Duke University School of Law

Investigating N.C.'s role in CIA renditions

Faculty, students examine state’s ties to apprehension, detention, and transport of terror suspects to be tortured outside the U.S.
Entering the public domain (finally)

Center for the Study of the Public Domain celebrates expiration of copyright for Safety Last! and other works from 1923.
Wintersession

Short courses taught by leading practitioners and Duke Law faculty, January 5-9.

Features

Clinical Professor Ryke Longest

Longest advocates preservation of nation’s visual character as chair of Scenic America

Femi Cadmus

Cadmus discusses her leadership of AALL, her career, and challenges facing law librarianship and legal education

James Boyle

Boyle on the 50th anniversary of Hardin’s “The tragedy of the commons:” The ‘commons of the mind’ must be preserved

Faculty Scholarship

Katharine T. Bartlett
Feminism and Economic Inequality
Law & Inequality
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Laurence R. Helfer
Treaty Exit in the United States: Insights from the United Kingdom or South Africa?
AJIL Unbound (with Curtis A. Bradley)
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Curtis A. Bradley
Presidential Control Over International Law
Harvard Law Review (with Jack Landman Goldsmith III)
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Brandon L. Garrett
The Myth of the Reliability Test
Fordham Law Review (with M. Chris Fabricant)
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Kimberly D. Krawiec
Contract Development in a Matching Market: The Case of Kidney Exchange
Law & Contemporary Problems (with others)
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In The News

Jenkins discusses copyright law and the end of a 20 year gap on artistic works entering the public domain

Marketplace (Minnesota Public Radio)

Report: 100% of Duke Law first-time takers passed California bar exam in July; Duke is only school with perfect pass rate on notoriously tough test

Law.com (The Recorder)

Schmalbeck says decline in year-end charitable donations could be offset by beneficiaries of Trump tax law

Charlotte Observer

Garrett: Arrests are relatively rare but there's rising interest in prosecuting execs for corporate crimes

Garrett on First Step Act: Risk assessment tools could reduce prison terms but merit further study and careful implementation

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UpcomingatDuke Law

1L Required Event: Interviewing: Crafting Your Narrative Jan 8 12:30 PM

Advanced Business Networking for International Lawyers: Understanding American Legal Culture Jan 10 12:30 PM · Global · Lecture/Talk

Navigating the Path to Patent Practice Jan 10 12:30 PM

Transactional Law Competition Board Jan 12 7:30 AM · Competition/Contest

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» Faculty, students examine state’s ties to apprehension, detention, and transport of terror suspects to be tortured outside the U.S.
» Center for the Study of the Public Domain celebrates expiration of copyright for Safety Last! and other works from 1923.
» Short courses taught by leading practitioners and Duke Law faculty, January 5-9.