Duke Law Magazine
Winter 2013
The prolific scholars of Duke Law published a flurry of long-form works in recent months, ranging in subject matter from the multiple ways international law is incorporated into the U.S. legal system to an examination of how our return-based system of mass taxation promotes fiscal citizenship. We offer you this sampler.
Featured Story
Duke Law launches $85 million capital campaign
Duke Law has launched a major fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $85 million by 2017 to support the people and programs that make this Law School great. The campaign is part of the University's Duke Forward campaign, which aims to enrich the student experience, activate Duke's power for the world, and sustain the University's momentum. Your gift can make a difference; explore the site to learn how.
Faculty Focus
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Law and economics expert Mathew D. McCubbins to join Duke faculty
McCubbins, a widely respected interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores the intersections of law, business and political economy, will hold a joint appointment in Duke’s Department of Political Science and Duke Law School, according to Duke Law School Dean David F. Levi and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Dean Laurie Patton.
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Christopher Schroeder returns to Duke “recharged” after heading DOJ Office of Legal Policy
Christopher Schroeder has returned to Duke Law School after serving, since April 2010, as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy in the Department of Justice.
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Levy brings focus on judicial process and passion for teaching to associate professor position
Marin K. Levy, whose scholarly interests include civil procedure, judicial administration, federal courts, remedies, and bioethics, joined the governing faculty on Jan. 1 as associate professor of law. Levy first joined the Duke Law faculty as a lecturing fellow in 2009; for the past year she has served as a visiting associate professor of law.
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Profiles
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John Wester '72
John Wester is resolute.
“For years, I heard lawyers promise judges: ‘I’ll be brief’ ─ and then go on and on,’” he explains. “I resolved to skip the promise, try my best to be brief, and savor the relief on judges’ faces.”
Ben Fountain '83
Fountain won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his first novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which is now being adapted for the screen.
Ember Reichgott Junge '77
As a Minnesota state senator, Junge spearheaded the passage of the nation’s first charter school law in 1991. She recalls feeling “personally devastated” as a bruising three-year legislative battle came to an end.
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Charles Becton ’69
Visiting Professor Charles Becton ’69 was preparing fall lectures for his Rhetoric and Advocacy class when he got a phone call, in late July, from University of North Carolina President Tom Ross, who made him an unexpected offer: To become the interim chancellor of North Carolina Central University.
Phil Aubart ’13
An army-intelligence-trained, Arabic-speaking, travel-loving 3L, Aubart brings a genuine passion for even-keeled discussion to his leadership of the Federalist Society at Duke Law.
Tatiana Sainati ’13
Sainati once planned a career as an English professor. She is still aiming to enter academia, but now has her sights set on the legal academy, with a focus on human rights. The shift came somewhat gradually, she explains.
