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Duke Law Class of 2021 Graduation Celebration

Duke Law celebrates the graduating class of 2021 and their many accomplishments.

Class of 2021 urged to help “bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice”

The graduates were praised for their resilience and charged with using their legal “superpowers” for good

Future plans and fond memories: Catching up with members of the Class of 2021

Seven students win Justin Miller awards

Two students receive awards from Clinical Legal Education Association

Emma Wellbaum '21 received the Outstanding Clinic Student Award and Zack Kaplan '21 received the Outstanding Externship Student Award.

Immigrant Rights Clinic students win asylum for three children

“Lifesaving” work for Honduran family caps off Duke Law experience for eight 3Ls

Class of 2020 continues Duke Law's record of employment success

As of March 15, 92.5% of 2020 graduates were employed in long-term, full-time positions requiring bar passage and not funded by the school, which ranked fourth among all law schools.

Professor Theresa Newman '88, co-founder and co-director of Wrongful Convictions Clinic, to speak at Convocation

The longtime Duke Law faculty member and leader in the national innocence movement will address the Class of 2021

Duke Law Class of 2021 Graduation Celebration

Class of 2021 urged to help “bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice”

Future plans and fond memories: Catching up with members of the Class of 2021

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Notable & Quotable

May 16, 2021

“To the extent the local government is trying to say, ‘We’re also not going to enforce state law either’ .... that’s a much more difficult and complicated position. The authority of the state over localities is much, much stronger.”

– Professor Darrell Miller to The AP

The AP

May 16, 2021

"Technological advances that mechanically enable some of our biological functions to continue challenge us to ask: What is life? What is death?"

– Professor Nita Farahany in Salon

Salon

May 12, 2021

“A lot of judges don’t view the people before them as human. They’re just abstractions. It doesn’t bother them to keep someone in prison forever because it’s just somebody you don’t have to think about. It’s like a curtain we pull over them, and they become invisible to the rest of us.”

– Professor James E. Coleman, Jr., in The Charlotte Observer

The Charlotte Observer

May 07, 2021

“It’s a way of signaling the U.S. government is open for matchmaking, not just domestically, which it’s already done, but matchmaking around the world."

– Professor Arti Rai in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

May 06, 2021

“If you were a merchant, why would you accept Bitcoin for payment? Or why would you accept Dogecoin for payment if the very next day, it could go down by 10% or 15%? It just doesn’t make practical sense. It’s too volatile."

– Lecturing Fellow Lee Reiners to The Associated Press

The AP

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Upcoming Events

May 19 12:00 PM

Clerkship Office Drop-Ins

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May 26 12:00 PM

Clerkship Office Drop-Ins

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May 27 2:00 PM

Summer Research Assistant Training Session

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May 28 10:00 AM

The Role of Environmental Justice in International Trade and Diplomacy

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June 09 12:30 PM

A Retrospective and Prospective Look at US Innovation

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What a special day! Thank you to everyone who celebrated this year’s Duke Law Convocation here in

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What a special day! Thank you to everyone who celebrated this year’s Duke Law Convocation here in Durham, across the U.S., and around the world. Wishing the very, very best to all of our Class of 2021 graduates! #dukelaw2021

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