Launching the Master of Laws in Judicial Studies
Duke Law welcomes inaugural class of 18 judges for start of two-year program.

Conference: Presidential and Judicial Oversight of Administrative Agencies
Center for Judicial Studies’ inaugural conference brought academics together with the jurists and administrators they study.

Judicial Studies conference to address control of agencies
April 27 event will focus on Presidential and judicial control of agencies.

Buell comments on insider trading sentences
A new recommendation that those convicted of insider trading be given higher sentences may have limited effect, according to Prof. Samuel Buell. » Wall Street Journal

Gerken delivers Currie lecture March 27
Yale Law Professor Heather Gerken discusses constitutional theories about minority power in democracies.

Lives in the Law: Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Wilkinson to discuss his experiences as judge, scholar during lunch hour event March 13.

John Rabiej to join Duke’s Center for Judicial Studies
Rabiej brings 30 years’ experience in law, judicial studies to new research center.

Levi lauds ordinary acts that build extraordinary democracy
Dean David Levi says Chief Judge John Roll, shot and killed one year ago as he stood in line to see Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was "as much on the job as he was when he wore his robe in the courtroom during the regular work week." » National Law Journal

Carrington says NC voters don't want judgeships for sale
Prof. Paul Carrington calls for judicial election reform. » Winston-Salem Journal

Faculty for Judicial Studies program continues to expand
Linda Greenhouse, John Jeffries among guest lecturers for the inaugural term of the Master of Laws in Judicial Studies program.

Justice Stevens to speak at 2012 Hooding Ceremony
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to address the Duke Law Class of 2012.

Duke judicial conference brings about project to simplify complex civil case management
The 2010 Civil Litigation Conference hosted by Duke Law generated a new pilot project in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York aimed at improving pretrial case management of complex civil cases. » New York Law Journal

Levy article compares norms in appellate court case management
Lecturing Fellow Marin Levy's article on differences in case management practices and the resulting outcomes is cited for deft analysis. » Jotwell

Griffin’s “Stories in Adjudication” wins AALS award
Prof. Lisa Kern Griffin’s article wins Criminal Justice Section’s award for best paper by a junior scholar.

Silliman nominated to the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Prof. Scott Silliman now goes to the Senate for confirmation.

Levy looks at the cost of judging judges by the numbers
Lecturing Fellow Marin Levy co-authored a journal article critiquing empirical methods of measuring judges' performance. » Empirical Legal Studies

Admissions process underway for new Master’s in Judicial Studies
North Carolina judges help celebrate program’s launch at luncheon with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito.

Duke Law announces new Center for Judicial Studies
Center will sponsor research and educational programs, including a master’s degree for judges.

Levy article compares appellate court case management
Lecturing Fellow Marin Levy finds that differing case management practices affect appeal outcomes in a new article forthcoming in the Duke Law Journal. » Legal Theory Blog

Duke Law offers master's degree in judicial studies
New center will offer educational opportunities for judges and support scholarly research on the judiciary. » Durham Herald-Sun

New judicial studies program brings judges and scholars together
Program will include LLM degree for sitting judges. » LLM Guide

Judicial studies center combines scholarship for, about judiciary
Center will serve as "incubator for innovative scholarly research on the judiciary," blogs Prof. Kim Krawiec. » The Faculty Lounge

Knight comments on new Center for Judicial Studies
Prof. Jack Knight, co-director of the center, says "we have some good ideas about how to marry scholarly research and the judiciary." » National Law Journal

Vidmar calls U.S. jury selection process one of "de-selection"
Prof. Neil Vidmar comments on lengthy voir dire process in local murder trial. (Clip starts at 21:09.) » CBC News

Duke Law hosts conference on litigation in federal courts, May 10-11
Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules event will look at access, fairness, cost, and delay in federal civil litigation.

Law.gov: Should law be open source?
Center for the Study of the Public Domain workshop probes merits of making legal materials available for free online.

Debating diversity on the federal bench
Prof. Neil Siegel and Adam Mortara find common ground in a belief that judicial ideology should determine Supreme Court appointees.

Dean Levi appointed to Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
Dean David Levi once chaired the U.S. Judicial Conference committee.

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.

Supreme Court Litigation with Donald Ayer
A leading high court advocate guides Duke Law students through the Court’s unique process.

How Judge Posner thinks
Dean David Levi's review of Judge Richard Posner's book on judicial decision-making is highlighted on The Faculty Lounge blog. » The Faculty Lounge

Judge Richard A. Posner tells Duke Law students how judges think
Posner's conversation with students in a class taught by Dean David Levi and Professor Mitu Gulati -- transcribed in a recent edition of Duke Law Journal -- is highlighted on a law blog. » The Faculty Lounge

Yes, the justices indeed 'make law'
Professor Neil Siegel offers perspective on the work of judges in his op ed; he also is blogging through Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. » The News & Observer

Measuring judges and justice
Duke Law Journal conference brings judges and social scientists together.

How much should judges make?
"The country wants and deserves the strongest possible judiciary, and we should be willing to pay for that,” Dean David F. Levi says. » The New York Times

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.

In praise of American juries
Professor Neil Vidmar makes the case that the system works in his new book, American Juries: The Verdict.