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Faculty & Research
Faculty Insights
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
Art law expert Deborah DeMott explains intermediaries’ duties to sellers of works later found to have great value
Coalter G. Lathrop
Ocean law expert Coalter Lathrop warns that mining the seabed beyond national jurisdiction undermines international laws on which other U.S. rights depend
Brandon L. Garrett
Duke Law’s Brandon Garrett says governments can help protect Americans’ due process rights by using interpretable, or “glass box,” AI systems
Community Impact
Appellate Litigation Clinic makes an impact in Fourth Circuit wins
CONTINUE READINGAdvocacy by Duke Law helps secure release for man sentenced to life as juvenile
CONTINUE READINGChildren's Law Clinic secures favorable outcome for incarcerated students with disabilities
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Community Updates
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
Their work builds on the Duke partnership with the International Organization for Migration (the UN Migration Agency)
The renowned litigator is marking his fiftieth year of teaching trial skills to Duke Law students
Community Updates
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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
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Their work builds on the Duke partnership with the International Organization for Migration (the UN Migration Agency)
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The renowned litigator is marking his fiftieth year of teaching trial skills to Duke Law students