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Calendar Highlights

  • Boumediene v. Bush: The Supreme Court's decision
    June 17, 2008: Duke Law Professors Madeline Morris, director of the Guantanamo Defense Clinic, and Scott Silliman, executive director of the Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, will discuss this landmark ruling. » Event Details

  • 2008 International Conference & Alumni Reunion
    June 19-22, 2008: Duke Law graduates are invited to Munich, Germany to enjoy a weekend filled with networking opportunities, educational programs, and social activities. » Event Details

  • Duke Law D.O.N.E. Awards
    April 16, 2008: Duke's Outstanding & Noteworthy Endeavors Awards to be presented to selected student groups and individuals in the Law School community. » Event Details

  • 2008 Graduation Activities
    May 7-11, 2008: Festivities begin with a gala on Wednesday evening, include the hooding ceremony and university commencement, and end with a farewell tea on Sunday morning. » Event Details

  • Duke Law Journal Symposium: Administrative Law, Preemption, and Federalism
    April 15, 2008: DLJ's annual Administrative Law Symposium examines which policies prevail when federal agency actions conflict with state law. » Event Details

  • Copyright Limitations and Exceptions: From access to research to transformative use
    April 12, 2008: Workshop focusing on flexibilities in the copyright system that promote greater access to scientific and scholarly knowledge, particularly in the digital environment. » Event Details

  • What Would You Do With $100 Million?
    April 9, 2008: Law School Dean David Levi and Duke University Chapel Dean Sam Wells engage in 'Dean's Dialogue series,' to discuss promoting the common good. » Event Details

  • Reunion 2008
    April 11-13, 2008: Class years ending in "3" and "8" and the Half Century Club convene for a weekend full of exciting social events and educational programs. » Event Details

  • Brown vs. Board of Education: Past, Present & Future
    March 27, 2008: Discussion featuring historian John Hope Franklin, Judge Louis Pollak, and Professor Jack Greenberg. » Event Details

  • Mills Conversation Series: "Hip-hop culture: a convenient scapegoat or a contributor to inequality?"
    March 26, 2008: The third and final event in this series features a discussion on the inter- and intra-racial implications of the hip-hop genre.

  • Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property: "A non-obvious discussion of patents"
    April 3, 2008: Professor Suzanne Scotchmer, professor of economics and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, will present this annual lecture.

  • Stephen Labaton ’86 to discuss story on John McCain and lobbyist
    March 17, 2008: Labaton, a reporter for the New York Times, is the winner of the DeWitt Wallace Center’s 2008 Futrell Award. » Event Details

  • Mills Conversation Series
    March 20, 2008: The second event in this three-part series will investigate the implications and possibilities presented by U.S. demographic changes. » Event Details

  • Currie Memorial Lecture: "What can Brown do for you?"
    March 25, 2008: Constitutional scholar Pamela Karlan examines Equal Protection Clause. » Event Details

  • Duke Private Equity Symposium
    March 19, 2008: Event to include John A. Canning, Jr. '69 as keynote speaker, four breakout panels, and a networking hour. » Event Details

  • Mills Conversation Series
    March 5, 2008: The first event in this three-part series features a discussion of the racial dynamics underlying the immigration debate. » Event Details

  • Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law Symposium
    Feb. 29, 2008: Symposium to include a keynote address by Professor Jay Thomas of Georgetown Law, and panels focusing on patent reform and the intersection of intellectual property law and anti-trust law. » Event Details

  • Address by U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement
    Feb. 27, 2008: Clement is one of the top U.S. Supreme Court advocates. Sponsored by the Program in Public Law » Event Details

  • Annual Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Lecture in Ethics
    Feb. 26, 2008: Professor Mark A. Rothstein to explore the implications of transgenerational environmental epigenetics. » Event Details

  • Duke Law Family Weekend
    Feb. 22-23, 2008: Weekend activities include an ice cream social, campus tours, and the annual PILF auction. » Event Details

  • The Microsoft Antitrust Cases in the EU: Reflections, Analysis, and Predictions
    Feb. 11, 2008: Panel of experts to offer an in-depth analysis of the European Commission's antitrust cases against Microsoft. » Event Details

  • Public and Private Law in the Global Adjudication System
    Feb. 15, 2008: DJCIL and the Center for International and Comparative Law host symposium focusing on the importance and impact of international arbitration as a venue for dispute settlement. » Event Details

  • Dean's Cup Final Round- Justice Samuel A. Alito Judging
    Feb. 7, 2008: Final round of the premiere internal moot court competition for second and third year students at Duke Law. » Event Details

  • Ben W. Heineman, Jr.: "A responsibility to lead"
    Jan. 16, 2008: Heineman, senior counsel with Wilmer Hale and former senior vice president and general counsel for GE, to discuss the opportunity and responsibility that lawyers have to serve as leaders.

  • Second Annual Duke Law Leadership Experience: Development of Identity and Professionalism
    Jan. 18, 2008: Symposium featuring professionals who will discuss how their legal training and unique identities influenced their leadership development. » Event Details

  • Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation?
    Jan. 28, 2008: Conference bringing together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from the United States and Europe to discuss the future of data privacy. » Event Details

  • The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States?
    Feb. 9, 2008: International conference co-sponsored by Duke Law's Center for International & Comparative Law and the Tulane Law Review. » Event Details

  • Public Interest Retreat
    Feb. 1-2, 2008: Weekend for Duke Law students, alumni, faculty, and administrators to focus on the many aspects of public service. » Event Details

  • ESQ Career Symposium
    Feb. 8-9, 2008: Career insight from a range of professions shared in panels, small group sessions, and one-on-one networking opportunities. » Event Details

  • Mock Trial Intrascholastic Tournament
    Feb. 18, 2008: Teams from Duke Law compete for the Twiggs Beskind Cup. » Event Details

  • "Musicians in Copyright's Federated Domain"
    On October 30, 2007, the Fall 2007 Information Ecology Lecture presents Professor Michael Carroll of Villanova Law School to discuss the history of music copyright. » Event Details

  • Private international law scholar Joseph Lookofsky delivers annual Bernstein lecture Nov. 13
    Lookofsky to discuss subsidiarity in Danish private law and its Scandinavian, European, and global context.

  • Equality NC Foundation Conference and Gala
    Event on November 3, 2007 to bring together individuals and community organizations from across the state to help chart the course for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality. » Event Details

  • Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights
    Conference October 19-20, 2007 at the Durham Marriott at Civic Center concerned with promoting and protecting equal justice and equal opportunity. » Event Details

  • Dean Levi, Professor Neil Siegel to discuss book with Jeffrey Toobin Oct. 11
    Toobin's best-seller, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court will be the topic of conversation.

  • Supreme Court Preview
    Professors Curtis Bradley, James Coleman, Catherine Fisk, and Neil Siegel to discuss upcoming cases on the docket.

  • 29th Annual Duke University Estate Planning Conference
    Conference Oct. 11-12, 2007 to examine current developments in the estate and gift tax field and strengthen knowledge and application of estate planning techniques. » Event Details

  • ABA Animals & Bioengineering Conference
    Register now: Conference Nov. 9-10, 2007 to explore the evolution and development of laws relating to the use of animals in bioengineering. » Event Details

  • DELPF Symposium
    "A Charged Atmosphere: The Future of U.S. Policy on Global Warming" Nov. 16, 2007 » Event Details

  • Duke law Welcomes the Class of 2010
    Summer Orientation 2007
    May 31 -June 6 » Details

  • Professors Clark Havighurst and Barak Richman speak at the American Enterprise Institute May 31
    Duke health policy scholars argue that the distribution of benefits in the U.S. health-care system is unfair to ordinary Americans. » more

  • The Global Capital Markets Center hosts a roundtable discussion
    "Financial Services Regulation in a Global Market Place"
    April 30, 2007 » Details

  • Graduation Information & Festivities
    Celebrating the Class of 2007
    Wednesday, May 9 - Sunday, May 13 » Details

  • Final Exams
    April 23 - May 7 » Exam Schedule

  • Federal Communications Chairman Kevin Martin to Speak at Duke
    Duke's Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy presents a lunchtime talk by Federal Communications Chairman Kevin Martin
    April 20, 12:00 p.m.
    Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy (Rm 153)

  • First Annual Triangle Law and Economics Conference
    "The Role of Information in supporting Legal and Economic Institutions"
    April 27-29 » more

  • "Done Awards"
    A celebration of the achievements of the Duke Law community
    April 18, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Duke Law Library

  • Women in Combat: Is the Current Policy Obsolete?
    Pioneer female fighter pilot addresses policy excluding women from ground combat
    April 10, 12:15 p.m.

  • “Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface”
    Professor James Boyle to take part in a three-day international conference at Duke that examines the social and educational dimensions of technology
    April 19-21 » Duke News

  • "Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward"
    Conference explores legal and policy issues in confronting terrorism
    April 12-13

  • "Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force:" Conference
    April 13-14

  • Professor Sara Beale discusses news media's influence on criminal justice policy
    April 4, 12:15 p.m.

  • A European perspective
    EU official offers the European perspective on transatlantic approaches to international law and institutions
    April 2, 12:15 p.m.

  • Law School hosts annual Robinson O. Everett White Collar Crime Seminar
    March 30, 1:15 p.m.

  • Information Ecology Lecture Series:
    Professor Jessica Litman challenges conventional modes of copyright statutory interpretation
    March 30, 12:10 p.m.

  • Admitted Students Open House
    March 23 - 24 » Event Details

  • The Federal Government and Aviation:
    The Department of Justice and the National Transportation Safety Board
    March 23, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • There's No Business Like Show Business:
    A conversation with legendary Broadway producer Manny Azenberg
    March 22, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Spring Break: Mar 12-16
    Enjoy your break!

  • The Global Adjudication System
    Judge Charles N. Brower discusses the growth of a global adjudication system through codified and uncodified systems.
    March 21, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Fundamentals of Professionalism & Leadership Workshop Series:
    The Client Perspective on Young Lawyers
    March 21, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Duke Lacrosse Case Debate: Should identification evidence be suppressed?
    March 20, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • "The Geography of Innovation in the U.S.: A Tale of 280 Cities"
    Information Ecology Spring 2007 Lecture:
    March 7, 12:15 p.m.

  • Job Search Workshop for LLMs
    March 8, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Law School Graduating Class Photo
    March 6, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Clerkship Alumni Panel
    March 6, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Legal Developments in Japan within the Past Ten Years
    March 9, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Women Judges' Forum
    March 1, 2007, 4:30 p.m. » Event Details

  • Information Ecology Lecture- Dr. Robert Hunt
    March 7, 12:15 » Event Details

  • Hot Topics and Careers in Higher Education
    Feb. 21, 2007 12:10 p.m. » Event Details

  • Fundamentals of Professionalism & Leadership Workshop Series: Dealing with conflict and difficult people
    Feb. 21, 2007 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • A conversation with Judge David Levi
    Feb. 19, 2007 4:00 p.m. » Event Details

  • Judge Tjoflat Talk and Reception
    Feb. 22 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • The Program in Public Law and The Center for International and Comparative Law Presents: The Military Commissions Act of 2006
    Feb 12, 2007 12:15pm (3041) » Event Details

  • Happiness and the Law
    Feb 14, 2007 12:15pm » Event Details

  • Professor Jonathan Wiener: Faculty Lives in Public Service, Jan. 18, 12:15-1:15, RM4048
    Join Professor Jonathan Wiener for an informal discussion of his public service work addressing climate change and other health and environmental risks

  • Duke Law Leadership Experience
    January 19, 2007
    8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

  • Law and Contemporary Problems hosts annual conference: "Odious Debt"
    The journal Law and Contemporary Problems will host its day-long annual conference providing extensive scholarly discussion and critical analysis of Odious Debt.
    January 26, 2007 » Webcast

  • "The Laramie Project"
    Duke Law Drama Society presents "The Laramie Project," March 1-3

  • The Court of Public Opinion
    Conference explores the practice and ethics of trying cases in the media, Sept. 28-29, 2007. » Event Details