Faculty & Research
The faculty of Duke Law School is made up of innovative and influential scholars who are also passionate, creative, and caring teachers.
Duke Law professors are leaders in a broad range of fields and highly regarded for their research, writing, and public service. A community of scholars, they are collegial, collaborative, and interdisciplinary, and many hold joint appointments or collaborate with colleagues in other Duke schools and departments.
They also care deeply about helping students learn, both in the classroom and beyond, devote substantial time to students' academic and professional development, and continue to celebrate successes and provide counsel through difficult times once students become practicing lawyers.
The deep and ongoing engagement of our faculty with the subjects that they study and teach and the students they mentor creates an intellectual excitement that is palpable in our classrooms and hallways and is the foundation for an atmosphere of collaboration and respect that defines our school culture.
Faculty Insights
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
Ocean law expert Coalter Lathrop warns that mining the seabed beyond national jurisdiction undermines international laws on which other U.S. rights depend
Duke Law’s Brandon Garrett says governments can help protect Americans’ due process rights by using interpretable, or “glass box,” AI systems
Financial markets expert Gina-Gail Fletcher proposes new meme stock regulations to preserve market integrity and reduce investor risk
International trade expert Tim Meyer says Congress could take steps to reassert its authority in cross-border economic decision making
In a new book, Duke Law’s Matthew Adler argues that government policies should be evaluated through a framework that accounts for the transformation experienced by those worse off
With insights from organizational theory, Duke Law’s Emilie Aguirre suggests corporate law reform could help address some of the social and economic crises of our time
With AI’s potential to transform drug development, Duke Law’s Arti Rai says EU and U.S. regulators can learn from each other to balance safety and innovation
Duke Law’s Christopher Buccafusco puts a dollar value on the uniqueness of a name by studying the Bordeaux wine market