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Alternative Dispute Resolution Animal Law Antitrust Law Bankruptcy Capital Markets Civil Procedure Commercial/Corporate Finance Complex Litigation Congress Constitutional Law Corporate Law Cyberspace Law Death Penalty Doping in Sports	Ethics and the Legal Profession Employment Discrimination Entertainment Law Environmental Law Family Law Federal Criminal Law Fiduciary Obligation Gender and the Law Health Care Law and Policy Intellectual Property International Comparative Law International Criminal Law International Law Juries	Litigation Marital Property Military Law Multiculturalism National Security Law Property Law Psychology and Litigation Race and the Law Securities Law Securitization Sports Law Tax Law Telecommunications Law Trial Practices and Skills

Alternative Dispute Resolution Ethics and the Legal Profession	Thomas B. Metzloff ^* has written training materials for arbitrators organized a major conference on teaching ethics major study of court-ordered mediation in medical malpractice RETURN TO TOP
Antitrust Law Health Care Law and Policy	Clark C. Havighurst* former consultant on antitrust to the FTC application of antitrust laws to the medical profession medical malpractice RETURN TO TOP
Civil Procedure	Paul D. Carrington drafted and coordinated review of amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure RETURN TO TOP
Civil Procedure Complex Litigation	Thomas D. Rowe served as only academic member of the U.S. Judicial Conf. Advisory Committee on Civil Rules worked with the American Law Institute on a study of litigation issues and alternatives worked on Federal Courts Study Committee in investigation of federal court system RETURN TO TOP
Bankruptcy Capital Markets Commercial & Corporate Finance Securitization Corporate Law Securities Law	Steven L. Schwarcz^* former partner at two major New York law firms fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers founder and former faculty director of Duke University's Global Capital Markets Center expert on debtor-creditor law advisor to the U.N. on international receivables financing James D. Cox author of Financial Information, Accounting and the Law; Corporations (with Hazen & O'Neal); and Securities Regulations Cases and Materials (with Hillman & Langevoort) also published extensively in the areas of market regulation and corporate governance and has testified before the U.S. House and Senate on insider trading and market reform issues. member of the American Law Institute, the NYSE Legal Advisory Committee, and the NASD Legal Advisory Board RETURN TO TOP
Congress Public Law Constitutional Law	Walter Dellinger former acting solicitor general of the U.S. in addition to teaching at Duke Law, he is currently litigating with O’Melveney & Meyers out of Washington D.C. Christopher H. Schroeder founded the Center for the Study of Congress former advisor to Congress, special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee served as acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel director of the Duke Program in public law William W. Van Alstyne constitutional law scholar whose writings are frequently quoted in judicial opinions particular expertise on First Amendment issues RETURN TO TOP
Corporate Law Fiduciary Obligation	Deborah A. DeMott American Law Institute Reporter author of widely used treatise on shareholder litigation RETURN TO TOP
Cyberspace Law	James Boyle* author of Shamans, Software and Spleens, on the construction of the information society founding member of the board of directors of Creative Commons, a nonprofit company that will develop ways for artists, writers and others to easily designate their work as freely shareable. Co-director (with Duke Law professors David Lange and Jerome Reichman) of the new Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain RETURN TO TOP
Death Penalty	James E. Coleman* member of blue-ribbon American Bar Association committee established to oversee implementation of a resolution passed at his initiative urging states to establish a moratorium on the death penalty until the question of unequal application to minorities could be resolved RETURN TO TOP
Doping in Sports, Multiculturalism	Doriane Lambelet Coleman* assembled team of experts to clear runner Mary Decker Slaney of drug charges in 1996 Olympic trials helped develop the USA Track and Field's drug-testing program RETURN TO TOP
Employment Discrimination Race and the Law	Jerome Culp works in the area of critical race theory affirmative action; housing discrimination Trina Jones employment law scholar and former litigator in this area RETURN TO TOP
Environmental Law	Jonathan B. Wiener ^* wrote book on risk and the environment has testified before Congress; advised the President's Council on Sustainable Development; designed a system for the U.N. Christopher H. Schroeder ^* casebook on environmental regulation RETURN TO TOP
Family Law Gender and the Law	Katharine T. Bartlett Dean of Duke Law School Reporter for the American Law Institute Family Dissolution Project chapter on child custody Doriane Lambelet Coleman Scholarship focuses on the ways in which culture impacts women and children as these are treated under the law Author of Fixing Columbine: The Challenge to American Liberalism RETURN TO TOP
Federal Criminal Law	Sara Sun Beale Argued six cases in the U.S. Supreme Court Advised ABA's Standing Committee on Judicial Selections on nominees to the Supreme Court RETURN TO TOP
Entertainment Law Intellectual Property Telecommunications Law	David L. Lange ^* consultant to Vietnam and China on intellectual property issues leading efforts to forge public-private initiatives to enforce intellectual property rights in evolving economies RETURN TO TOP
Intellectual Property	Jerome Reichman ^* widely published scholar on international trade issues renowned intellectual property and copyright expert RETURN TO TOP
International Criminal Law	Madeline Morris ^* advisor to the president of Rwanda on criminal justice; expert on international war crimes; work with International Criminal Tribunals at The Hague, in Ethiopia and Rwanda director of the International Legal Clinic at Duke Law School RETURN TO TOP
International Comparative Law	Francesca Bignami European Union law scholar Donald Horowitz one of the world's best known experts on ethnic conflict author of several widely-read books on ethnic conflict Ralf Michaels international and comparative law scholar, focusing on conflict of laws Stephen Wallenstein formerly with International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group executive director of Duke's Global Capital Markets Center RETURN TO TOP
International Law	Michael Byers ^* public international law scholar played major role in legal efforts to prevent former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from receiving immunity on torture charges Joost Pauwelyn comes to Duke Law School this fall from World Trade Organization extensive practical and scholarly experience in international trade issues RETURN TO TOP
Juries Psychology of the Litigation Process	Neil Vidmar ^* wrote book on medical malpractice and the American jury co-authored book on types of juror prejudice currently involved in one-of-a-kind Arizona Jury Project, evaluating jury response RETURN TO TOP
Animal Law Marital Property	William A. Reppy three books and several articles on marital property RETURN TO TOP
Military Law National Security Law	Scott Silliman ^* executive director of Duke Law's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security retired Air Force judge advocate Robinson O. Everett ^* former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces RETURN TO TOP
Property Law	Laura Underkuffler teaching interests include property, property theory, land use, federal courts, and religion and law. served as special counsel in the U.S. Senate in 1991-92, and was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1993. RETURN TO TOP
Sports Law	John C. Weistart ^* reform of college sports Paul H. Haagen advises prominent Duke University athletes on their professional prospects and careers RETURN TO TOP
Tax Law	Richard L. Schmalbeck worked in Russia to help reform the tax code RETURN TO TOP
Trial Practices and Skills Litigation	Donald Beskind* wrote trial and deposition training materials for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy works exclusively in civil cases, including business litigation, professional negligence, products liability and torts RETURN TO TOP
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