About the Program in Public Law

The Program in Public Law promotes better understanding of our nation’s public institutions, of the Constitutional framework in which they function, and of the principles and laws that apply to the work of public officials. Within the Duke Law School, the Program sponsors conferences, workshops and informal brown bag lunches on topical public law issues, sponsors visits by present or past elected officials and public lawyers, and raises the visibility of public lawyering as an option for law students to pursue at some time in their careers. To reach a broader audience, the Program supports, encourages and disseminates public law scholarship and commentary by Duke faculty and others. The various features of the Program’s web page are designed to assist lawyers, legal academics, college and high school students and the general public in gaining a better understanding of public law and public institutions. The Program in Public Law is supported generously by Rick Horvitz, Duke Law ’78.