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Duke Law Wellness is an ongoing series of events focused on promoting overall health and wellness for students to encourage personal and academic success throughout their time in law school and in their legal careers.

We will be adding weekly events to this page throughout the year.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 13, 2025

  • Law School Star Commons

    Come join DBA in the foyer of Star Commons for a Valentine's Day Celebration to get some candy and a flower to give to a friend, special someone or to keep for yourself! Sponsored by the Duke Bar Association. For more information, please contact DBA's Wellness Chair, Gretchen Lindenfeldar at gretchen.lindenfeldar@duke.edu.

  • Law School Marcy's Garden

    Take a break from studying and get some puppy love! If weather conditions are unfavorable, the event will take place in the Blue Lounge. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. For more information, please contact Sally Johnson at sally.johnson@law.duke.edu.

Sunday, February 16, 2025

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    Please join the Women Law Students Association for a self defense class! The workout will work on building confidence, respect, and strength. The goal is to understand how to respond to violence by yourself, or while accompanied with family or friends. Class will be an hour and a half from 1:00 - 2:30pm at The Coalition (1706 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill NC). Please signup for the class via our listserv. Sponsored by WLSA. For questions, please contact Arielle Roos at arielle.roos@duke.edu.

Past Events

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    Take a break from studying with a yoga class, just for you! Join your fellow law students for a relaxing yoga class at Blue Point Yoga Center. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. Space is limited; please RSVP to the Office of Student Affairs at student_affairs@law.duke.edu.

  • Law School Blue Lounge

    Take a break from studying for exams with a relaxing massage! Please sign up for a time slot in Student Affairs, Office 2007. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. For more information, please contact Leigh Marquess at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu.

  • Law School Blue Lounge

    Take a break from studying for exams with a relaxing massage! Please sign up for a time slot in Student Affairs, Office 2007. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. For more information, please contact Leigh Marquess at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu.

  • Law School Blue Lounge

    Take a break from studying and come pet a dog! Certified therapy dogs from Duke Medicine's Pets at Duke program will be taking over the Blue Lounge for two hours for some much-needed dog therapy. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. For more information, please contact Leigh Marquess at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu.

  • Hanes House 131

    Learning Objectives- Why is population health the buzz word?- What are the Social Determinants of Health? - Is it the doctor's job to change them? How do lawyers help doctors move the dial on population health issues for individual patients?Joint Accreditation StatementIn support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education & Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.Education Credits- Category 1: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.- Nursing CE: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this activity for up to 1.0 ­­credit hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.- Pharmacy: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 1.0 ACPE credit hours.

  • Law School Blue Lounge

    Take a break from studying for exams with a relaxing massage! Please sign up for a time slot in Student Affairs, Office 2007. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. For more information, please contact Leigh Marquess at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu.

  • Law School 4047

    Please join Professor Dan Bowling as he presents on strategies law students can use to increase their happiness and well-being. Professor Bowling received his JD from Duke Law and his master's degree in positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching courses in labor and employment law, he also designed and teaches the Well-Being and Practice of Law course at Duke Law. Professor Bowling is also a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania where he assists Dr. Martin Seligman, commonly known as the founder of positive psychology, in teaching graduate level courses on positive psychology, positive humanities, and character strengths and virtues. The North Carolina Lawyers Assistance Program will also be on hand to talk about their services for law students and professionals. Program sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs in recognition of the ABA Law Student Division's National Mental Health Day. For more information, please contact Leigh Marquess at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu.

  • Center for Documentary Studies

    Artist Torkwase Dyson and attorney/environmental scientist Danielle Purifoy on their exhibit exploring environmental racism based on their collaborative documentary research project with citizens in two North Carolina and Alabama counties. Reception 6pm; talk 7pm.Black towns and communities in Alamance (NC) and Lowndes (AL) Counties date back to the post-Civil War era, when free blacks across the South and beyond established places of their own to distance themselves from white terrorism and to build their own economic, social, and political institutions. The land on which they settled was often undesirable to white property interests. Many of these communities still lack access to viable wastewater infrastructure, threatening residents' health, local water quality, and capacity for future economic development. Grassroots activists in both counties continue fighting to attain these basic services in the 21st century. During the summer of 2016, Dyson and Purifoy worked and traveled in Studio South Zero, a mobile solar-powered artist workspace built by Dyson with recycled materials, conducting interviews and documenting these historic Black communities. The resulting art-photographs, drawings, paintings, and writing-was inspired by these places and their people, histories, power struggles, and victories.Community partners for Dyson and Purifoy's work include the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise and the West End Revitalization Association.

  • Center for Documentary Studies

    "In Conditions of Fresh Water" is an exhibition that explores environmental racism, based on a collaborative documentary research project by artist Torkwase Dyson, attorney/environmental scientist Danielle Purifoy, and residents of two North Carolina and Alabama counties. Black towns and communities in Alamance (NC) and Lowndes (AL) Counties date back to the post-Civil War era, when free blacks across the South and beyond established places of their own to distance themselves from white terrorism and to build their own economic, social, and political institutions. The land on which they settled was often undesirable to white property interests. Many of these communities still lack access to viable wastewater infrastructure, threatening residents' health, local water quality, and capacity for future economic development. Grassroots activists in both counties continue fighting to attain these basic services in the 21st century. During the summer of 2016, Dyson and Purifoy worked and traveled in Studio South Zero, a mobile solar-powered artist workspace built by Dyson with recycled materials, conducting interviews and documenting these historic Black communities. The resulting art-photographs, drawings, paintings, and writing-was inspired by these places and their people, histories, power struggles, and victories.Community partners for Dyson and Purifoy's work include the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise and the West End Revitalization Association.

  • Law School 4047

    As a parallel event with the Second Annual Global Health Film Festival scheduled for February 27 through March 4, Debora Diniz, law professor at the University of Brasilia and co-founder of Anis: Institute of Bioethics, Human Rights and Gender, will discuss the Zika virus and its impact on reproductive rights for women in Brazil based on her work before the Brazilian Supreme Court on cases involving abortion, marriage equality, and stem cell research. Diniz is also vice-chair on the board of the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC), an advisory committee member of Global Doctors for Choice, and co-editor of the Developing World Bioethics journal. Co-sponsored by the International Human Rights Clinic, the Center for International and Comparative Law, Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, International Law Society, the Duke Global Health Film Festival and the Human Rights Law Society. Lunch will be served. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Ali Prince at ali.prince@law.duke.edu.

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    Take a break from studying with a yoga class, just for you! Join your fellow law students for a relaxing yoga class at Blue Point Yoga Center. Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs. Space is limited; please RSVP to Leigh Marquess at leigh.marquess@law.duke.edu.