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Faculty & Research
Faculty Insights
Deborah A. DeMott
Agency law expert Deborah DeMott addresses the responsibility gap when AI agents cause harm
Keith Porcaro
Legal tech expert Keith Porcaro helps legal organizations improve the quality and user experience of legal self-help tools
Duke Law’s Robert Bishop compares proposals to control the growing influence of investment companies over corporate matters
Duke financial law expert Steven Schwarcz says that letting the accounting industry, absent real oversight, create standards for corporate financial disclosures can put investors at risk
Duke Law Professor Maggie Lemos studies how judges interpret other judicial opinions and the impact it may have on adhering to precedent
Community Impact
Health Justice Clinic wins new hearing in denial of disability benefits
CONTINUE READINGAppellate Litigation Clinic makes an impact in Fourth Circuit wins
CONTINUE READINGAdvocacy by Duke Law helps secure release for man sentenced to life as juvenile
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Community Updates
Nicoletti’s scholarship illuminates the ways in which law shaped — and was shaped by — the Civil War and its aftermath
Neal has worked on environmental justice issues at the federal and international levels
Students practice legal skills helping communities in North Carolina and across the globe
Charles McNeair will be paroled after more than 46 years behind bars for a crime he has always maintained he didn’t commit
Community Updates
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Nicoletti’s scholarship illuminates the ways in which law shaped — and was shaped by — the Civil War and its aftermath
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Neal has worked on environmental justice issues at the federal and international levels
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Students practice legal skills helping communities in North Carolina and across the globe
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Charles McNeair will be paroled after more than 46 years behind bars for a crime he has always maintained he didn’t commit