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Alaska Law Review editors trek to Anchorage to meet local attorneys, host symposium

The trip is a rite of passage for editors on the semiannual journal devoted to legal issues affecting the 49th state, which has been published at Duke since 1984.

Farahany presents on "Brain Transparency" at World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos

BLSA Black Law Students Association 2023

BLSA celebrates Black History Month and honors legendary Black leaders

Duke’s Black Law Students Association provides a community of support and shared resources inspired by the achievements of legendary Black women and men.

Padowithz Alce JD/LLM ’11 starts one of few Black-owned patent law firms

Pad Alce founded his firm based on lessons learned early in his career as a patent attorney.

In The Practice of American Constitutional Law, Powell upholds a shared discipline

Powell's new book lays out the tools and methods of constitutional reasoning and argument and argues for their preservation

Works from 1927 by Armstrong, Cather, Christie, Doyle, and Waller enter the U.S. public domain, along with milestone movies

They include works by Louis Armstrong, Alfred Hitchcock, and Agatha Christie, and the first "talkie" movie

Wilson Center, Berkshire District Attorney's office release unprecedented trove of data on plea agreements

The data quantifies racial disparities that undermines the trust people place in public safety agencies, says the Berkshire DA.

Message from Dean Abrams regarding withdrawal from U.S. News rankings

In a Nov. 21 message to faculty, staff, and students, Dean Kerry Abrams announced that Duke Law School will no longer participate in the annual ranking of law schools.

Alaska Law Review editors trek to Anchorage to meet local attorneys, host symposium

Farahany presents on "Brain Transparency" at World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos

BLSA celebrates Black History Month and honors legendary Black leaders

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Professors Trina Jones and Timothy Lovelace examine the origins of critical race theory and the political controversies surrounding it on the Duke Law Podcast

Notable & Quotable

February 07, 2023

"After Bruen, we're seeing a more active role for courts. But there's still absolutely room even under the most restrictive reading of Bruen to pass common-sense gun regulations that the vast majority of Americans favor."

– Professor Joseph Blocher to CBS News

CBS News

February 01, 2023

"Each year, without fail, I have incredibly bright students who are passionate about design patent practice but who are unable to sit for the PTO's patent bar exam, because they do not have the requisite undergraduate training in the sciences or engineering."

– Professor Chris Buccafusco to Law 360

Law 360

January 24, 2023

“I'm pretty confident we're going to start seeing more AI laws and regulations within the next year. It's forcing us as a society to figure out how can we create structures, legal policy structures, business norms, that enable us to capitalize on the benefits and mitigate the risks.”

– Visiting Professor Lee Tiedrich to Scripps Media

Scripps

January 19, 2023

"Health care antitrust must be about more than combatting traditional mergers and instead should commit itself to nurturing a dynamic market, one that encourages entry, creativity, and innovation."

– Professor Barak Richman in Politico

Politico

January 19, 2023

“Artificial intelligence has enabled advances in decoding brain activity in ways we never before thought possible. What you think, what you feel—it’s all just data—data that in large patterns can be decoded using artificial intelligence.”

– Professor Nita Farahany at the 2023 World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

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