ill » The Herald-Sun
- The Shakespeare Chronicles: Professor James Boyle pens a literary thriller » more
- Lou Michels '85 discusses his challenge to the military's mandatory anthrax vaccination program November 20
» more - Senior lecturing fellow Hans Linnartz '80 says that electorate is open to comprehensive immigration reform
» The News & Observer - Professor Donald Horowitz appointed to Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion
» more - Professor Stuart Benjamin comments on the FCC's reversal of a March ruling regarding charges of indecency
» Los Angeles Times - John Bellinger III, legal advisor to the secretary of state, examines transatlantic approaches to international law and institutions Nov. 15 » more
- University of Michigan Professor Carl Schneider delivers sixth annual Siegel Lecture in Ethics Nov. 14 » more
- "Practical Politics and the Law" lecture series explores investing with a political twist Nov. 13 » more
- USC Law Professor Mary Dudziak presents the Duke Law Journal’s Fall Lecture, “Working Toward Democracy: Thurgood Marshall and the Constitution of Kenya,” Nov. 10 » more
- Professors Robinson Everett and Scott Silliman discuss the recall to active duty of a retired soldier for possible court martial » The News & Observer
- Professor James Cox says that last year's decline in SEC enforcement cases is directly related to budget cuts in the Commission’s enforcement
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» The Washington Post - Duke community mourns loss of Maja Kolb '07 » more
- Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker and colleagues discuss their investigation of the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program
» The Chronicle - Professor Neil Vidmar, principal author of an amicus brief in Philip Morris USA v. Mayola Williams, says juries behave rationally when making
punitive damage awards
» more - Professor James Cox criticizes proposals to scale back provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, calling them unnecessary and "an escalation of the culture war against regulation" » The New York Times
- Professor Suli Zhu, dean of Peking University School of Law, delivers fifth annual Bernstein Lecture in International and Comparative Law Nov. 2 » more
- Associate Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono Carol Spruill makes it her mission to educate law students to help those who are truly in
need
» Washington Daily News - Professor Scott Silliman calls the increasing criticism made by military members a relatively new phenomenon resulting from an increasingly unpopular war » ABC News
- Join Professor Erwin Chemerinsky for a conversation with Dean Bartlett about leadership, legal education, and her scholarship and influences » more
- Duke Law School celebrates sixth annual International Week » schedule (.pdf)
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Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum fall symposium focuses on children's environmental health Oct. 27
» more - Duke's Center for International and Comparative Law presents "International Programs and the Law: Investigating the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program," featuring Paul Volcker, Oct. 27 » more
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for federal judges to "stand up to Congress and the president" and declare unconstitutional key provisions of the Military Justice Act of 2006 » San Diego Union Tribune
- Professor James Cox says that an unusual jump in trades of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. stock could signal insider trading » BusinessWeek.com
- Professor James Coleman comments on the conduct of the district attorney in the Duke lacrosse case » The New York Times
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky comments on the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a case in which Boy Scouts were denied the use of a public marina because of the Scouts' ban on atheists and gays » The Washington Post
- Professor Justin Hughes of Cardozo Law School delivers the "Information Ecology" Fall 2006 lecture Oct. 23
» more - Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge Co.: Professor Barak Richman finds a wealth of North Carolina history in a classic contracts case » WUNC
- Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination: Duke hosts groundbreaking symposium on workplace appearance standards Oct. 20 » more
- Senior Lecturing Fellow Kathryn Bradley discusses the rights of unwed fathers in adoptions » The News & Observer
- Peter Galbraith, author of The End of Iraq, speaks at Duke Law School Oct. 18 » more
- Professor James Cox says that allegations that Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn spied on HP directors and journalists will spark calls for tighter privacy laws » The Sunday Times
- Community Enterprise Clinic conference educates non-profit managers about social enterprise options and strategies » more
- Duke Law Leadership Retreat focuses on professional development » more
- Professor Catherine Fisk comments on a National Labor Relations Board ruling that says nurses running hospital shifts are management employees and ineligible for union membership » The Plain Dealer
- Associate Dean Carol Spruill wins Duke's Diversity Award » more
- Dean Kenneth Starr '73 praises Chief Justice John Roberts and speaks of key cases on the Supreme Court's docket as part of the Law School's "Practical Politics and the Law" series » Herald Sun
- Congress' approval of the new detainee legislation does not guarantee that it “will pass constitutional muster before the Supreme Court,” says Professor Scott Silliman » The Boston Globe
- Professor Walter Dellinger comments on the Supreme Court’s new term » The Christian Science Monitor
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky says The Public Expression of Religion Act recently passed by the House of Representatives is meant to prevent
challenges to unconstitutional government actions advancing religion
» Washington Post - Professor James Boyle writes about his interest in the much-hyped arrival of the "long tail" economy » Financial Times
- Duke's Center for International and Comparative Law hosts panel discussion on patents, international trade agreements, and access to essential medicines in developing countries » more
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky named University Scholar/Teacher of the Year » more
- Dean Kenneth Starr '73 will speak on his experiences at the intersection of law and politics on October 2, as part of the Law School's "Practical Politics and the Law" series » more
- Professor James Cox testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee September 26 on the issue of insider trading » more
- Duke law professors discuss compromise on detainee legislation reached between the White House and Senate Republicans in light of the Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision
- Professor Neil Siegel in » The News & Observer
- Professor Scott Silliman on » Morning Edition
- Professor Walter Dellinger on » Weekend Edition
- Professor Christopher Schroeder comments on the tension between individual rights and national security in times of external threat » Herald-Sun
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for Congress to adopt laws to protect reporters who keep their sources confidential » Orlando Sentinel
- Professor James Cox calls a retired judge's prompt to dismiss the CEO of Bristol-Myers Squib "a new standard" for independent corporate
monitors
» The New York Times - Dean Katharine T. Bartlett to receive Equal Justice Works award for nurturing an outstanding spirit of public service at Duke Law School » more
- Professor Richard Schmalbeck comments on GlaxoSmithKline's record $3.1 billion settlement with the IRS » The News & Observer
- Professor James Cox says a change in leadership at Bristol-Meyers shows that prosecutors are willing to put the pressure on companies engaged in
wrongdoing
» Washington Post - Duke law faculty comment on the president's plan for trying terrorism suspects:
- Professor Madeline Morris in » Durham Herald-Sun
- Professor Scott Silliman on » Talk of the Nation
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky » The Star-Ledger
- In an essay in the German weekly, Die Zeit, Professor Jedediah Purdy reflects on Sept. 11 and its impact on foreign policy » more
- The Program in Public Law presents "Constitution Day: The Constitution and the War on Terror," September 18 » more
- Professor Walter Dellinger joins former top U.S. Justice Department officials in a letter to the Bush administration urging the revision of its corporate fraud policy aimed at compelling cooperation from potential defendants » Bloomberg.com
- Professor Ralf Michaels questions the genuineness of Albert Gonzales' recent request for a review of anti-terror law » The News & Observer
- Faculty panel previews new Supreme Court term » more
- Professor Jim Cox comments on Prudential Financial Inc.'s $600 million settlement to the SEC, one of the last arising from the 2003 mutual fund
scandal
» Washington Post - The president's bill on military commissions still violates the Constitution, says Professor Madeline Morris, director of the Guantanamo Defense Clinic » more
- Professor Arti Rai comments on the iPod lawsuit settlement » NPR
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Program in Public Law panel considers presidential signing statements » more
- Professor James Coleman addresses issue of diversity in law school admissions, saying that lawyers should reflect the population » Contra Costa Times
- Dean Katharine Bartlett delivers convocation address to Duke graduate and professional students » more
- Professor Scott Silliman comments on the conviction of former CIA contractor David Passaro » Washington Post
- Faculty discuss new Supreme Court term, August 28
» more - Professor Erwin Chemerinsky lauds Judge Ann Digg's Taylor's injunction against domestic warrantless surveillance » Slate.com
- Professor Jim Cox calls "stunning" allegations that a tech company's executives created fictitious employees to manipulate stock options » Los Angeles Times
- LEAD Week: Duke Law Welcomes the Class of 2009
- Professor James Boyle challenges society's bias against open systems, open networks, and non-proprietary production » Financial Times
- Professor Scott Silliman comments on the increasing number of law students interested in national security related issues » The New York Observer
- The Program in Public Law launches academic year with Aug. 21 panel on presidential signing statements » more
- Duke Law Annual Fund sets fund-raising record » more
- Professor Scott Silliman discusses former CIA contractor David Passaro » NPR
- Duke Law hosts August 11 meeting of North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission » more
- Duke Law Professors respond to ABA Task Force report on signing statements:
- Professor Curtis Bradley » Boston Globe
- Professor Walter Dellinger » The New York Times
- Professors Christopher Schroeder and Walter Dellinger join response of OLC veterans » More
- Duke Law students fight for the rights of suspected terrorists through the Guantanamo Defense Clinic, headed by Professor Madeline Morris
» Duke Magazine
- Professor Doriane Coleman comments on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s consideration of whether to include "altitude rooms" on its list of of
prohibited methods
» The New York Times
» Center for Sports Law & Policy Position Paper (pdf) - Professor Jedediah Purdy takes part in on-air discussion of whether and when law should lead social change or follow social custom » WUNC
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky discusses his cases and career in "Tar Heel of the Week" profile » The News & Observer
- The shift from analog to digital signals in broadcasting will have broad effects, says Professor Stuart Benjamin » CNN.com
- Professor Sara Beale comments on how convening a new grand jury to investigate charges of steroid abuse against Barry Bonds might benefit the prosecution's case » San Francisco Chronicle
- Professor Madeline Morris testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the ratification of the U.S. - U.K. extradition treaty » More
- Professor Scott Silliman testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and how Congress should respond to the ruling » More
- Professor William Reppy weighs in on the issue of pets as property » St. Petersburg Times
- Professor Neil Vidmar discusses tort reform proposals currently before Congress, among them the establishment of medical courts » WUNC
- Professor Jedediah Purdy discusses the intersection of two trends: declining birth rates and the retirement of the baby boomer generation » WUNC
- Professor James Cox says indictments could come soon in investigation of stock-options scandal » San Francisco Chronicle
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky comments on the clarity of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ writing as demonstrated by his first-term opinions » The New York Times
- Professor Scott Silliman testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and options for trying Guantanamo detainees » More
- Professor James Cox says that in order for analysts to determine whether the markets have overreacted to the stock-options scandal, they will need to
go beyond identifying which company will be investigated next
» Bloomberg News - Duke Law Professors comment on the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo military commissions » Special Feature
- Professor Scott Silliman advocates the use of courts-martial for trying Guantanamo detainees » The News & Observer
- Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science Neil Siegel also comments on Justice Kennedy's new prominence » Washington Post
- Professor Francis McGovern says that the low number of lawsuits filed against Merck’s Fosamax is evidence that trial lawyers have become more cautious about the number and quality of cases they take on » Los Angeles Times
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky comments on the new prominence of Justice Anthony Kennedy as the Supreme Court's "swing" voter, and the records of new justices Roberts and Alito in their inaugural term » San Francisco Chronicle
- Professor Walter Dellinger has a Supreme Court conversation at "The Breakfast Table" » Slate.com
- Professor James Cox testifies before Congressional subcommittee considering reforms for the conduct of securities class actions » Congressional Testimony
- At a Senate commmittee hearing, Professor Neil Vidmar criticized a bill that would move medical malpractice claims into special health courts and
impose damage caps in liability suits
» Durham Herald-Sun
» Senate Testimony - Judge Robinson O. Everett is inducted into the North Carolina Bar Association's Hall of Fame » More
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky says that closing the Guantanamo detention center should not mean “that detainees get even less in the way of procedural protection” » The Boston Globe
- In the newly released "Law and Class in America," edited by Professors Paul Carrington and Trina Jones, leading legal scholars reflect on whether recent legal reforms are exacerbating class differences in this country » More
- Professor James Boyle cautions that the new Internet Safety Act, which is intended to curb child pornography on the Internet, could also limit content that is not pornographic » New York Times
- Professor Jedediah Purdy's essay, "The New Biopolitics" launches new journal » Democracy
- Scott Silliman says that America's failure to charge Guantanamo detainees has made other countries reluctant to incarcerate them, should the prison be closed » New York Times
- Clinical Professor Carolyn McAllaster weighs in on the legal implications of “bug chasing,” a phenomenon among a subculture of gay men who actively seek to contract HIV » asap
- Professor Barak Richman receives 2006-2007 Provost Common Fund Award, an interdisciplinary research grant » more
- Professor Joost Pauwelyn receives 2005 Paul Guggenheim Prize » more
- Professor Professor James Boyle cautions that the new Internet Safety Act, which is intended to curb child pornography on the Internet, could also limit content that is not pornographic » New York Times
- Professor Jedediah Purdy's essay, "The New Biopolitics" launches new journal » Democracy
- Scott Silliman says that America's failure to charge Guantanamo detainees has made other countries reluctant to incarcerate them, should the prison be closed » New York Times
- Professor James Boyle warns against the WIPO's proposal to extend intellectual property rights for broadcasters and to webcasting, saying the focus should be on "rules of conduct, not rights over content" » Financial Times
- Professor James Cox says that though gains from the 2003 mutual fund scandal were more significant; option backdating has done more to "erode public confidence" » Newsday
- Recent suicides of three Guantanamo detainees may endanger U.S. alliances in the war on terror, says Professor Scott Silliman » Bloomberg.com
- Professor Neil Siegel cautions against amendments to the Constitution that "narrow its promises of liberty and equality" » The News & Observer
- Duke Law staffers honored with Duke Blueprint awards
- Professor Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, tells The Washington Post that direct comparisons between Vietnam's My Lai and civilian killings in Haditha, Iraq are misinformed
- Writing in the Durham Herald-Sun, Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky says that by denying free speech protection to government whistleblowers, the Supreme Court has also denied “the right of people to know”
- Brainerd Currie Professor of Law James Cox tells The News & Observer that it would be irresponsible for Durham officials to approve a deal with Rice Financial Products Co., a company embroiled in a California bribery scandal
- On NPR's "Morning Edition," Dean and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law Katharine Bartlett comments on how judges are handling requests by divorced parents to relocate with children when the other parent objects
- On CNN's "Live Today," Professor and Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Scott Silliman discusses the military’s investigation into the deaths of civilians in Haditha, Iraq (transcript)
- Brainerd Currie Professor of Law James Cox tells Bloomberg that the recent investigation of U.S. companies suspected of backdating stock options is the "biggest pervasive financial scandal in capital markets" since the 2003 mutual-fund scandal
- On NPR's "On the Media," William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle argues that copyright holders have ushered in a "permissions culture"' that ignores the laws governing fair use
- Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky tells The News & Observer that a bill requiring students enrolling in any of North Carolina's 16 public universities to get fingerprinted is "likely to face opposition"
- WUNC highlights Duke Law's Animal Law Clinic
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DELPF symposium yields practical design principles for regional eco-system based ocean management (.pdf)
- Professor Stuart Benjamin comments on the legal and strategic considerations telecommunications companies must weigh when deciding whether to comply with federal government requests for consumer data on NPR's "All Things Considered"
- Professor and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Scott Silliman discusses on NPR's "Morning Edition" the government’s claim to state secrets privilege in a case brought by a German citizen who alleges he was abducted in Europe
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Class of 2006: Celebrating Community and Leadership
- Writing in The Charlotte Observer, Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky warns of the threat unilateral actions by the Bush administration pose to individual liberties
- Children's Education Law Clinic defends constitutional rights of students to take part in immigration protests
- Professors David Lange and Laura Underkuffler receive distinguished professorships
- William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle comments in The New York Times on whether viewers who skip television commercials violate an implicit contract between broadcaster and viewer
- Writing in The Los Angeles Times with two other legal experts, Alston & Bird Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky discusses the state of Los Angeles Police Department reform
- Duke Law team places in top ten and wins “Best Brief” at ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law
- Ian Millhiser ’06 to receive 2006 Burton Award for Legal Achievement
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Two Duke faculty committees, including one headed by Professor James Coleman Jr., release reports on the men's
lacrosse team behavior and student judicial policies and practices
- Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky discusses the legal implications of single-faith prison programs in The Washington Post
- Katharine Bartlett announces she will step down as dean, effective June 30, 2007
- Duke Law scholars are featured guests on WUNC's "The State of Things":
- Jesse-Galen Beardsworth ’06 receives Fulbright-Garcia Robles Grant
- 2006 class gift will double, thanks to a group of Duke Law donors
- Brandon Neal '08 wins 2006 Hardt Cup Moot Court Competition
- Professor James Boyle receives DBA Distinguished Teaching Award
- Duke President Richard Brodhead comments on indictments in lacrosse case
- Professor James Coleman leads internal investigation of lacrosse team conduct
- Commenting to The Christian Science Monitor on the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, Charles Lowndes Professor of Law Sara Beale says that it is unclear how significant a role a defendant has to play in a crime to justify a death sentence
- The Washington Post profiles Assistant Professor Jedediah Purdy
- The Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security and the Program in Public Law co-sponsor conference on "U.S. National Security Strategy: Finding the Right Balance," April 20-21
- Duke Law professors lead University's review of issues stemming from allegations of sexual assault against members of lacrosse team
- Professor Paul Haagen discusses faculty review of disciplinary procedures
- Harry R. Chadwick Sr. Professor of Law Robert Mosteller comments to The New York Times on a trend toward increased disclosure of evidence between prosecutors and defense attorneys in criminal cases
- Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy publishes its inaugural issue
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The journal of Law and Contemporary Problems hosts
April 7 conference on animal law - A recent empirical study by Professor James Salzman finds that the practice of "wetland mitigation banking" leads to loss of urban services
- Program in Public Law sponsors March 30 talk by Duke alumnus Eric Rothschild, one of the lawyers who successfully challenged the inclusion of intelligent design in the Dover, Pa., schools' science curriculum
- Professor Scott Silliman tells Forbes that should the Supreme Court reject the president's plan to convene military trials for suspected terrorist Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the limit could affect other areas of presidential authority
- Duke Law team selected to participate in ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law
- Brainerd Currie Professor of Law James Cox tells The News & Observer that Durham officials should be wary of doing business with a California financial company involved in a bribery scandal
- Writing in The Environmental Forum, Perkins Professor of Law and Environmental Policy Jonathan Wiener says that in comparing U.S. and EU approaches to environmental protection, the interesting question is not who is 'ahead', but why they sometimes select different risks to worry about most
- In the Washington Post, Harry R. Chadwick Sr. Professor of Law Robert Mosteller comments on the ethical implications of coaching witnesses in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial
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Writing in The Wall Street Journal, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Donald Horowitz cautions that the
current Iraqi political stalemate, which is impeding formation of an inclusive government, may help fuel sectarian violence in Iraq
- Duke Law Journal hosts 36th Annual Administrative Law Conference, "Administrative Law and Emergency Management: Katrina and Beyond," March 24
- Professor James Coleman, who chairs the ABA's "Death Penalty Project," explains the ABA's call for a death penalty moratorium in certain states on NPR's "Weekend Edition"
- Professor Arti Rai tells Minnesota Public Radio's "Marketplace" that a new patent case before the Supreme Court will raise the question of whether abstract ideas can be patented
- Term limits for Supreme Court justices discussed in Reforming the Court, co-edited by Professor Paul Carrington
- Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky reacts to South Dakota abortion ban at Bloomberg.com
- Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and Public Policy Studies Christopher Schroeder and Professor Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security take part in Duke panel on "Iraq, torture, and domestic spying: What's the right strategy in the war on terrorism?"
- William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle's groundbreaking book, Shamans, Software, and Spleens, inspires Stanford Law School symposium
- AIDS Legal Project co-sponsors March 10th town hall meeting on "Medicare Part D and its Impact on the HIV Community"
- 10th Annual PILF Auction & Gala raises record amount for summer public interest fellowships
- Duke Law and Technology Review's iBlawg provides forum for cutting-edge discussion of latest developments in technology law
- Writing in the Financial Times, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle measures the progress of the cultural environmentalist movement
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Papers from Program in Public Law spring workshop on "Delegating Sovereignty: Constitutional and Political
Perspectives" available online
- On March 2, Duke Law Professors Christopher Schroeder and Scott Silliman take part in Sanford Institute panel on "Iraq, torture and domestic spying: What's the right strategy in the war on terrorism?"
- Professor Scott Silliman, Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security, reacts to new photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison
- Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Alston & Bird Professor Erwin Chemerinsky says that the L.A. Police Commission's decision to conceal the identity of officers involved in shootings undermines police accountability
- Brainerd Currie Professor Jim Cox tells The Washington Post that the New York Stock Exchange is losing ground to its electronic rivals
- Professor Scott Silliman, Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security, discusses private contractors and the CIA on WUNC's "The State of Things"
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Professor James Coleman leads development of Duke's tough new drug testing policy for student athletes
» view policy - The Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Society hosts 5th Annual 'Hot Topics' Symposium February 17
- Richard and Marcy Horvitz Professor of Law Curtis Bradley tells the Durham Herald-Sun that the president's post-9/11 surveillance practices may be unconstitutional
- Duke Law team wins National Moot Court Competition
- Duke Law School honors late Professor Jerome Culp with February 13 panel on "Reflections on the Pursuit of Racial Justice."
- Pulitzer Prize winning Supreme Court correspondent Linda Greenhouse takes part in the Program in Public Law’s "Great Lives in the Law" series February 13
- Duke Law's Innocence Project instrumental in police's re-investigation of the near-fatal beating of a Winston-Salem woman » The Case
- Richard and Marcy Horvitz Professor of Law Curtis Bradley tells NPR that administration officials have taken his work out of context in citing it in support of wireless domestic surveillance
- Former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar delivers lecture on "Policy in Petroleum-Dependent Economies" Monday, February 6
- Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky tells The New York Times that Justice Alito could have the decisive vote in important cases before the Court this term
- Writing in Durham Herald-Sun, Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky urges Senate democrats to filibuster the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court
- Professor of the Practice of Law James E. Coleman Jr. takes part in debate on affirmative action as equal opportunity or unfair advantage
- Durham Herald-Sun covers Duke Law panel discussion on private military contractors and the law of war
- Richard and Marcy Horvitz Professor of Law Curtis Bradley and Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law Walter Dellinger, along with 12 other prominent constitutional experts, write an open letter to Congress challenging the president's position on warrantless surveillance
- Registration opens for Legal Strategy for Young Lawyers, a CLE program for Duke Law alumni '95-'05 - March 8-10
- Registration opens for the Global Capital Market Center's 2006 Directors' Education Institute, March 15-17
- The International Law Society and the Human Rights Initiative hosts panel discussion on “Private Military Contractors and the Law of War” Monday, January 23
- Professor of Economics Koleman Strumpf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill delivers "The Information Ecology" Spring 2006 lecture Monday, January 23
- Duke Law celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., January 13-22
- Alexander Capron, director of ethics, trade, human rights, and health law at the World Health Organization, delivers fifth annual Rabbi Seymour Siegel Lecture in Ethics on January 19
- Alexander Capron, director of ethics, trade, human rights, and health law at the World Health Organization, delivers fifth annual Rabbi Seymour Siegel Lecture in Ethics on January 19
- On January 17 the Federalist Society presents a lunchtime talk by Brigham Young University Professor Lynn Wardle '74 on the role of Roe v. Wade in the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito
- Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Neil Siegel comment on Alito nomination
- The AIDS Legal Project, headed by Clinical Professor Carolyn McAllaster, turns 10
- Danish Ambassador Friis Arne Peterson speaks at the Law School on January 12, offering a European perspective on the terrorist threat and the war in Iraq
- Writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Alston & Bird Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky challenges the Bush administration's contention that national security justifies violations of civil liberties
- Professor Madeline Morris, director of the Guantanamo Defense Clinic and adviser to the chief defense counsel for the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, comments to The Washington Post on the administration's move to have all detainee habeas corpus petitions dismissed
- Professor Neil Siegel discusses Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's record on NPR's "Talk of the Nation"
2005
- Professor Francis McGovern, the court approved administrator of the SEC's restitution fund, comments to The New York Times on the distribution of $440 million over tainted Wall Street research during the technology boom (registration required)
- Writing in the San Diego Union Tribune, Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science Erwin Chemerinsky comments on the Bush administration's claim that warrantless surveillance was necessary after 9/11
- Writing in the Wall Street Journal on December 14, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Donald Horowitz warns of a possible constitutional crisis in post-election Iraq
- Professor Scott Silliman, executive director of Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, writes in a Herald-Sun op ed that the United States must condemn all acts of cruel, human or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as torture, at home and abroad
- Save the date! The 10th Annual Duke Law Public Interest Law Foundation Auction will be held February 25, 2006 at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art
- Alston & Bird Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky writes in The Newark Star Ledger of the importance of competent trial counsel in capital cases
- Clinical Professor of Law Jane Wettach, director of the Children's Education Law Clinic, writes in Raleigh's News and Observer that year-long school suspensions in response to students' fights do more harm than good
- In ASIL Insight Professor Joost Pauwelyn calls for a comprehensive political settlement in the long-running dispute between the U.S. and Canada over softwood lumber
- Law Library receives Nixon letter to Judge John Sirica claiming executive privilege
- Duke Law students victorious at Regional Moot Court Competition in Richmond, VA
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, David Rawson, talks about dealing "diplomatically" with genocide
- Sirica and Nixon: Program in Public Law event on November 21 revisits the confrontation between Judge John Sirica and President Richard Nixon '37 over executive privilege
- Guantanamo Defense Clinic involves students in defense of Guantanamo Bay detainees
- Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic assists taxpayers with IRS disputes
- Professor Eric A. Posner delivers Duke Law Journal Fall Lecture November 11
- Upcoming symposium to explore issues of "Distributive Injustice in American Health Care"
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, David Rawson, talks about dealing "diplomatically" with genocide
- Charles S. Murphy Professor of law and Professor of Public Policy Studies Christopher Schroeder argues that senatorial requests for information pertaining to Harriet Miers' White House service could have been selectively accommodated without violating "executive privilege"
- Professor William Van Alstyne to deliver the Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture on November 14, on "Clashing Visions of a Living Constitution"
- Laura Petelle '04 establishes unique practice that includes client housecalls
- The Program in Public Law sponsors October 31 talk by Brandt Goldstein, author of Storming the Court, the story of the suit filed by law students and human rights lawyers to free Haitian refugees held on Guantanamo by the American military in the early 1990s
- Intellectual property scholar P. Bernt Hugenholtz compares authors' rights regimes and Creative Commons, two systems that protect the public domain
- Professor Neil Siegel calls for bipartisan consensus that Supreme Court nominees must answer senators' questions about their views on important legal issues in order to earn confirmation
- Duke Law celebrates International Week October 24-28
- Practical Politics and the Law: New Program in Public Law series offers students insight into political process
- The Center for the Study of the Public Domain's lecture series on "The Information Ecology" presents Professor P. Bernt Hugenholtz of the University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law October 24, discussing systems that emphasize the rights and freedoms of creators.
- Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno takes part in the Program in Public Law's "Great Lives in the Law" series
- Community Enterprise Clinic helps North Carolina non-profit lender compete for $40 million in federal economic development funds
- Professor Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, reviews the scope of existing military authority to assist in disaster relief
- William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle argues against extending international intellectual property rights to webcasters in Financial Times column.
- Professor Emeritus of Law, Melvin Shimm, dies at age 79
- The Center for the Study of the Public Domain presents September 22 lecture by Professor Eric von Hippel of MIT on "Democratizing Innovation and Norms-based Intellectual Property Rights"
- Stuffed! Duke Law lead effort to fill 18-wheeler with aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina
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"The Global War on Terrorism: Taking Stock" Participants are Professors:
Scott Silliman: executive director of the Center for Law Ethics and National Security,
Bruce Jentlesen: professor of public policy studies and middle east foreign policy expert,
Chris Schroeder: director of the Program in Public Law.
Room 3041, September 28, 2005 at 12:15 - Student "Stuff the Truck" Donations Drive set for Tuesday, September 13
- Dean Katharine Bartlett's update to the community
- Brainerd Currie Professor of Law James Cox talks with the News and Observer about investor reactions to an increasing number of investigations by the SEC.
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Law faculty pay tribute to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist
- Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law Walter Dellinger
- Professor Neil Siegel - Program in Public Law launches academic year with a consideration of Justice O'Connor's legacy
- Computing Services, Educational Technologies, and the Law Library are demystified during Duke Law School Information Services Week, September 12-15, 2005
- William Neal Reynolds Emeritus Professor of Law Clark C. Havighurst argues against damage caps as a way to approach medical liability reform
- Steven Naclerio '71 and Autumn Floyd '04 offer suggestions for discouraging frivolous lawsuits
- Student-led Guardian ad Litem Program wins N.C. Bar award
- Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law Walter Dellinger says senators should go beyond a review of old policy memos for insights into the thinking of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts
- Duke Law School welcomes the class of 2008
- Duke Law Journals Lead with open access to scholarship
- Heather Holloway '05 wins national award for outstanding work with Children's Education Law Clinic
- Duke Law School's Community Enterprise Clinic Mounts Conference on Social Enterprise June 1
- Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law Walter Dellinger says senators should go beyond a review of old policy memos for insights into the thinking of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts
- In a News and Observer opinion editorial, Professor Neil Siegel calls for the president to nominate a moderate conservative to the Supreme Court--for the sake of the country and his legacy
- Duke Law celebrates Class of 2005 at Annual Hooding Ceremony
- 2005 Justin Miller Award winners announced
- Following the Supreme Court's decision on medical marijuana, Professor Neil Siegel calls on Congress and the president to allow ill individuals to possess small amounts of the drug for medicinal purposes
- Duke Law alumni J. Alexander Tanford '76 and Kenneth Starr '73 prevail as the Supreme Court strikes down trade barriers against the direct sale of wine
- Duke Law adds Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy
- Professor Erwin Chemerinsky calls for the enactment of federal shield laws to allow reporters to protect the confidentiality of their sources
- Top national security experts gather at Duke for "Strategies for the War on Terrorism: Taking Stock"
- Duke Law Celebrates the Class of 2005: The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III to deliver commencement address
- Alston & Bird Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky is named one of the Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America in Legal Affairs poll
- John Adams '62, founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, to receive honorary degree from Duke University on May 15
- Program in Public Law conference focuses on Supreme Court Reform
- Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law Robert Mosteller wins DBA Distinguished Teaching Award
- Chris Baird '05 wins award for excellence in legal writing
- Duke Law team wins the 2005 Sidley-IIEL WTO Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C.
- The Law & Contemporary Problems editorial board hosts April 8 conference at Duke Law School: The Impact of Behavioral Genetics on Criminal Law
- Center on Law Ethics and National Security and Program and Public Law presents Strategies for the War on Terrorism: Taking Stock
- Reunion Weekend 2005, April 15-17, 2005
- The Program in Public Law presents Reforming The Supreme Court?
- The Sports and Entertainment Law Society presents April 6th address by Reed Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
- Duke Law Professor Christopher Schroeder to take part in April 5th panel The Terri Schiavo Case: Continuing the Conversation.
- The Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society will hold its Fourth Annual "Hot Topics" in Intellectual Property Law Symposium on April 1 at the Law School
- The Duke Endowment gives nearly $15 million to Duke University, including $2 million for renovations to the Duke Law School library
- Michael Scharf '88 nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
- Professor Pamela Samuelson of the University of California at Berkeley delivers the Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property
- Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Daniel Ayalon speaks about "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East"
- Public Interest Law Foundation Auction Mar. 4 features travel, art, tickets to top sporting events, and more, all to help students working in public interest positions this summer
- Columbia Law Professor William Simon delivers annual Siegel Lecture in Ethics Mar. 3 at Duke Law School
- Sports attorney David Feher '84 talks about "Fans and Professional Athletes: The Pacers/Pistons Incident and Its implications for Professional Sports" Mar. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in room 4047 of the Law School
- Duke Law Journal hosts thirty-fifth annual Administrative Law Conference Feb. 25: The Role of the Internet in Agency Decisionmaking
- Liz Kuniholm '80 helps AIDS Legal Endowment Fund meet goal
- Duke Law Professor Arti Rai speaks about "Open Source" biology and the role of law in Feb. 17 Information Ecology Series lecture, sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain
- Great Lives in the Law presents Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A “Lady” Who Led the Fight for Gender Equity
- Meeting the Threat: A Symposium on Counter-Terrorism, sponsored by the Program in Public Law
- Community Enterprise Clinic students assist nonprofit stockholder advocate to fight predatory lending
- Students trek to N.C. hills for annual Public Interest Retreat Feb. 4-5
- Business Law Society brings together law students, alumni, and friends Feb. 11 in third annual career symposium, "Esq."
- Duke Law Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Neil Siegel say that the United States Supreme Court has created confusion as to how sentencing is to be done in the future
- Patrick Guerriero, President of the Log Cabin Republicans, headlines Jan. 27 discussion "Gay and Republican? Making Space for Diversity in Conservative Politics"
- Schedule of events Jan. 17-23 celebrating John Hope Franklin's 90th birthday includes photography exhibit, panel discussion, and jubilee performance
- Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain announces winners of Arts Project Moving Image Contest at special screening Jan. 14 at Duke Law School, live webcast will be available
2004
- Television personality Bob Barker donates $1 million to Duke Law School for Animal Law study (more)
- Criminal procedure expert Nancy J. King examines federal appellate review of sentencing in annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture at Duke Law School (more)
- Living History: Great Lives in the Law features renowned historian and James B. Duke Professor Emeritus John Hope Franklin, in conversation with Duke Law Professor Walter Dellinger (more)
- President Bush should bridge the divide, nominate a moderate jurist to the U.S. Supreme Court, says Duke Law Professor Neil Siegel (more)
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commissoner Sudeen Kelly and other policy makers, practitioners, and legal scholars discuss issues at the intersection of environmental regulation, energy, and economics at conference sponsored by Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum (more)
- Sara Sun Beale, Charles B. Lowndes Professor of Law, has been appointed reporter to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules (more)
- AIDS Legal Project Director Carolyn McAllaster reflects on the changing face and challenges of AIDS, marking Dec. 1 World AIDS Day (more)
- Student volunteers in Duke Law School's Innocence Project, advised by Jim Coleman, undertake six-month re-investigation of Winston Salem, N.C. assault case (more)
- Thou Shalt Not? Yonat Shimron of the Raleigh News & Observer examines Van Orden v. Perry, a Ten Commandments case to be argued by Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky before the U.S. Supreme Court this term (more)
- WTO Condemnation of U.S. Ban on Internet gambling pits free trade against moral values, says Duke Law Professor Joost Pauwelyn (more)
- Duke Law Professor Jonathan Wiener and Fuqua School of Business Professor Laura Kornish on stopping the next flu pandemic: the vaccine shell game (more)
- International law scholars Ryan Goodman and Derek Jinks deliver Duke Law Journal Fall Lecture Nov. 18, entitled How to Influence States: Socialization and International Human Rights Law (more)
- Honor Week Nov. 15-19 features presentations by Duke Law Professor and N.C. State Rep. Deborah Ross, Author David Callahan, and Duke Professor Bruce Payne (PDF)
- Walter Dellinger prepares for oral argument before U.S. Supreme Court with Nov. 19 moot at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke Law Professors Walter Dellinger, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Neil Siegel offer post-election analysis (more)
- Duke Law Professor Carolyn McAllaster looks back on Greensboro Massacre as important reminder of the need to protect civil liberties (more)
- Criminal practice and procedure expert Nancy King to deliver Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture Nov. 16 at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke Law Professor Deborah DeMott testifies as expert witness in Walt Disney Company case (more)
- Michigan Law Professor Carl Schneider speaks about legal career choices Nov. 8 at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke Law Professor Walter Dellinger defends the Electoral College (more)
- James Love, director of the Consumer Project on Technology, speaks about A New Trade Framework for Global Healthcare Research and Development as Information Ecology Series continues Nov. 4 (more)
- Duke Law Professor Neil Siegel urges voters to consider the future of the Supreme Court (more)
- Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky looks at possible election legal challenges (more)
- Third Annual Bernstein Lecturer Chibli Mallat examines patterns in emerging constitutions (more)
- Children's Education Law Clinic experience leads Luke Lantta '04 into fellowship; Duke Law clinics launch new websites (more)
- Chief defense counsel for the "enemy combatant" detainees being held at Guantanamo Naval Base Will A. Gunn speaks at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke Law School Information Services Week highlights the role of the Law Library, Computing Services and Educational Technologies in the law school community (pdf)
- Duke Law School hosts second annual Workshop of the German Law Journal (more)
- Sports and Entertainment Law Society hosts Oct. 29 panel discussion examining labor issues in professional sports at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke Law Professor Robinson O. Everett lauded for professionalism; Everett Criminal Law Symposium Oct. 22 examines modern criminal law for the civil law practitioner (more)
- Professor Curtis Bradley to join Duke Law faculty (more)
- Fourth Annual International Week Oct. 18-22 features faculty debate, cultural extravaganza, and food festival (pdf)
- A growing law school stays small: Dean Katharine Bartlett discusses new initiatives at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke Law faculty integral to new Center for the Study of Public Genomics at Duke (more); fellowship opportunity available (more)
- Duke Law Professor Neil Siegel: Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term could include historic rulings (more)
- Justice Stephen Breyer should recuse himself from ruling on constitutionality of federal sentencing guidelines, Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky says (more)
- ACLU President Nadine Strossen in conversation with Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky Sept. 30 at Duke Law School (more)
- Faculty Lives in Public Service: Jim Coleman shares his stories (more)
- Islamic law expert Chibli Mallat speaks about Constitutions for the 21st Century: Emerging patterns-the EU, Iraq, Afghanistan in third annual Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International and Comparative Law Sept. 28 at Duke Law School (more)
- Professor Scott Silliman discusses troubling questions in interrogating terrorists (from Duke Magazine) (more)
- Duke Bar Association named top law school student government by American Bar Association (more)
- Orientation 2004: Wrongly imprisoned, Darryl Hunt tells first-year students to "Do what's just" (more)
- William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law James Boyle is one of four regular columnists for the Financial Times online-edition's New Economy Policy Forum (more)
- Community Enterprise Clinic receives grant from Racial Justice Collaborative (more)
- Enhancing the classroom with technology: Professor Tom Metzloff produces court-case documentaries to enrich legal instruction and learning (more)
- Business Executive Stanley A. Star and the Star Family Foundation will give $3 million to Duke Law School in support of building and renovation projects (more)
- Director of Computing Services Ken Hirsh receives National Computing Services-Special Interest Section Distinguished Service Award named in his honor (more)
- Director Jane Wettach announces gift to Children's Education Law Clinic from Toys "R" Us (more)
- The Duke Blueprint to LEAD charts the way for new student orientation Aug. 16-20 (PDF)
- The Economist discusses a proposal by Duke Law Professor Arti Rai and others for an open-source approach to invent drugs to fight tropical diseases (more)
- Community Enterprise Clinic Director Andrew Foster reports second-year success (more)
- Professor Robinson Everett receives North Carolina Bar Association's highest award (more)
- Special seminars, alumni reception and tour of World Bank highlight Summer Passport Series for joint-degree students (PDF)
- Professor Scott Silliman, director of Duke's Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, comments on prison abuse at Abu Ghraib (more)
- Professors Jim Coleman and Theresa Newman work to right wrongful convictions (more)
- Brown v. Board gains are being undone, says Professor Charles Clotfelter, author of the new book After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation (more)
- Law Professors Steven Schwarcz, Jonathan Wiener and Lawrence Zelenak earn distinguished professorships (more)
- Five graduating students receive Justin Miller Awards (more)
- The Arts Project at Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain hosts conference on how law constructs and constrains culture and launches 2-minute moving image contest
- U.S. Solicitor Theodore Olson advises 307 law graduates on professional success - and failure - at 2004 commencement ceremony (more)
- Professor Deborah Rhode of Stanford Law School takes on tort reform in third annual Siegel Memorial Lecture (more)
- Global Capital Markets Center hosts third annual conference on corporate governance (more)
- Students gain hands-on legal experience helping others in Southern Justice Spring Break Mission Trip (more)
- U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson to address law graduates (more)
- Gala, Justin Miller Awards headline week of graduation activities for Class of 2004 (PDF)
- Duke Law scholarly journals publish new works addressing criminal and constitutional law and science, technology and the law (more)
- Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk recruited to Duke Law (more)
- Distinguished environmental law scholar James Salzman, noted author Jedediah Purdy, and U.S. Supreme Court clerk Neil Siegel will join the Duke Law School faculty (more)
- Duke Law welcomes back alumni and friends for Reunion Weekend 2004 (more)
- Duke Law School Center on Law, Ethics and National Security hosts major conference on U.S.-Canadian Relations Apr. 15-16 (more)
- Public Law Conference Apr. 16-17 to recognize scholarship of Professor William Van Alstyne (more)
- Dean Katharine T. Bartlett interviews Julie Goodridge, plaintiff in the Massachusettes same-sex marriage case, in Apr. 13 event (PDF)
- Nominations sought for Justin Miller Awards honoring outstanding graduating students (more)
- Duke Law Library holds fourth annual Faculty Authors Reception Apr. 8 (more)
- The Arts Project at Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, in association with the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, sponsors Apr. 2 conference on how law constructs and constrains culture (more)
- Duke Law Journal sponsors thirty-third annual Administrative Law Conference Apr. 2 (more)
- Business Law Society brings together students, alumni, practitioners for second annual Business Law Career Symposium Apr. 2 (more)
- Legal ethics and gender discrimination scholar Deborah Rhode delivers Mar. 31 Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Lecture in Medical-Legal Ethics (more)
- Duke Law Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society hosts Mar. 26 Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law Symposium (CLE credit available) (more)
- Duke Law Students Dimitri Varmazis '04 and Sebastian Kielmanovich '04 receive competitive North Carolina public interest law fellowships (more)
- Jonathan Krause '04 wins 2004 Dean's Cup Moot Court Competition (more)
- Duke Law School hosts Seminar for Federal Judges ( more)
- Duke Law community mourns the death of Professor Jerome Culp (more)
- SEC Selects Duke Law professor Francis McGovern to distribute $400M to aggrieved investors (more)
- The Honorable Richard Goldstone delivers Mar. 1 Great Lives in the Law lecture (more)
- Public Interest Law Foundation hosts annual Auction and Gala Feb. 27 and launches new website featuring Duke Law apparel for sale to raise money for summer public interest employment (more)
- Judaic Themes in American Law lunch discussion Feb. 26 features prominent scholar, Rabbi Yosef Y. Jacobson (more)
- Duke Law students take second place in WTO Moot Court Competition (more)
- Science and technology policy expert Lewis Branscomb delivers Feb. 19 Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property Law (more)
- Students take a break from job interviews and studying to participate in the second annual Student Leadership Retreat for organization leaders (more)
- Charles Ogletree, documentary film highlight Duke's 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration (more)
2003
- Duke Law Professor Joost Pauwelyn examines Iraqi reconstruction projects and the World Trade Organization, of which he was formerly a legal officer (more)
- Richard H. Brodhead named ninth president of Duke University (more)
- American Bar Association President Dennis Archer calls on students to be healers in Great Lives in the Law talk at Duke Law (more)
- Constitutional law scholar Robert Nagel discusses diversity and the practice of interest assessment in Currie Memorial Lecture at Duke Law School (more)
- Duke University professor and noted journalist William Raspberry leads lively community discussion of race and racism in inaugural Jean E. and Christine P. Mills Conversation Series talk at Duke Law School (more)
- Student-organized environmental law symposium brings leaders in environmental policy to Duke Law School (more)
- The Society for Risk Analysis presents its prestigious Young Risk Analyst Award to Duke Law Professor and Director of the Duke Center for Environmental Solutions Jonathan Wiener (more)
- Duke Law community hosts celebration at Duke Children's Hospital holiday party (more)
- Duke Law Professor Paul Haagen chairs Duke University's Student-Athlete Counseling Committee (more)
- Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Nov. 24 features Duke Law Professor Neil Vidmar (more)
- The website of the Program in Public Law now covers the U.S. Supreme Court and other public law issues online (more)
- In a Duke Magazine Campus Forum, intellectual-property expert and Duke Law Professor James Boyle calls for freer access to information and ideas ( more)
- Harvard Law Professor William W. Fisher III delivers Nov. 21 talk onAlternative Compensation Systems for Digital Entertainment (more)
- Environmental law expert and professor of law Jim Salzman gives Nov. 20 talk on Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services: Notes from the Field ( PDF)
- Steven Shavell, Harvard Law School professor, delivers Fairness Versus Welfare Lecture Nov. 20 (more)
- Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum Hosts Natural Resources Policy Symposium Nov. 14. (more)
- Duke Law alumnus Amos Mills '72 launches conversation series on race with Nov. 4 talk by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Knight Professor of Communications and Journalism William J. Raspberry (more)
- Robert F. Nagel, Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, will give the Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture Nov. 13 (more)
- Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, delivers Information Ecology Lecture Nov. 10 (more)
- Michael Ashley Stein, William and Mary Associate Professor of Law, gives Duke Law Journal fall lecture Nov. 6 (more)
- American Bar Association President Dennis Archer delivers Great Lives in the Law lecture Nov. 3 (more)
- Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law publishes summer 2003 volume Comparisons and Connections: A Symposium in Memory of Herbert Bernstein (more)
- Donald Francis Donovan, international law expert, delivers Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law fall lecture Oct. 24 (more)
- More than 150 of Duke Law School's alumni volunteer leaders convened at the School Oct. 10-11 for Leadership Weekend (more)
- Duke Women's Initiative: Study finds progress for women, but equity remains elusive (more)
- Third Annual International Week Sept. 14-20 shines spotlight on Duke Law's international programs (more)
- Phillip Allen '97 begins six-city book tour to promote first novel, Play Money. (more)
- Vik Patel '05 leads by example (PDF)
- Now What? Duke Law Professors Scott Silliman and Michael Byers discuss rationale for conflict in Iraq, consider world wide consequences (PDF)
- Wired In: Stuart Benjamin joins the Duke Law Faculty; pursues intersection of law and technology (PDF)
- Professor Richard Epstein (Oct. 2nd, 9am) reflects on antidiscrimination laws since his book Forbidden Grounds (more)
- The Center for the Study of the Public Domain is starting a lecture series on "The Information Ecology"; Duke Law Professor James Boyle will deliver the inaugural lecture at 4pm on Sept. 19 (more)
- Christian Joerges, a professor at the European University Institute, will deliver the second annual Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International and Comparative Law at noon on Sept. 16 (more)
- A class of 203 JD students arrived on campus the week of Aug. 18, participating in a host of orientation events and beginning their classes (more)
- Allyson Duncan ’75 was confirmed in July as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (more)
- Law professionals from across the country recently paid tribute to Duke Law Professor Robinson Everett ’59 for his five decades of distinguished service to the legal profession (more)
- Duke Law alumnus Bruce Elvin '93 accepts position as Assistant Dean for Career Services (more)
- Veteran fund-raiser and administrator Tom Hadzor of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center to become Law School’s Associate Dean for External Relations (more)
- Faculty members, student research assistants, gather to discuss recent projects (more)
- James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Wins 2003 World Technology Award for Law for his work on theory and practice of protecting the "intellectual ecology" of the public domain (more)
- Duke Law relocates July 6 - Aug. 5 Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law from Hong Kong to Fukuoka, Japan (more)
- Assistant Dean for Career Services Bob Smith returned to the legal consulting field after nine years at Duke Law School (more)
- CALI conference draws hundreds to Law School from June 19-21 for high-level technology discussions (more)
- 271 Duke Law students were awarded hoods, degrees at May 10 ceremony (more)
- Stephen Wallenstein, executive director of the Global Capital Markets Center and professor of the practice of law, business and finance, will participate in a June 4 panel on corporate governance and cleaning up corporate abuses (more)
- International Meeting of the Board of Visitors, International Alumni Reunion and Summer Institute in Transnational Law headline Geneva program of activities July 17-20 (more)
- Professor of Law, Environmental Policy and Public Policy Studies Jonathan Wiener convened a May 11-12 conference at Duke on the topic of his new book, Reconstructing Climate Policy (more)
- Four graduating JD students recently were named winners of the 2003 Justin Miller Awards (more)
- Richard Danner named Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Law Library and Information Technology Research Professor (more)
- Associate Dean for External Relations Linda Steckley to leave Duke Law in June for The Brookings Institution (more)
- Duke Law celebrates recent faculty books in April 15 ceremony as Professor of Law Laura Underkuffler wins Dean's Prize for faculty scholarship (more)
- Duke Law hosted a major sports law and policy conference April 14: Challenges and Opportunities for Professional Sports in the 21st Century (more)
- Duke Law's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security hosted April 10-11 conference on Confronting Iraq: Legal and Policy Considerations (more)|( Duke News story)
- Duke Law hosted an international law and economics conference April 4-6 on International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime (more)
- ABA president-elect Dennis Archer to address Class of 2003 at commencement ceremony on May 10 (more)
- Three Duke Law moot court teams shine in recent competitions. One team takes a national championship. (more)
- James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Donald Horowitz led an April 8 presentation on constitutional issues and ethnic conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq (more)
- New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer spoke at Duke on April 23 (more)
- Students Mayur Patel '04 and Ronce Almond '03 challenged Professors Scott Silliman, pictured, and Michael Byers in the International Law Society's Great Debate on April 7 about the war in Iraq (more)
- Duke Law celebrates faculty authors in April 15 event (more)
- Professor of Law Laura Underkuffler receives the 2003 Distinguished Teaching Award at the Donuts with the Deans breakfast reception on April 2 (more)
- Duke Law hosts first international law and economics conference Apr. 4-6 on International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime (more)
- The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor discussed her youth, education and place on the U.S. Supreme Court in a visit to Duke Law School on March 18 as part of the Great Lives in the Law series (more)
- Duke Law welcomes alumni back for Reunion Weekend 2003, April 11-13 (more)
- International Law Society, in conjunction with the Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society, hosts Apr. 3 panel discussion on The TRIPS Agreement: Balancing Incentive for Innovation with Access to Medicines (more)
- The FCC will hold a public hearing March 31 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Duke Law School on media concentration (more)
- Mirah Horowitz ’00, a former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, returned to Duke Law on March 27 with advice for students interested in becoming clerks (more)
- Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Mar. 25 features Professor Carolyn McAllaster, founding director of the AIDS Legal Assistance Project at Duke Law (more)
- Community Economic Development Law Clinic at Duke hosts conference on affordable housing and economic development (more)
- Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society and The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke lead Second Annual Hot Topics in IP Law Symposium (more)
- Women’s History Month programs unite students, faculty, alumni (more)
- The honorable >Sandra Day O’Connor discussed her youth, education and place on the U.S. Supreme Court in a visit to Duke Law School on March 18 as part of the Great Lives in the Law series. (more)
- The FCC will hold a public hearing March 31 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Duke Law School on media concentration (more)
- Private Censorship and Perfect Choice: The Future of the Internet? Second Annual Duke Magazine Forum Mar. 28 to feature Duke Law Professor James Boyle in conversation with UNC Law Professor Adrienne Davis (more)
- Professor Michael Byers leads Mar. 26 discussion at the John Hope Franklin Center: What Coalition? The New Unilateralism in International Affairs
- Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Mar. 25 features Professor Carolyn McAllaster, founding director of the AIDS Legal Assistance Project at Duke Law (more)
- Students from Duke Law, Duke Med come together to lead Mar. 22 Dedicated to Durham community service project (more)
- Duke Law Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society, in conjunction with the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke, hosts Mar. 21 Hot Topics in Copyright and Patent Law Symposium (CLE credit available) (more)
- Champion of school vouchers Clint Bolick and Duke Law Professor Laura Underkuffler tackled the debate over school vouchers on March 5 (more)
- Professor Scott Silliman and Duke Law students comment to WRAL-TV on March 3 about methods of interrogation used on a top al-Qaeda official ( video, courtesy of WRAL)
- A Duke Law Moot Court team sweeps through regional rounds and will advance to the national final rounds of the ABA's National Appellate Advocacy Competition, to be held in Chicago from April 3 to 5 (more)
- Bertis Downs, general counsel of R.E.M., discussed legal and business challenges to the music industry in a March 3 talk at Duke Law (more)
- President-Elect of the N.C. Bar Association Allyson Duncan '75 to discuss American "enemy combatants" on March 17 (more)
- Record-breaking PILF auction raises almost $30,000 for Public Interest Fellowships (more)
- Institute for Justice founder Clint Bolick and Duke Law Professor Laura Underkuffler debate pros and cons of school vouchers on Mar. 5 (more)
- Francis E. McGovern, a Duke professor of law generally recognized as the top expert in the field of mass torts, has been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. (more)
- Duke Law team wins regional round in Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (more)
- Looking Like the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment Cases in Perspective: a Mar. 4 discussion at Duke Law led by Peter Irons, professor of political science at UC-San Diego, and UNC Law Professor Eric Muller (more)
- What are you waiting for? Duke Law Drama Society performs Waiting for Godot Feb. 28 and Mar. 1 (more)
- Jack Valenti, president and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), will visit Duke Law School on Monday, Feb. 24 to present the third annual Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property. (more)
- Professor James Cox says America should look to the past to develop an economic stimulus plan ( more)
- Professor Jeff Powell’s book on the President’s powers leads to symposium (more)
- Christopher Mills '04 emerged as the winner of the 2003 Dean's Cup Moot Court Competition (more)
- Business Law Society brings together students, alumni, leading business practitioners for day-long event Feb. 22 (more)
- Dr. Leon Kass, chair of the President's Commission on Bioethics, presents Feb. 4 Siegel Memorial Lecture: Preventing a Brave New World: Why We Should Ban Human Cloning (more)
- Professor Neil Vidmar leads one-of-a-kind study of jury room interactions (more)
- Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Feb. 6 features Professor James Boyle, leading scholar in intellectual property and cyberlaw and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke (more)
- Fourth Circuit Judge Diana Gribbon Motz visits Duke Law Feb. 5 (more)
- Judge David Sentelle of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Roger Gregory of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and Magistrate Judge Brent McKnight lead group judging annual Dean's Cup Moot Court Competition Feb. 3-7 (more)
- ABA technology expert shares practical wisdom with Duke Law students (more)
- The Duke Law website launches a new look designed to increase communication about the activity of the Duke Law community (more)
- Independent documentary filmmaker Louis Massiah screens film at Duke Law on Jan. 24 (more)
- Faculty Lives in Public Service lunch discussion Jan. 16 features Andrew Foster, director of the Duke Community Economic Development Law Clinic (more)
- Ken Starr '73 leads Jan. 13 discussion of his new book, First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life (more)
- Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier leads Jan. 19 lunch discussion at Duke Law (more)
- Duke Law team of third-year students Jackie Sumer, Dhamian Blue and Meg Turner wins regional stage of National Moot Court Competition (more)
- New educational series for students kicks off with Jan. 21 session focusing on use of technology in legal practice (more)
- Many forces led to Columbine and to general rise in childhood emotional dysfunction, says senior lecturing fellow Doriane Coleman (more)
- Ken Starr '73 to lead Jan. 13 discussion of his new book, First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life (more)
2002
- Justice Anthony M. Kennedy offers Duke Law students, faculty insight into workings of U.S. Supreme Court (more)
- Two Duke Law alumni argue first amendment case before U.S. Supreme Court (more)
- Law School Helps Students, Families Endure Ice Storm (more)
- Erwin Chemerinsky, visiting professor, speaks as part of the "Faculty Lives in Public Service" lecture series (more)
- Panel including Raymond Price, Philip Lacovara, Ole Holsti and Edward Nixon discusses legacy of Richard M. Nixon (L '37) (more)
- Harvard Law’s Janet Halley Speaks at 36th Annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture (more)
- Duke Law honored 92 students on Nov. 5 at Public Interest Summer Employment Recognition Day, highlighting their public sector work last summer (more)
- Jeff Powell awarded 2002 University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award (more)
- Panel to discuss legacy of Richard M. Nixon (L'37), November 14, 2002 (more)
- Janet Halley to give Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture November 7, 2002 (more)
- Distinguished Lecture by Ambassador James Joseph, Cultural Extravaganza and Food Fiesta Highlight International Week October 27 - November 2 (more)
- Julius Chambers, noted civil rights litigator and educator, discusses his life's work as part of Program in Public Law series (more)
- Duke Law and Roscoe Pound Institute Symposium Examined Consumer Arbitration (more)
- SEC's Harvey Pitt Offers Steps to Restore Market Integrity in Speech Sponsored by Duke Global Capital Markets Center ( more)
- Global Capital Markets Center to Launch Directors’ Education Institute at Duke - October 21-23 (more)
- More than 150 of Duke Law School's alumni volunteer leaders convened at the School Oct. 11-12 for Leadership Weekend (more)
- More than 30 Duke Law students take a 24-hour break from job interviews and studying on the weekend of Oct. 4-5 to participate in the inaugural Student Leadership Retreat for organization leaders (more)
- The Duke Law Private Adjudication Center Co-Sponsors Symposium on Mandatory Arbitration - October 4-5 (more)
- Students gain first-hand experience with the criminal justice system through The Innocence Project, examining evidence of the innocent being convicted and jailed, particularly in capital cases (more)
- Faculty members, students, researchers, government officials, and members of the biotech community partake in symposium on the Commercialization of Human Genomics: Consequences for Science and Humanity (more)
- Duke Law founds first ever university center to study public domain and the intellectual "commons" (more)
- Duke Law Professors Speak on September 11 Legal Issues (more)
- Professor Dr. Hein D. Kötz delivers inaugural Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International and Comparative Law (more)
- First year curriculum includes innovative multi-media Contracts course delivered via DVD-ROM (more)
- Christopher Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy professor of law and professor of public policy, comments on the biggest reorganization of government since the days of FDR, and on the tension between individual liberty and security, in the July-August issue of Duke Magazine. (more)
