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Lisa Kern Griffin discusses how our trust in spotting liars may hurt defendants

Griffin’s new work explores potential overreliance on cross-examination

Professor Stuart Benjamin on why lawsuits challenging social media addiction may fail

Every argument plaintiffs use runs up against platforms' First Amendment rights

Paul Grimm: Impeachment of "judicial first responders" due to disagreement with rulings is wholly unsupported by historical fact

Grimm writes for Bloomberg Law that the attacks are meant to intimidate and deter judges from doing their jobs

Preventing Waste: Clinic emphasizes policies that stop plastic waste before it starts

The Environmental Law & Policy Clinic applies an interdisciplinary approach to preventing plastic pollution

Environmental Inequities: Duke Law’s work on the disproportionate burden of waste

Durham ships its trash 90 miles away to a landfill that has contaminated the air and water around it

How Duke Law is tackling the big problem of little plastics

A Duke Law clinic is working on policy to reduce the presence and risks of plastics in the environment

Jed Purdy writes on the rule of law and its complex interactions with constitutionalism and democracy

Professor Marin K. Levy discusses checks, balances, and the independent judiciary

Levy explains the legal context of the judicial branch and how threats against federal judges threaten its independence

Lisa Kern Griffin discusses how our trust in spotting liars may hurt defendants

Professor Stuart Benjamin on why lawsuits challenging social media addiction may fail

Paul Grimm: Impeachment of "judicial first responders" due to disagreement with rulings is wholly unsupported by historical fact

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Grunwald discusses his research on police retention and the law enforcement labor market.Legal Minds: Professor Ben

Notable & Quotable

March 18, 2025

“What we are seeing is an attempt by one branch of government to intimidate another branch from performing its constitutional duty. It is a direct threat to judicial independence."

– Marin Levy to The Associated Press

The AP

March 19, 2025

“Asking people to pretend that sex isn’t real or doesn’t matter, or that it’s the same thing as gender, has been a huge unforced error by Democrats. ... There are different strategies that could have secured protections for trans people that didn’t go to the core of such a significant aspect of most of our lives."

– Doriane Coleman to Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

March 18, 2025

“If you tell people that they are not deserving of any education in any future, what you’re going to get are folks who are more likely to be violent in prison or refuse to follow the rules."

– Ben Finholt to The Herald-Sun

Herald-Sun

March 15, 2025

“The uncertainty is almost as bad as the tariffs themselves. I think you might see the administration look for some sort of off-ramp.”

– Tim Meyer in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Tribune-Review

March 12, 2025

“This is certainly the biggest affront to the legal profession in my lifetime."

– Sam Buell in The New York Times

NY Times

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March 24 12:30 PM

* David L. Lange Lecture in Intellectual Property

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March 25 12:30 PM

Center on Law, Race & Policy (CLRP) Scholarship Mash Up

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March 26 12:30 PM

Conversation with Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III and Vice Chancellor Bonnie David, Delaware Court of Chancery

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March 31 12:30 PM

Faculty Author Celebration: Shitong Qiao, The Authoritarian Commons

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April 03 12:30 PM

Hardt Cup Final

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“Leadership to me is about serving.” 🏀⚖️ As Duke tips off its March Madness run today, we’re throwing it back to Coach Jon Scheyer’s Lawyers & Leaders conversation with Dean Kerry Abrams. Duke Men’s Basketball hits the court at 2:50PM, followed by ...

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