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Professor Curtis Bradley, currently teaching at Chicago Law, is a scholar of foreign relations law, international law, and constitutional law, and he was previously on the Duke Law faculty for many years. He will discuss his latest book, Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs: Constitutional Authority in Practice (Harvard University Press, 2024). His talk will focus on how the foreign affairs powers of Congress and the President have often stemmed from historical practice rather than the text of the Constitution or judicial decisions. This lecture series was established in 1967 to honor Duke Law Professor Brainerd Currie.
Sponsored by the Office of the Dean.
Recorded on September 17. 2024.
Join Professor Marin Levy for a celebration of her forthcoming book, Written and Unwritten: The Rules, Internal Procedures, and Customs of the United States Courts of Appeals (publisher description at https://duke.is/v/dmzq. The new title, co-authored with Judge Jon O. Newman of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, is the first to offer an inside look at the operations of the thirteen U.S. Courts of Appeals through in-depth interviews and surveys with Chief Judges and Clerks of Court about their practices and customs. Professor Jon Petkun will moderate the discussion.
Join us for a panel discussion on community-based solutions to gun violence, including those based in violence intervention, diversion programs, and restorative justice. Panelists from Durham and across the country will discuss their on-the-ground experience and expertise using non-carceral approaches. The event is sponsored by the Duke Center for Firearms Law and the Wilson Center for Science and Justice
Get to know what makes Duke Law’s Master of Laws (LLM) program so special! Gilberto Ortega LLM '24 shares insights into the reasons he chose to pursue his LLM degree at Duke Law. He speaks about his time during Summer Institute on Law, Language, & Culture (SILLC), his favrotie things about Durham, his fellow classmates, and the impact that being apart of various student organizations had on him.
Learn more about the LLM program at Duke Law at https://law.duke.edu/internat/llm/
Quincy Amerson, a client of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law, was released from prison on March 13 this year, after spending more than 20 years behind bars. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001 and sentenced to life without parole. After taking up Amerson's case, the clinic presented exculpatory evidence that led to a dismissal. A Superior Court judge found that Amerson was denied a fair trial due and exonerated him of the crime.
#wrongfulconviction #podcast #dukelaw
Speakers:
- Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic Director James E. Coleman, Jr.
- Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic Client Quincy Amerson
- Duke Law alum Luke Mears ’24
- Duke Law Clinical Professor Jamie Lau (Guest Host)
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:47 Readjusting to life outside of prison
0:02:36 Recounting the events of August 7th, 1999
0:07:06 Quincy’s thoughts on going to trial
0:09:13 Learning about the case and taking it on
0:14:22 Refuting the evidence
0:21:04 Finding hope despite being wrongfully convicted
0:24:01 The steps to getting Quincy freed from prison
0:27:50 Role of Duke Law students in the case
0:29:37 Student takeaways from the case
0:35:18 Feelings about conviction being vacated
0:36:04 Being released from prison
0:40:21 An unsolved murder
0:46:49 Quincy’s life after prison
View full transcript https://bit.ly/3AiBx3P
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3L Shirley Garrett bids farewell to Duke–and the #bestofbullcity, our student-hosted, bi-weekly guide to all the best that Durham has to offer. 🥹🔵😈
Born and raised in Durham, Shirley shares about her dream of going to Duke and the excitement of looking ahead after graduation on May 11. Thank you, Shirley, for being our first and a fabulous host of “The Best of Bull City.” 🤩👏 (Published: April 11, 2024)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham
Let’s play ball! Basketball, football, and baseball—Durham’s got ‘em all in this ep of the #BestOfBullCity with Shirley Garrett, a Duke Law 3L and Durham native. (Published: March 21, 2024)
#dukebasketball #dukefootball #durhamnc
Got a sweet tooth? 😋🍦🍫 3L Shirley Garrett’s sharing 3 of her favorite sweet spots in Durham on the #BestofBullCity, a student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer!
✍️Add your favorite sweet spots in Durham in the comments below.👇🏿 (Published: Feb. 22, 2024)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durhamnc
Pincho Loco
🧑💻 pincho-loco.business.site
📍 1918 Perry St, Durham, NC 27705
🗓️ TUES to SUN, 12-9 PM
Press Coffee, Crepes & Cocktails
🧑💻 pressccc.com
📍 359 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701
🗓️ MON to FRI 12-9 PM; SAT-SUN 9 AM–3 PM
Parker and Otis
🧑💻 parkerandotis.com
📍 324 Blackwell St Bay 4, Durham, NC 27701
🗓️ TUES to SAT 9 AM–6 PM, SUN-MON Closed
Curtains up on 3L Shirley Garrett’s revue of 2 of Durham’s best performing arts venues: @DPACLive and @carolinatheatreofdurham! Now, on with the show in this episode of the #bestofbullcity, our student-hosted, bi-weekly guide to all the best that Durham has to offer. 👏👏
Shout out @huthphoto for the 😍😍 drone footage! (Published: Feb. 8, 2024)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham
Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC 27701
(just a few miles from Duke’s campus)
www.dpacnc.com
Monday 10 AM–2 PM
Tuesday 10 AM–2 PM
Wednesday 10 AM–2 PM
Thursday 10 AM–2 PM
Friday 10 AM–2 PM
Saturday 10 AM–2 PM
Sunday Closed
Carolina Theatre of Durham
309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC 27701
(also, close to campus)
carolinatheatre.org
Monday 10 AM–6 PM
Tuesday 10 AM–6 PM
Wednesday 10 AM–6 PM
Thursday 10 AM–6 PM
Friday 10 AM–6 PM
Saturday 10 AM–6 PM
Sunday 10 AM–6 PM
Join 3L Shirley Garrett for a walk on the wild side of Durham in this episode of the #BestOfBullCity, a student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer. 🐂🦙🦋🐐😍 (Published: March 7, 2024)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durhamnc
The Duke Lemur Center
🧑💻 lemur.duke.edu
📍 3705 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
🗓️ WED to MON 10 AM–4 PM, TUES Closed
The Museum of Life and Science
🧑💻 lifeandscience.org
📍 433 W Murray Ave, Durham, NC 27704
🗓️ TUES to SAT 9 AM–6 PM, SUN-MON Closed
Lazy 5 Ranch
🧑💻 thelazy5ranch.com
📍 15100 Mooresville Rd, Mooresville, NC 28115
🗓️ MON to SAT 9 AM–4 PM, SUN 12PM-4PM
Get into “The Best of Bull City” 🐂 with 3L Shirley Garrett! A Durham native, Shirley is your guide to some of the best Durham has to offer. First stop: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙤 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧!🛶🏕️ (Published: Sept. 14, 2023)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham #greatoutdoors
#BestofBullCity: Got those #fallvibes–and Durham native Shirley Garrett ’24 has 3 local seasonal faves for you to enjoy! It’s a new episode of Duke Law’s “Best of Bull City!,” a student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer.🍃🍂🎃 (Published: Oct. 25, 2023)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham #fallfun #fallvibes
- Holder Hill Farm, 4822 Holder Road, Durham 🎃
- Cloche Coffee, 721 Broad Street, Durham ☕️
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson Streer, Durham 🍃🍂
#BestofBullCity: Golfing in Durham! 3L Shirley Garrett, a Durham native, shares 3 of her favorites places to golf. All this and more in this episode of the Best of Bull City, a student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer. (Published: Sept. 29, 2023)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham #golfing
Raise your glass!🍻 The #BestOfBullCity is back w/ 3L Shirley Garrett serving up detes on her 3 favorite local rooftop bars & patios! Check out a new episodeof the Best of Bull City, a student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer. (Published: Oct. 12, 2023)
#durhamnc cityguide #durhamnc #durhamnc
- The Velvet Hippo Bar & Lounge, 119 Orange St, 3rd floor 🐾🍹
- Pour Taproom: Durham, 202 Corcoran St #200 🍺
- Bull McCabe’s, 427 W Main St 🍀
#BestofBullCity: Hungry? 3L Shirley Garrett is serving up 3 of her favorite Durham restaurants — at 3 price points — with one that’s sure to be right for you! All of this in this episode of the Best of Bull City, a student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer. (Published: Nov. 12, 2023)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham
- Kokí in Durham (@eatkoki), 104 City Hall Plaza #101, Durham, NC 27701
- Elmo’s Diner, 776 9th Street Durham NC 27705
- Juju Asian Tapas + Bar (@juju_durham), 737 9th St #210, Durham, NC 27705
#BestOfBullCity: #Wellness is key to surviving finals – and 3L Shirley Garrett has 3 helpful tips for your body and mind! All of this in this episode of our student-hosted city guide to some of the best Durham has to offer. (Published: Nov. 30, 2023)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durham
- Duke Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) https://students.duke.edu/wellness/caps/
- Al Buehler Trail 3001 Cameron Blvd https://bit.ly/46FGONt
- Duke Bar Association https://www.instagram.com/dukelaw.dba/
#BestOfBullCity is back—and just in time! 3L Shirley Garrett has 3 comfort food faves to help keep you warm this winter.
What’s your favorite local spot? Drop it in the comments below! (Published: Jan. 25, 2024)
#cityguide #durhamnc #durhamnc
The Chicken Hut
3019 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707
Mon-Thur 11:30 AM–2:30 PM
Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM
Sat & Sun Closed
https://chickenhutnc.weebly.com/
https://www.instagram.com/chickenhutdurham
Cosmic Cantina
1920 Perry St, Durham, NC 27705
7 days a week, 11 AM–4 AM
https://www.cosmiccantina.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cosmiccantina
The Original Q-Shack
2510 University Dr., Durham, NC 27707
Tues - Thurs 11AM - 8PM
Fri - Sat 11AM - 9PM (Closed Sun. & Mon.)
https://theoriginalqshackdurham.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theoriginalqshackdurham
The Supreme Court has just decided three major cases that will profoundly shape First Amendment limits on governments' ability to regulate social media, and First Amendment law more generally - NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice (involving Texas and Florida laws restricting social media companies' content moderation) and Murthy v. Missouri (addressing who may challenge government communications that allegedly compel content moderation). On July 9, the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law will host an online symposium with leading First Amendment experts to discuss the significance and implications of the Court's opinions in these cases. Sponsored by the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law.
Speakers: Stuart Benjamin (moderator), Genevieve Lakier, Jack M. Balkin, Noah Feldman, and Eugene Volokh.
In the wake of a 2017 mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, the Trump administration passed a regulation to ban bump stocks – a device that enables a semiautomatic rifle to fire rounds much like a machine gun. Last week, the conservative-majority Court struck down that ban, stating the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives overstepped its authority in classifying bump stocks as machine guns.
In this episode of the Duke Law Podcast, the Duke Center for Firearms Law unpacks the Court’s ruling and discusses whether it offers insights into how the justices might approach future Second Amendment and gun rights cases
Speakers:
- Duke Law Professor Joseph Blocher
- Duke Center for Firearms Law Co-founder Darrell A.H. Miller*
- Duke Center for Firearms Law Exec. Director Andrew Willinger
*𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:38 Background on bump stocks and ATF regulation
0:03:36 Garland v. Cargill's path to Supreme Court
0:05:48 Where ruling falls in 2A and gun rights debates
0:08:25 Local action by cities and states
0:10:30 Is it about bump stocks or ATF overstepping?
0:13:18 Significance of Court's 6-3 ruling
0:14:56 An instance of firearm exceptionalism?
View transcript - https://duke.is/9/342p
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0:13:03 Last week, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of upholding a 1994 ban on persons with restraining orders having access to firearms. While the outcome in U.S. v. Rahimi wasn’t entirely unexpected, it did offer our first glimpse into how the conservative-majority Court would handle gun rights cases going forward.
#gunrights #supremecourt #gunlaws #secondamendment #podcast
Speakers:
- Duke Law Professor Joseph Blocher
- Duke Center for Firearms Law Co-founder Darrell A.H. Miller*
- Duke Center for Firearms Law Exec. Director Andrew Willinger
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:52 Reaction to ruling
0:04:09 Impact of the ruling/A win for gun control?
0:07:50 Takeaways from majority opinion
0:10:04 Did majority walk back 'Bruen'?
0:13:03 Supreme Court & future 2A cases
0:17:51 Need for categorical principle
0:21:28 Optics of Justice Thomas' lone dissent
View transcript: https://bit.ly/3SGVF66
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Leah Nicholls JD/LLM ’11, director of the Access to Justice Project at Public Justice, provides perspective on why she chose to pursue a career in public interest law, the resources she received while at Duke Law, her law school experience, her experience after graduation, and her advice to students pursuing public interest law.
Nicholls graduated from Duke University with a JD and an LLM degree in International and Comparative Law from Duke Law. She currently serves as a Consumer Fellow to the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee.
To learn more about public interest law at Duke Law, please visit https://law.duke.edu/publicinterest/.
Chapters:
0:00:30 What inspired you to pursue a career in public interest law?
0:01:08 What types of public interest resources did you find at Duke?
0:01:58 What experiences during law school made the most impact in your career?
0:02:59 What were your initial experiences in public interest law after graduation?
0:04:00 What is your advice to students aspiring to enter public interest law?
0:04:40 How should students think about a public interest job search?
Sophia Tan JD/MA '19, a Clinical Law Fellow at Georgetown Law's Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic, offers insights into why she chose to pursue a career in public interest law, her road to law school, her law school experience, and her decision to start her public interest law career directly after law school.
Tan graduated from Duke University with a master's degree in public policy from the Duke Sanford School along with her JD. She received an Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship that supported her work at the Education Law Center in Philadelphia after graduation.
To learn more about public interest law at Duke Law, please visit https://law.duke.edu/publicinterest/.
Chapters:
0:00:17 What inspired you to pursue a career in public interest law?
0:01:18 What types of public interest resources did you find at Duke?
0:02:22 What classes at Duke Law informed your career interests?
0:03:37 What were your initial experiences in public interest law after graduation?
0:04:40 What is your advice for students interested in public interest careers?
0:05:42 What drives your passion for working in public interest law?
King County Sup. Court Judge Veronica Galván; Berkeley Law Professor Elisabeth Semel; Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Peter Swann (ret.); Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods
Inclusive Juries Convening: Imagining A Post-Batson Future, hosted at Duke Law School on June 21, 2024.
Forming an Inclusive Juries Network to:
Consider the Impact of Recent Jury Reform Experiments
Engage the Batson-Plus vs. Peremptory Strike Abolition Debate
Develop Strategies for Achieving Inclusive Jury Pools and
Improving the Collection and Transparency of Jury Data
Generate Strategies for Reigniting the Jury Reform Movement
Sponsored by the Inclusive Juries Project.
Inclusive Juries Convening: Imagining A Post-Batson Future, hosted at Duke Law School on June 21, 2024.
Speakers: ACLU Atty Henderson Hill and CDPL Dir. Gretchen Engel
Forming an Inclusive Juries Network to:
Consider the Impact of Recent Jury Reform Experiments
Engage the Batson-Plus vs. Peremptory Strike Abolition Debate
Develop Strategies for Achieving Inclusive Jury Pools and
Improving the Collection and Transparency of Jury Data
Generate Strategies for Reigniting the Jury Reform Movement
Sponsored by the Inclusive Juries Project.
Duke Law alums welcome class of 2024 graduates the Law School's alumni network.
Esosa Gloria Asemota was born in North Carolina to Nigerian parents Ogie and Love Ase-
mota. She was raised in the great state and went on to attend UNC-Chapel Hill, where she
graduated with a bachelor of science in public health in 2020. During her time at Duke,
she served as the internal vice president of the Black Law Students Association and the
social chair of the Duke Law Music Association. She was also a member of the Tricky Dick
comedy sketch club and the Dean’s Advisory Council. After graduation, she will work for
Freshfields in their New York office.
Christopher H. Schroeder, the Charles S. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Law and professor
emeritus of public policy, joined the Duke Law faculty in 1979. He retired from teaching
in 2020 and in October 2021 was appointed by President Joe Biden as assistant attorney
general for the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). On his retirement
from that position in July 2023, Schroeder was presented with the Edmund J. Randolph
Award, the department’s highest honor, by Attorney General Merrick Garland in recog-
nition of outstanding contributions over his career that included prior terms leading the
OLC and its Office of Legal Policy (OLP). At Duke Law, Schroeder taught Property, as
well as courses on Congress, federal policymaking, environmental law, and cybersecurity,
among others. In 1998, he founded the Program in Public Law, now the Richard A. Horvitz
Program in Constitutional & Public Law, to promote an understanding of public institu-
tions, the Constitutional framework in which they function, and the principles and laws
that apply to the work of public officials.
Convocation speaker Christopher H. Schroeder, a longtime faculty member who served in high-level positions at the Department of Justice, including leading the Office of Legal Counsel and its Office of Legal Policy, told the Class of 2024 on Saturday that his opportunities came from both luck and remaining focused on personal integrity and professional responsibilities.
“I absorbed that lesson from so many colleagues in government, including three outstanding attorneys general, but it is a lesson that is entirely transportable wherever your work takes you,” Schroeder said.
“Also transportable are the words of Louis Pasteur, ‘Fortune rewards the prepared mind.’ I have been blessed to work with people who also maintained the highest levels of competence.”
Schroeder, the Charles S. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Law and professor emeritus of public policy, was distinguished speaker at the May 11 ceremony in Cameron Indoor Stadium honoring the members of the Class of 2024.
Of the 279 JD graduates, 20 also earned a Master of Laws, or LLM, in international and comparative law, and 10 also received an LLM in law and entrepreneurship. Six JD graduates also earned a graduate degree from another department or school at Duke University. Thirty-one JD graduates received the Public Interest and Public Service Law certificate.
Eighty-four graduates of law schools in other countries received their LLM degree. One graduating student, Juliana Bortolini Bolzani, received the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), the highest degree in law.
Cathrine Rohde Kjaergaard grew up in Denmark and earned her first law degree from Aar-
hus University. During her law studies in Denmark, she was an exchange student at South
Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, and the first intern at the Royal Danish Consulate
General and Trade Council in Houston. She worked as an attorney in Copenhagen before
coming to Duke Law, where she earned her LLM degree as well as the Certificate in Busi-
ness Law. She plans to sit for the Texas bar.
Q&A with Jamie Lau, Clinical Professor, Duke Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic
This was part of the Thirteenth Conference on the Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems, hosted May 2-3, 2024 at UNC School of Law and Duke Law School. The conference series, “The Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems” is a collaboration between the Universities of Warwick, North Carolina, Bologna, Basel and Duke University. For more information about the series, including past conferences, you can visit this website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/research/centres/cjc/events/internati….
This year’s conference was made possible by support from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School, the University of North Carolina School of Law and the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.
Join Neil Siegel, David W. Ichel Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Intellectual Life, for a celebration of his latest book, The Collective-Action Constitution (publisher description at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-collective-action-constitut…). The new title "offers a thorough examination of the collective-action principles animating the structure of the Constitution and how they should be applied to meet many of the most daunting challenges facing American society today." Professor H. Jefferson Powell will moderate the discussion. Co-sponsored by the Goodson Law Library and Office of the Dean. The event took place on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024.
This year's featured speaker for the Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture is Professor Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School. He specializes in constitutional studies with emphasis on power and ethics, design of innovative governance solutions, law and religion, and the history of legal ideas. His lecture is titled "History and Tradition? Anatomy of a Constitutional Revolution." The Currie Lecture began over 30 years ago to honor Professor Brainer Currie who was formerly on the Duke Law School faculty
Dean Kerry Abrams moderates a panel discussion with three of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s former law clerks: Duke Law Professors Lisa K. Griffin (clerked in 1997-98) and Matthew Adler (clerked in 1992-93) and Duke Law alumna Sarah Boyce ’12 (Deputy Attorney General & General Counsel, NC Department of Justice, clerked in 2015-16).
This conversation was hosted as part of celebrations at Duke University on April 8, 2024, honoring the life and legacy of Justice O’Connor, the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law.
Justice O’Connor’s son, Scott O’Connor, was among the attendees, and beginning at 54:26 he speaks about the impact of his mother’s early career experience as an assistant attorney general stationed in an Arizona state mental hospital.
For more information on the prize, visit https://judicialstudies.duke.edu/.
Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was celebrated as the 2024
recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a private ceremony held at Duke
University on April 4, 2024.
During the ceremony, John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, delivers remarks
and a slideshow presentation honoring Justice O’Connor’s life and legacy (29:58) and Scott
O’Connor accepts the prize on behalf of his late mother (18:15).
In addition, the ceremony features remarks from Duke Law School Dean Kerry Abrams (00:20);
Lisa Kern Griffin, a Duke Law professor and former law clerk to Justice O’Connor (05:14); Paul
W. Grimm, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and a retired federal judge (beginning and
13:27); David F. Levi, president of The American Law Institute (28:20); and Susan Bass Bolch, co-
founder of the Bolch Judicial Institute (44:02).
*ABOUT THE PRIZE*
The Carl and Susan Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law is awarded annually to an individual or
organization who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to the rule of law and advancing
rule of law principles around the world. By honoring those who do this work, the Bolch Prize
draws attention to the ideals of justice and judicial independence and to the constitutional
structures and safeguards that undergird a free society. To learn more, visit
https://judicialstudies.duke.edu/.
*VIDEO & IMAGE PERMISSIONS*
This recording contains an excerpt from the video "iCivics: Reimagining Civic Education"
courtesy of iCivics (11:58). The full video can be found here: https://www.icivics.org/who-we-
are
The Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law secured rights to all images used in Chief Justice
Roberts' presentation from respective copyright holders for use in this video recording. Special
thanks to: The University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography, the Shakespeare
Theatre Company, the Smithsonian Institution, Worldwide Pants Inc./MediaMine, Stanford
University/Stanford Law School, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S.
Supreme Court, and the family of Justice O'Connor for providing images from their collections.
Video of the ceremony captured by Critical Focus Creative of Durham, N.C. website: https://critfocus.com/
The onset of the #BlackLivesMatter Era has opened scrutiny over what exactly should be police's goals and responsibilities in today's society. Can the police be trusted guardians of security and justice simultaneously? What are the pathways toward institutional change, whatever that may look like? And how are police departments themselves strategically navigating these efforts? This discussion engaged those questions with the authors of three new books:
Tony Cheng: The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, & the Illusion of Public Input
Michael Sierra- Arévalo, The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death and the Soul of Policing
Michelle Phelps, The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America
This discussion was moderated by Andrea Leverentz, Professor of Sociology at NC State University. This panel was sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law and the Department of Sociology at Duke University.
Join us for the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund's 2024 Spring Symposium. The Symposium will feature panelists substantially connected to the fields of animal rights, law, and industry.
Speaker: Aaron Rimmler-Cohen, The Farm Sanctuary
Sponsored by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.
Duke Law Prof. Veronica Root Martinez talks about what motivated her to pursue a clerkship as a law student, how she went about that process, and the legal skills she gained as a judicial clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prof. Martinez also offers suggestions to law schools and judges interested in diversifying their pool of clerkships applicants and clerks.
For more information, visit Duke Law Clerkships Office online:
https://law.duke.edu/clerkships
Visit Prof. Martinez’s faculty page to learn more about her professional experience and scholarship.
https://law.duke.edu/fac/martinez
Duke Law alum Ryan McLeod ’07, partner and M&A litigator at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, talks about how he first learned about judicial clerships, why clerking on the Delaware Court of Chancery appealed to him, and what it was like clerking for the Hon. William B. Chandler III, the former Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
For more information, visit Duke Law Clerkships Office online:
https://law.duke.edu/clerkships
Duke Law alum Judge Todd Hughes '92, circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, talks about how he first learned about judicial clerkships, why clerking appealed to him, and what it was like clerking.
For more information, visit Duke Law Clerkships Office online:
https://law.duke.edu/clerkships
Duke Law Senior Lecturing Fellow Geovanny E. Martinez talks about what motivated him to pursue a clerkship as a law student, how he went choosing which clerkships to pursue, and building a relationship with his judge, the Hon. Sheila R. Tillerson Adams in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Visit the Duke Law Clerkships Office at https://law.duke.edu/clerkships.
Visit Senior Lecturing Fellow Martinez’s faculty page at law.duke.edu/fac/gmartinez.
Under the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen, the constitutionality of a modern gun regulation depends upon whether a court finds the regulation to comport with history and tradition. But Bruen's novel test raises important and pressing questions. How should judges approach a historical record that may be incomplete or misleading because of the way it was compiled? Is it possible to offer publicly intelligible legal reasons for decisions within Bruen's historical-analogical framework? Join Professor Darrell A. H. Miller and Andrew Willinger, Executive Director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law, as they engage these questions and chart the future course of Second Amendment jurisprudence. And look out for their insightful essays on these topics in the Duke Law Journal Online.
Sponsored by the Duke Center for Firearms Law and Duke Law Journal.
The recent high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have brought renewed attention to the dangers of police misconduct and the resulting harm to Black and Brown people and communities, in particular. How do we ensure public safety for all, including those harmed by or at risk of harm by police misconduct? And how can we effectively hold police accountable for that misconduct?
This panel on these issues was moderated by Professor Ben Grunwald of Duke Law School and featured Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director of Emancipate NC; Tony Cheng, Author of The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input; and Joanna Schwartz, Author of Shielded, How the Police Became Untouchable.
Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, Emancipate NC, the Duke Criminal Defense Clinic, and the Duke chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
Jocelyn Simonson is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and author of Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People are Dismantling Mass Incarceration. Simonson's scholarship explores bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal system, such as bail funds, copwatching, courtwatching, and participatory defense, asking how these real-life interventions should inform our conceptions of the design of criminal justice institutions, the discourse of constitutional rights, and the meaning of democratic justice. This Q&A and discussion was moderated by Professor Brandon Garrett.
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Speaker: Prof. Adam Oler, Associate Professor of National Security Strategy and the Associate Dean of Academics, National Defense University
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Moderator: Col Ted Richard, USAF, Staff Judge Advocate, Space Operations Command at United States Space Force
Panelists:
Prof. Chris Borgen, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at St. John's University School of Law
CDR Tracy L. Reynolds, USN, Force Judge Advocate to Commander, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic
Dr. Hitoshi Nasu, Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point
LENS 2024 | Guardians of Code and Conscience: Exploring Legal and Ethical Frontiers of Generative AI
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Speaker: Brig Gen Linell Letendre, USAF, Dean of the Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Speaker: Col Dawn Zoldi, USAF (Ret.), Founder and Chief Executive Officer of P3 Tech Consulting
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Speaker: Dean Cheng, Senior Advisor to the China program at the U.S. Institute of Peace
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Speaker: Prof. Gary Corn, Director of the Technology, Law & Security Program and an adjunct professor at Washington College of Law. American University
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director
Speaker: B.G. David E. Mendelson, USA, Assistant Judge Advocate General for Military Law and Operations
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Discussant: Prof. Bobby Bishop, Associate Professor of Law, Duke Law
Speaker: Hon. Caroline Crenshaw, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Speaker: Maj. Melissa Ken, USAF, Asst. Professor of Law, USAF Academy
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Discussants:
Prof. James Kraska, Professor of International Maritime Law at the U.S. Naval War College and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School
Prof. Raul (Pete) Pedrozo, U.S. Naval War College, Professor of International Law, Stockton Center for International Law
Capt. Robin A. Ellerbe, USCG, Chief, Office of Maritime & International Law
Since 1995 the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C. The conference promotes education and discussion of the complex and diverse issues involved in national security, such as the legal and policy implications of counterterrorism operations at home and abroad, the international law of armed conflict, the impact of security issues on international business endeavors, and the ethical issues of the practice of national security law.
Discussant: Maj Gen Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director
Speaker: Hon. Kate Heinzelman, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
Judge James Wynn and Professor James Coleman discuss the importance of building and equitable and inclusive judicial culture in North Carolina and provide guidance to attendees on finding the necessary support for doing so.
Judge James Wynn, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in conversation with Professor James E. Coleman, Jr., Duke University School of Law
Sponsored by NC CRED, Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility, Inclusive Juries Project, Wilson Center for Science and Justice, and many more co-sponsors listed on the event website: https://nccred.org/event/justice-unbound-the-judges-duty-to-address-bia…
Judge Gertner will share her reflections on addressing bias and structural inequality in and out of the courtroom. She will discuss the ethical responsibility of judges to consider the racial impact of their procedures, behavior, and decisions, drawing from her efforts both while serving as a federal judge and as an advocate. Her comments will include a description of her efforts to account for racialized police practices in her assessments of prior criminal records, along with her efforts to obtain relief from some of the sentences she imposed as a federal judge. She will speak about the significance of judges calling attention to racial bias and racial inequality in the courtroom and in the justice system more broadly.
Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.), Senior Lecturer, Harvard Law School
Introduction by Senior Associate Justice Anita Earls, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Sponsored by NC CRED, Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility, Inclusive Juries Project, Wilson Center for Science and Justice, and many more co-sponsors listed on the event website: https://nccred.org/event/justice-unbound-the-judges-duty-to-address-bia…
Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Regents Professor and Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society at the University of Minnesota Law School, will deliver the 2024 Bernstein Lecture in Comparative Law, which will address the consolidation and expansion of counter-terrorism norms and institutions since 9/11. The rise of counter-terrorism has enabled the consolidation of autocracy, sustained democratic backsliding, and undermined the capacity of civil society to function across the globe. The impact on human rights has been extensive and highly detrimental to the most vulnerable individuals and groups across the world. Drawing on Professor Ni Aolain's work as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights since her 2017 appointment, the lecture will show the hard choices that must be made nationally and globally to reverse these trends. The Annual Bernstein Lecture in Comparative Law honors Professor Herbert L. Bernstein, who was a member of the Duke Law faculty from 1984 until his death in 2001, and the many contributions he made to Duke Law School and the legal community.
Lecture titled: The Rise of Counter-Terrorism and the Demise of Human Rights
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean and CICL.
The Child Advocacy Lab course is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, collaborative learning environment bringing medical and law students to the forefront of child advocacy. Students will engage in team projects and conduct research related to current child advocacy issues, with particular focus on recent changes in mandated reporting laws that have greatly affected all professionals working with children.
There is significant lack of understanding between the fields of medicine and law, as well as missed opportunities to advocate for children’s rights and improved health outcomes. The lessons learned from working cooperatively with other disciplines will directly translate to enhance career skills for interdisciplinary practice.
This course is taught by Associate Clinical Professor Crystal Grant, who also directs the Children's Law Clinic at Duke Law.
Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law. She previously worked for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where she was Lead Attorney for the Juvenile Unit. Henning discussed her book The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth with Professor Crystal Grant, Director of the Children’s Law Clinic. Sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice and the Children’s Law Clinic. This event was the part of the Wilson Center’s Novel Justice Series, which invites authors of recent scholarship on the criminal legal system to discuss their work.
Twenty-first century technologies, in particular the apps we use on our mobile devices, combined with the lack of effective, privacy protective laws in our information economy, create risks for data related to our health. Duke's Data Privacy Day 2024 event, "Beyond HIPAA: Mental Health Apps, Health Data, and Privacy" will address the vast category of health information that is not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the urgent need for privacy law and policy to regulate the commercial collection and use of this data. Visit our website, https://duke.is/dpd-2024, for agenda and speaker information. Sponsored by The Kenan Institute for Ethics and Duke Law. Co-sponsored by Sanford School of Public Policy and Science and Society.
Panel titled: Healthcare Data - Technical, Legal, Policy, and Regulatory Perspectives
Appearing: Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, Maneesha Mithal, Justin Sherman, and Tim Sparapani
Twenty-first century technologies, in particular the apps we use on our mobile devices, combined with the lack of effective, privacy protective laws in our information economy, create risks for data related to our health. Duke's Data Privacy Day 2024 event, "Beyond HIPAA: Mental Health Apps, Health Data, and Privacy" will address the vast category of health information that is not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the urgent need for privacy law and policy to regulate the commercial collection and use of this data. Visit our website, https://duke.is/dpd-2024, for agenda and speaker information. Sponsored by The Kenan Institute for Ethics and Duke Law. Co-sponsored by Sanford School of Public Policy and Science and Society.
Fireside Chat on Mental Health Applications
Appearing: Marc Groman and David Reitman - moderated by Jolynn Dellinger
Jerome M. Culp, Jr. became the first tenured professor of color at Duke Law in 1989. He was a prolific scholar, internationally known for his work on race and the law. The author of numerous books and articles on critical race theory, justice and equality, law and economics, and labor economics, Professor Culp also taught in the fields of torts, employment discrimination, and sexuality and the law. He died on February 5, 2004, having mentored and intellectually nurtured countless students and scholars.
On the eve of the 20th Anniversary of his untimely passing, the Center on Law, Race & Policy will host the Inaugural Jerome M. Culp, Jr. Critical Theory Lecture in his honor. The lecture will highlight Professor Culp's legacy and examine a contemporary challenge through the lens of critical theory, which Professor Culp championed. Robert S. Chang (Duke Law and Duke M.A. '92), the Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law, will deliver the inaugural address. The event is open to students, faculty, alumni, and members of the Duke University community. Sponsored by the Center on Race, Law, & Policy with funding provided by Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies.
Event title: Inaugural Jerome M. Culp Critical Theory Lecture 2024
Lecture titled: How Do We Come To Participate in the Struggles of Those Who are Not Us (A Narrative Project)
Judging Forensics: A Conversation with Federal Judges on Forensic Evidence, Judicial Gatekeeping, and Rule 702
Nancy Gertner, retired U.S. district judge for the District of Massachusetts, and professor of the practice at Harvard Law School, and Jed Rakoff, Senior Judge of Southern District of New York, shared their perspectives on the future of forensic evidence in a conversation moderated by Professor Brandon Garrett. This is a momentous time to discuss forensic experts, as Federal Rule of Evidence 702 was just amended for the first time in over twenty years. Professor Brandon L. Garrett will moderate. This was part of the Judging Forensic Science Conference, sponsored by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice, the Bolch Judicial Institute, and the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Science.
Olivia Cole '17, a recipient of the prestigious Skadden Fellowship and Deputy Legal Director at Swords to Plowshares, shares about what inspired her to pursue a career in public interest law. Cole also talks about the experiences and resources at Duke Law, like the Office for Public Interest, that helped her to secure her career and prepared her to hit the ground running as a public interest lawyer right after graduation.
To learn more about public interest law at Duke Law, please visit https://law.duke.edu/publicinterest/.
Read: 'Cole '17 awarded Skadden Fellowship to work with veterans' - https://law.duke.edu/news/cole-17-awarded-skadden-fellowship-work-veter….
Former Congressman Dave Trott '85, discusses his experience working on gun legislation at both the state and federal levels, recent trends in state gun laws, and his perspective on future regulatory developments. Sponsored by the Duke Center for Firearms Law. Co-sponsored with POLIS: Center for Politics at Sanford School of Public Policy.
Professor Darrell Miller led a discussion with Cassandra Rowe and Elizabeth Sager, public health experts from the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, regarding the oral arguments in the Supreme Court's next major Second Amendment case, United States v. Rahimi. The discussion covered each sides' arguments and how the Justices responded to them, the Supreme Court's upcoming decision in the case, and broader themes related to the intersection between firearms and domestic violence. Sponsored by the Duke Center for Firearms Law. This event was co-sponsored with the Duke Law Coalition Against Gendered Violence.
Liliana Suarez MD, MPH, a Junior Assistant Resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, talks about her experience as a medical student participating in the Child Advocacy Lab as part of the Children's Law Clinic at Duke Law School.
Taught by Associate Clinical Professor of Law Crystal Grant, the lab offers students a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, collaborative learning environment bringing medical and law students to the forefront of child advocacy. Students in the lab engaged in team projects and conduct research related to current child advocacy issues, with particular focus on recent changes in mandated reporting laws that have greatly affected all professionals working with children. The lessons learned from working cooperatively with other disciplines will directly translate to enhance career skills for interdisciplinary practice.
Jo Un Eom JD/LLM '22 talks about her experience as a law student participating in the Child Advocacy Lab as part of the Children's Law Clinic at Duke Law School.
Taught by Associate Clinical Professor of Law Crystal Grant, the lab offers students a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, collaborative learning environment bringing medical and law students to the forefront of child advocacy. Students in the lab engaged in team projects and conduct research related to current child advocacy issues, with particular focus on recent changes in mandated reporting laws that have greatly affected all professionals working with children. The lessons learned from working cooperatively with other disciplines will directly translate to enhance career skills for interdisciplinary practice.
Jeremy Mauritzen '22 talks about his experience as a law student participating in the Child Advocacy Lab as part of the Children's Law Clinic at Duke Law School.
Taught by Associate Clinical Professor of Law Crystal Grant, the lab offers students a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, collaborative learning environment bringing medical and law students to the forefront of child advocacy. Students in the lab engaged in team projects and conduct research related to current child advocacy issues, with particular focus on recent changes in mandated reporting laws that have greatly affected all professionals working with children. The lessons learned from working cooperatively with other disciplines will directly translate to enhance career skills for interdisciplinary practice.
Gabe Carrillo JD/MD '23 talks about his experience as a medical student participating in the Child Advocacy Lab as part of the Children's Law Clinic at Duke Law School.
Taught by Associate Clinical Professor of Law Crystal Grant, the lab offers students a unique opportunity to join a dynamic, collaborative learning environment bringing medical and law students to the forefront of child advocacy. Students in the lab engaged in team projects and conduct research related to current child advocacy issues, with particular focus on recent changes in mandated reporting laws that have greatly affected all professionals working with children. The lessons learned from working cooperatively with other disciplines will directly translate to enhance career skills for interdisciplinary practice.