Program in Public Law

Events & Features

Supreme Court Moot
United States v. Comstock
November 18, 2009
12:15-1:15 PM
Room 3041
Duke Law School
(Attendance limited to Duke Law faculty, students, and staff only.)
Join Dean David Levi and Duke Law Professors Don Ayer, Sara Beale, Neil Siegel, and Ernie Young as they moot the first case that the Roberts Court will decide concerning the scope of Congress's powers in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

Executive Watch Blog

Weekly Web Watch 11/9/09 – 11/15/09
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, will face trial in a civilian court in New York. Glenn Greenwald laments that only some detainees will be selected... » Read More

Weekly Web Watch 11/2/09 – 11/8/09
The White House will ask Congress for supplemental war funding, continuing a practice that the Bush administration used to break up the full cost of the war. Furthermore, McClatchy... » Read More

Weekly Web Watch 10/26/09 – 11/1/09
Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the run-off election against President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rushed to assure everyone that this would... » Read More

News & Opinion

Kaufman discusses shift from staff to senator
Sen. Ted Kaufman, who co-teaches a Duke in D.C. class, discusses life as lawmaker after decades on Biden's staff. » The New York Times
Duke in D.C. expands in spring 2010 semester to DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Enrollment closes Oct. 31 for spring placements.