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- Jennifer Jenkins tells NPR that expiring copyrights open up a "wellspring for creativity"
- Jennifer Jenkins explains to Mashable why public domain Popeye can get his power from spinach
- Biden commutes 37 federal death sentences at urging of coalition including Wilson Center for Science and Justice
- Tintin, Popeye, Mickey Mouse's first speaking role enter the public domain in 2025, Jennifer Jenkins says
- Smithsonian Magazine features Jennifer Jenkins' analysis of the creative works entering the public domain
- Biden commutes death sentences at urging of coalition including Wilson Center, Center for Law, Race & Policy
- Jennifer Jenkins: The public domain allows artists to build new value from old art
- Tatiana Sainati JD/LLM '13 elected to the American Law Institute
- Sarah Boyce '12 named general counsel to North Carolina Governor Josh Stein
- Stuart Benjamin says FCC commissioner’s warning letter to Disney appears a reversal of prior stance
- Rachel Brewster tells Marketplace the trade deficit reflects healthy foreign investment in U.S. markets and debt
- Biden commutes 37 federal death sentences at urging of coalition including Center on Law, Race & Policy
- Brandon Garrett says he believes Biden wants to "send a message" with "historic" federal death row commutations
- CLRP hosts Justice & Health Care Student Lunch & Conversation
- CLRP hosts November scholarship mash-up featuring Professor Anne-Maria B. Makhulu
- CLRP co-sponsors the 2024 Richard Payne Lecture in Faith, Justice, and Health Care
- Celebrating 2024
- New $10 million gift to expand work of Bolch Judicial Institute
- Paul Grimm writes that the bipartisan JUDGES Act would help ease severe shortages on the federal bench
- Nine Duke Law students sworn in as Durham County Guardians ad Litem
- Leslie Cooley Dismukes '05 joins cabinet of Gov. Josh Stein
- Full Circle: Evan Zucker '79 has spent a lifetime documenting solar eclipses
- Christopher Hayes '02 appointed judge in San Bernardino County Superior Court
- Andrew Willinger fact-checks claim that Hunter Biden charges stemmed from 1994 Crime Bill
- CLRP hosts Race & Law Centers Network 2024 Convening
- CLRP co-sponsors Muslim-Americans and the 2024 Presidential Election
- CLRP hosts breakfast with CEO of Emgage Wa’el Alzayat
- CLRP hosts October scholarship mash-up featuring Professor Ashleigh Shelby Rosette
- “It’s a trove!" Popeye, Tintin will enter the public domain along with "Bolero," "Ain't Misbehavin'" and much more from 1929
- Wilson Center for Science and Justice and the Center on Law, Race & Policy ask Biden to commute sentences for 40 people on federal death row
- Magdalena Pyzik-Waląg '06 named managing partner of Poland's leading law firm
- A Student's Reflections on COP 29
- Eugenie Montague '09 publishes critically-lauded debut novel Swallow the Ghost
- Timothy Corrigan '81 takes senior status after four years as chief judge for the Middle District of Florida
- Jolynn Dellinger tells The New York Times tech companies have latitude in deciding what content appears on their platforms
- People on the Move - December 2024
- Mark Mirkin '84 launches venture counsel firm serving start-ups, entrepreneurs and emerging companies
- Center on Law, Race & Policy hosts AI and Marginalized Groups Symposium
- CLRP hosts September Scholarship Mash-Up featuring Professor Mark Anthony Neal
- Hannah Schaafsma '24 selected for 2024 North Carolina State Bar Student Pro Bono Award
- Marin Levy says she hopes Bluesky can be "a new online faculty lounge" as more academics join the platform
- Duke Law Magazine is now online
- Michele Okoh '09 writes for The Hill that the dismissal of criminal cases against Trump doesn't preclude future prosecution
- Duke Law launches mediation training program for practitioners
- Chandler Cole ’25 and Lucas Lynn ’25 honored for student scholarship
- Public Domain Day 2025: a sneak peek
- Allison Korn is co-PI on LAUNCH grant-funded project to improve access to care for people with opioid use disorder
- Confirmed judge's political background is unusual for federal bench nominees, Marin Levy tells Reuters
- Shitong Qiao's new paper finds an increased judicial workload improved Chinese property rights holders’ chances of winning their case against the government
- Arti Rai comments in The New York Times on potential changes to the NIH under a new administration
- Closing the justice gap: How legal aid/tech partnerships can expand access and equity
- Jamie Lau says inadequate investigations from focusing on one suspect can result in wrongful convictions
- Samuel Buell comments on possible fallout from prosecutor Jack Smith's cases against Trump
- Brandon Garrett discusses issues with forensic evidence on Ep. 7 of true crime podcast The Unforgotten
- Johanna Crisman '25 honored by National Institute of Military Justice for paper on protecting children from exploitation
- Portrait honoring groundbreaking Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson MJS '14 unveiled at the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Keith Porcaro writes that the Internet Archive's problems offer lessons for other nonprofits
- Watch: James Boyle interviewed by leading tech ethics thinker Kate Darling on his book The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
- Bailey Sanders's new article The Role of Judge Gender and Ideology in Hiring Female Law Clerks examines causes of underrepresentation
- Chandler Cole '25 and Johanna Crisman '25 write in Newsweek that Congress can support women in combat through sex-neutral physical standards and military justice reform
- Students expand their knowledge on a range of national security issues at ABA conference in Washington
- Doriane Coleman talks with Vox about sex in high school sport and how the issue could be decided
- Keith Porcaro's new article Gray Advice looks at the market for online legal and health advice and how to ensure such information is trustworthy
- Paul Grimm discusses the legal and commercial challenges of disinformation and deepfakes on Pioneers and Pathfinders podcast
- Brandon Garrett featured in current season of popular true crime podcast The Unforgotten
- Dan Blue '73, Mo Green '91, Mike Schietzelt '18 win office; tallies for Mike Levin '05 and Jefferson Griffin MJS '27 not final
- Jamie Boyle speaks to Duke students on his new book and the questions it raises on AI and how we view ourselves
- Anne Gordon presents on the role of AI in legal practice at annual conference of the Spanish Network of Legal Clinics
- Christian Wright '96 joins Delaware Court of Chancery as Magistrate in Chancery
- Maurice "Mo" Green '91 elected as North Carolina state superintendent of public instruction
- James Boyle joins Fiction Science podcast to discuss whether AI agents of the future might achieve personhood
- Nita Farahany tells Discover current approaches to neural rights don't address the ecosystem in which data is used
- Emily Coward and Jed Purdy argue that voters deserve more information on where judicial candidates stand on the issues
- Amanda Martin's new article argues for statutory right of access to public officials’ social media and proposes a model policy for public officials and agencies
- Brandon Garrett joins A Lawyer Talks podcast to discuss his new book Defending Due Process and how that right is threatened and denied
- Wilson Center joins groups asking state officials to ease prison overcrowding after Helene
- Shitong Qiao's award-winning research explores grassroots democracy in China’s urban neighborhoods
- Mara Revkin discusses recent research on civilian agency and displacement in armed conflict in Iraq and Syria on the Beyond Compliance podcast
- Jeff Powell's The Practice of American Constitutional Law wins honorable mention for best work of legal scholarship from Scribes
- Andrew Willinger tells Newsday gun bans are "absolute" in sensitive places like government buildings
- Peter Roberts '90 to be inducted as fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy in March
- Keith Porcaro writes for Bloomberg Law on why lawyers must be wary of relying on LLM-based tools
- Mara Revkin interviewed on how international laws and agreements apply in the Israel-Hamas conflict
- Mara Revkin speaks with UN radio on the Fragility Index, a new data-driven approach to recovery in South Sudan
- Presentation of Lemkin Medal to Judge Esther Salas to kick off Bolch's Defending the Judiciary Conference
- Jolynn Dellinger: A second Trump administration could abolish or restrict abortion rights nationwide using existing law and powers
- Blue '73, Green '91, Levin '05, Marcus '94, Schietzelt '18 running for office this fall
- Distinguished Fellow Karen A. Popp to be honored with National Law Journal’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
- James E. Coleman, Jr. honored with the 2024 John and Elizabeth Phillips Award from alma mater Phillips Exeter Academy
- Alaska Law Review members gain insight from legal practitioners on trip to Anchorage
- Nita Farahany speaks on the implications and ethical challenges of brain-reading technologies at Fairfield University
- James Boyle's new book The Line explores how AI is challenging our concepts of personhood
- Jamie Boyle discusses his new book The Line | AI and the Future of Personhood on futurist Tim Ventura’s Interviews podcast
- New Wilson Center report explores alternatives to police transport for people experiencing a mental health crisis
- Tim Meyer discusses the competing demands on the trade administrative state in WITA webinar
- Tim Meyer comments on novel lawsuit against Mexico alleging it dumped cheap steel on the market
- Lawyers & Leaders: Amy Pope '01
- Brandon Garrett explains difficulties in prosecuting individuals in corporate crime cases
- Laurence Helfer interviewed by journalist whose claims were upheld by the UN Human Rights Committee
- Joseph Blocher speaks on ACS panel "Guns and Democracy: What's at Stake in the 2024 Election"
- Judge Marty McGee MJS ’25 discusses his recent order to guide the use of generative Al in Superior Court in Cabarrus County
- N.C. State Sen. Dan Blue '73 is interviewed for Duke University’s Centennial Oral Histories Program
- Michelle Nowlin presents on legal, policy issues around plastic production and waste
- Marin K. Levy to deliver keynote address at the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities fall conference Thursday
- Marcus Pollard speaks with The Assembly on findings in the Wilson Center's new report on wrongful convictions in North Carolina
- Farahany named ALI Reporter for project that will shape how the use of biometric technologies is regulated
- Zelenak tells Politico the old arguments still apply against the tariffs Trump wants to revive
- Zhang selected for the inaugural cohort of the Duke Faculty Academy, focusing on AI projects
- Blocher to work on Duke Faculty Academy project promoting constructive engagement with difficult topics
- Martin discusses Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's defamation lawsuit against CNN, discovery process with WRAL
- People on the Move – October 2024
- Murphy selected for the inaugural cohort of the Duke Faculty Academy, focusing on AI projects
- Jennifer Jenkins talks internet copyright and the AI dilemma on the Influence podcast
- Ben Finholt talks with ABC about parole determination factors that could lead to early release for Daniel Green
- Blocher discusses guns, political violence, and the threat to democracy on ACS's Broken Law podcast
- Asghar Leghari LLM '18 appointed assistant advocate general at the Office of the Advocate General, Punjab
- Wilson Center launches Brady Database cataloging every Brady claim raised by petitioners from 2015 to 2019
- Caroline Gottschalk '90 appointed to the Atlanta Ballet Board of Trustees
- Blocher: Supreme Court's focus on tradition requires students to make conclusions about history, know context
- Ronnie Long thanks Wrongful Convictions Clinic with gift to support its work
- Porcaro: Fraudulent robot lawyers are indicative of an access to justice crisis
- Watch: Raskin speaks on unfinished business in the green energy transition at Roosevelt Institute event
- De Fontenay is elected to membership in The American Law Institute
- Blocher talks with NPR about arguments over the legality of “ghost guns” sold as kits
- Maya El-Sharif ’27 prevails in final round of the Jessup Cup
- Willinger previews today's oral arguments on regulation of "ghost guns" for CBS News
- Levy tells Bloomberg Law increased polarization means higher levels of scrutiny for many chief circuit judges
- Corey Lee '04 named to Crain's Cleveland Business Notable Black Leaders list
- Meet the JD Class of 2027
- How to vote in the upcoming election
- Farahany says ambiguities in California's new brain data law may leave mental privacy at risk
- Watch: Willinger discusses Garland v. VanDerStok during ACS annual Supreme Court preview
- International Week 2024
- John Jay Hoffman JD/LLM '92 is sworn in as New Jersey Supreme Court justice
- Wilson Center releases new report on the state of wrongful convictions in North Carolina
- Grunwald's study on police separations cited as some agencies struggle to maintain staffing
- Greene talks with Newsline about NC's price gouging law in the wake of Hurricane Helene
- Journalists honor Martin for long service to the North Carolina Press Association
- Grunwald tells KPBS a lack of systematic data hinders efforts to track, hold accountable problematic police officer
- Garrett and Rudin's article Interpretable Algorithmic Forensics cited in support of "glass box" AI
- Willinger says ruling, if upheld, could help gun rights advocates challenge state licensing requirements
- Meet the LLM Class of 2025
- Joel L. Fleishman, longtime faculty member, dies at age 90
- Boyle discusses his forthcoming book The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
- Appellate Advocacy Blog says Levy's Written & Unwritten "performs a valuable service" for advocates who argue in more than one circuit
- Trauma-informed courts: Bolch Judicial Institute publishes two new research articles on judges' attitudes and perspectives
- Watch: Levy and co-author Judge Jon Newman discuss their new book Written and Unwritten at Constitution Day event
- Finholt talks with WFAE about sentencing and clemency for people who committed crimes as juveniles
- Interested in clinics? Immigrant Rights Clinic Director Kate Evans explains its work
- Blocher tells The New York Times courts are "struggling to apply" historical-analogical test in Second Amendment cases
- Willinger talks with Politico about how gun rights expansion could complicate charges in Trump assassination attempt
- Greene's work helps lead to cancellation of medical debt for thousands
- First Amendment Clinic joins ACLU and EFF in brief arguing against internet ban as a condition of carceral release or probation
- Blocher tells Roll Call gun cases still being decided individually, resulting in a "mixed bag" of rulings
- Wall Street Journal editorial highlights Kannon Shanmugam's talk at Duke Law School on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court
- Jonas Anderson JD/LLM '08 appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Region 18
- Rule change proposal by Grimm and Grossman on AI-generated evidence discussed in JD Supra
- Register: Raskin to speak at launch tomorrow of Green Central Banking Scorecard comparing G20 economies' response to climate risk
- Willinger tells The Trace the constitutionality of banning guns for entire classes is unsettled
- Greene tells NBC News many patients sued over medical debt are actually eligible for charity care
- Powell and Young discuss how a changing legal climate impacts the teaching of constitutional law
- Siegel responds to symposium on new book: "It is important for legal scholars to model ... that law still lives"
- Speakers at the 30th LENS Conference will address space law and national security, climate change's destabilizing effects, and more
- Judge Esther Salas to receive 2024 Lemkin Medal
- Purdy writes that Harris must focus her economic message on workers and families
- Grimm joins NY Bar task force on AI and digital technologies in the legal profession
- Blocher, Jones, and Lovelace on Duke committee examining academic freedom and responsibility, free expression
- Grunwald's research on "wandering officers" cited in Atlantic piece on police labor mobility
- Grunwald says private security workers have less oversight but fewer workplace protections than police
- Fletcher tells The New York Times charges against activist short seller are “unsatisfying"
- Abizer Zanzi '05 appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District Court, Hammond Division
- John Hasnas '78 PhD '88 publishes third book, Common Law Liberalism
- People on the Move - September 2024
- Meyer joins Sanctions podcast to discuss the implications of overturning of Chevron doctrine
- De Fontenay joins Odd Lots podcast to discuss how private credit is changing corporate governance and dynamism
- Ludington says broad language in NC State's revised anti-discrimination policy could raise concerns over campus free speech rights
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Summer Intern Spotlight: Briana Sumpter
- Longest voices ethics, transparency concerns over commission that approves state PFAS regulations
- Revkin to speak on "Dialogue and Discourse amidst Differences" at Provost’s Sept. 16 forum on Universities and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
- Siegel's The Collective-Action Constitution "brilliantly engages almost all areas of constitutional law, including the law of democracy"
- Coleman responds to Chronicle guest column mischaracterizing her work on sex and gender: "Facts always matter."
- Schwarcz's new paper offers systematic framework for regulating fintech-driven innovations
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Alumni Spotlight: Megan Huynh JD/MA ’09
- Gordon studying experiential legal education in Spain on a Fulbright fellowship
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Summer 2024 Intern Spotlight: Robert Zavarella ’26
- Strauss writes that Siegel's The Collective-Action Constitution "opens doors, giving us new ways of thinking about constitutional questions"
- Zelenak fact-checks social media claim on Harris's support for proposed tax on unrealized capital gains
- Watch: Rai and other experts explain how patent thickets help drive up U.S. drug costs
- De Fontenay's new paper argues that the $1.5 trillion private credit market is having negative effects on the economy
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Summer 2024 Intern Spotlight: Jazmine Pritchett MEM ’25
- Siegel's new book a "wide-ranging, inquisitive, and nuanced" work that "pursue(s) its thesis without losing sight of other foundational legal values"
- Willinger: Judges "grasping on to different pieces of Rahimi" as courts digest the gun ruling's impact
- Brendan Genaw ’26, Lauren Beizer JD/MA ’26, and Timothy Southam ’25 selected as Margolis Scholars
- Balkinization begins online symposium on Siegel's The Collective-Action Constitution, "a remarkable achievement that is unlikely to be surpassed"
- Blocher tells The Wall Street Journal the Supreme Court hasn't yet addressed restrictions on specific guns
- Willinger tells The Trace a 4th Circuit challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban could attract Supreme Court review
- Dunlap posts advice on moving from JAG or private practice to a career in academia
- Fine '11 talks with the ABA on her path to becoming a youth defender
- Nicole Ligon '16 is recommended by the State Department to the Fulbright Specialist Roster
- First chapter of Siegel's The Collective-Action Constitution is free to read for a month
- Jules Carter ’19 of Moore & Van Allen honored with LPL Financial’s Diversity Champion Award
- Benjamin writes for Volokh Conspiracy on the application of federal law and the First Amendment to campaign promises
- Tyler Kendall PhD '09 joins Wilson Center for Science and Justice as research director
- Garrett says that despite scientific advance, a lack of standards and quality controls for crime labs are still problems worldwide
- Lea Frenkel JD/LLM '26 discusses her summer internship in the Office of Legal Affairs at NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
- New study led by Swanson finds enacting extreme risk protection orders (red flag laws) saves lives
- Raskin writes on why the Federal Reserve must acknowledge climate impact on financial markets
- Jenkins featured on BBC audio documentary on the public domain: "We are the first epoch ... to deny our culture to ourselves"
- Qiao tells Reuters offshore creditors of Evergrande should be involved in a transparent bankruptcy process
- Boyle tells The Washington Post a well-designed system to verify personhood from AI bots “would be enormously useful”
- Coleman writes for The Washington Post on why elite women’s sports need to be based on sex, not gender
- Garrett writes on the case of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man set for execution despite being cleared by DNA
- Environmental Law & Policy Clinic summer newsletter recaps news, activities, and achievements of the clinic
- Grimm and California Superior Court judges discuss civil case management on Order in the Court podcast
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Junior Chandler files another appeal in 1987 conviction
- Postcards from the Practice: Students describe their summer law experiences
- Watch: Dunlap interviews former CENTCOM commander Gen. Frank McKenzie on national security challenges and his new book
- Duke Law Podcast | Wrongfully convicted Quincy Amerson tells his story
- Qiao’s work challenges conventional wisdom on the people and the party-state in China
- Oei's new paper explaining tax treaties between developing and OECD countries is recommended on Solum's Legal Theory Blog
- Juraj Strasser LLM '91 appointed director of the United Nations Ethics Office
- Kobelev: Incorporating AI in the curriculum is increasingly important to legal education
- De Fontenay's "The Credit Markets Go Dark" explores the implications of private credit's rise for corporate governance and corporate finance
- People on the Move – August 2024
- Grimm comments on why judges take senior status as Greensboro federal trial court faces vacancies
- Jenkins comments to Bloomberg on how AI companies' licensing deals could impact claims to fair use
- Siegel's forthcoming essay Narrow But Deep, analyzing the ruling in Trump v. Anderson, is highly recommended on Solum's Legal Theory Blog
- Ben Fountain '83, author of Devil Makes Three, wins the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
- Willinger says some state legislatures have begun to take over colleges' authority to set campus carry policies
- Coleman explains the historical, political, and medical context of the controversy over XY athletes in women's Olympic boxing
- Willinger tells ProPublica plaintiffs are looking for "the right pathway within the law" in new wave of gunmaker lawsuits
- Allyson Barkley JD/MPP ’25 discusses her summer internship at the Durham City Attorney's Office
- Author and tech activist Cory Doctorow praises Boyle and Jenkins' Intellectual Property casebook as "essential reference"
- CLRP Hosts Inaugural Volunteer Fellow
- Duke Endowment Challenge matches $10 million gift
- Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic Newsletter, Summer 2024 [pdf]
- CLRP hosts the inaugural Jerome M. Culp Critical Theory Lecture 2024 | Robert S. Chang '92
- Meyer joins Bloomberg Surveillance to discuss how presidential control over international trade is reshaping executive powers and impacting the economy
- CLRP Hosts AI and Marginalized Groups Panel
- Grunwald tells NPR there's a lack of consensus on optimum police staffing levels and officers' role in the community
- Rai writes for Patently-O on how Supreme Court administrative law rulings may impact patent litigation and agency rulemaking
- Center co-sponsors Children’s Equal Protection Symposium
- CLRP Hosts Inaugural Scholarship Mash-Up
- Mandisa Maya LLM '90 appointed first woman chief justice of South Africa's Constitutional Court
- Nowlin comments on the Biden administration's new plan to curb the federal government's buying and use of single-use plastics
- CLRP Co-Sponsors Movie Night: Silver Dollar Road
- CLRP Hosts Second Convening of the Brokering Race Working Group
- CLRP Hosts Critical (Legal) Collective Inaugural Convening
- Article co-authored by Lauer cited in White House report recommending federal action on plastic pollution
- CLRP Co-Sponsors Summit on Climate & Environmental Justice, Racism & the Law
- CLRP Hosts the 18th Annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop & Writing Retreat
- Katskee comments on Fourth Circuit ruling allowing mental health patient to move forward with maltreatment allegations
- Willinger writes for The Regulatory Review on the relevance and role of statutory-regulatory time gaps in administrative law cases
- Trash trap dashboard produced by Lauer collects data on what plastics are entering waterways – and their sources
- Leading scholars discuss the impact of Supreme Court rulings on the First Amendment and social media
- Grimm tells Law.com judges may find AI technologies helpful for some tasks, needn't write it off entirely
- Dellinger tells NBC News that Kamala Harris is linking the lack of access to abortion care post-Dobbs with narrowing access to other health services
- Chauncey Parker '86 appointed assistant deputy mayor for public safety for New York City
- Willinger tells CBS News facts would need to be at an "egregious" level for parents of Trump rally shooter to face charges
- Seymour says Charlotte has gained a reputation for courts friendly to corporations filing for bankruptcy
- Garrett tells The AP recidivism by corporate criminals indicates need for stronger punishments, more oversight
- Porcaro discusses teaching law students AI-enabled legal resources and tools at conference on technology and access to justice
- ELPC Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Zajaczkowski
- Alumni Spotlight: Michele Okoh '09
- Meyer writes for Just Security on how ‘economic security’ is re-shaping presidential power
- De Fontenay's new paper warns that private credit's rise may lead to concentration of power, less transparency
- Grimm comments on federal judges' order barring use of AI in legal filings in NC's Western District
- Willinger to CNN: Ruling on Minnesota carry ban shows shift in the kinds of evidence courts are relying on
- Duke Law ranked highly by Princeton Review for faculty, classroom experience, career prospects, federal clerkships, and quality of life
- Garrett writes for The Hill that dismissal of the Alec Baldwin case shows the need for better training to avoid Brady violations
- Katskee says advocates for religion in public schools are hoping to take advantage of a receptive Supreme Court
- Alicia Marrero-Riera '26 selected for the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute's Summer Law Fellowship program
- Root Martinez tells the New York Times there will likely be court oversight of the monitorship in Boeing's plea deal
- Grunwald's new study on police separations cited as large law enforcement agencies struggle to recruit
- Camille Herring '26 and Grace Koh '26 awarded scholarships from the Morgan Lewis Foundation
- On WUNC, Martin explains how the state's open meetings law may apply to UNC Board of Governors meetings
- George Werner '24 discusses his note Norm Commandeering and the Tobacco Trust on the Business Scholarship Podcast
- Garrett tells the BBC that Boeing's sizable government contracts will factor into the punishment it receives
- Siegel joins WPTF to discuss implications of the "robust" immunity presidents now have from criminal liability
- Betsy Levin dies at 88; was first tenured woman on the Duke Law faculty and first woman dean at Colorado Law
- Michael DeLuca '25 is runner-up in 2024 Morris Cohen Student Essay Competition for paper on criminal punishment in Durham
- Root Martinez elected to membership in The American Law Institute
- Root Martinez calls the appointment of an independent compliance monitor for Boeing "a significant step"
- Rai co-authors NEJM article on the successes of the Orphan Drug Act and ways to enhance its incentives
- Karen Porter '12 elected to The American Law Institute
- Grunwald's new study suggests that social justice protests likely had less impact on police quitting than believed
- Blocher and Buccafusco call for more focus on firearms technology that increases lethality
- Coward talks with WFAE about race and jury selection as old cases come under scrutiny in North Carolina
- Buccafusco's scholarship on music streaming industry payola mentioned in The Regulatory Review
- Raskin invited to join Senior Consultative Group for the Energy Transition Accelerator
- Siegel writes that granting significant presidential immunity may prove "a mistake of historic proportions"
- Garrett says Boeing has ways to keep government contracts - despite plea deal for criminal fraud
- Buell and Miller write for Slate on the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling
- Yaron Nili, scholar of corporate and securities law, joins Duke Law faculty
- Duke Law Podcast | Supreme Court rules on domestic abusers and gun rights
- Duke Law Podcast | Analysis: Supreme Court overturns bump stock ban
- Willinger discusses Hunter Biden’s appeal and the Supreme Court's gun rulings on WGN Radio
- Grimm to Reuters: Judge has extremely challenging job of applying immunity ruling to Trump charges
- Petkun and Revkin write for Foreign Affairs on "The Progressive Case for American Power"
- Benjamin writes for Volokh Conspiracy about the NetChoice rulings on social media deplatforming
- Willinger tells CS Monitor Rahimi's narrow focus fits with historical restrictions on possession by dangerous persons
- Benjamin says forthcoming NetChoice rulings will address whether conservative views are suppressed on social media
- Aguirre and Nagle Alverio '25 write on how multiclass structures can provide social benefits of control - while ensuring accountability
- Grimm says state bars should partner with legislatures, coordinate with other bars on protecting judges and lawyers
- Farahany speaks on the potential of and concerns about neurotechnologies on Tyson Popplestone podcast
- Fletcher says influencer's impact on meme stock raises questions about whether laws adequately protect the financial markets
- Grimm tells Newsweek all judges must realize their actions are subject to personal scrutiny
- John Yates '81 named firm co-chairman of Morris, Manning & Martin
- Fletcher is inducted into global honorary society The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- Katskee appears on PBS NewsHour to discuss public funding going to private religious schools
- Grunwald's forthcoming "Private Security and Public Police" and work on "wandering officers" cited by The Marshall Project
- Gavin Barrett '25 writes on the Supreme Court's "missed opportunity" to offer real guidance to the courts on gun regulations
- Nowlin says some efforts to prevent homes from falling into the sea do little, come at great cost
- Blocher joins Talks on Law to analyze the Rahimi decision and implications for further gun restrictions
- Willinger: Rahimi ruling shows Court has little interest in broadening "dangerous person" restrictions
- Rick Robinson '82 discusses how intellectual property law applies to chefs on Kitchen Tape podcast | Spotify
- Blocher tells NPR the government got "about the narrowest possible win" in "easy" Rahimi case
- Willinger tells NBC the narrow Rahimi ruling commits the Supreme Court to hearing more gun rights cases
- Katskee tells Law360 it "makes no sense" that non-religious insurer is attempting to use religious freedom claims to escape coverage obligations
- Blocher says concurring opinions in Rahimi show justices aren't unified in their approach to originalism
- Benjamin speaks with France 24 about the $170 million lawsuit against Netflix over Baby Reindeer
- Zelenak writes on the Supreme Court's decision in Moore v. U.S.
- Rob Harrington '87 voted president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association and Foundation
- Listen: Blocher discusses the Rahimi decision on Bloomberg Law Podcast
- Blocher tells USA Today the narrow ruling in Rahimi leaves a lot of unresolved issues to litigate
- Blocher tells NY Times a paper frequently cited by pro-gun activists "came out of nowhere"
- Bass-Patel writes in the Charlotte Observer against a bill that would repeal automated expunctions in NC
- Sotomayor cites Rahimi brief filed by Blocher, Miller, et al. in concurring opinion in Vidal v. Elster
- Longest, Lauer, and Nowlin awarded Duke Endowment grants for research projects on climate and environmental justice
- Evans says Biden's new order limiting asylum claims doesn't accomplish goals of safety or effective screenings
- Coleman joins Quillette podcast to discuss her new book On Sex and Gender, inclusion for trans-identified athletes in sports and society
- Benjamin speaks with the BBC on the Baby Reindeer lawsuit against Netflix alleging defamation, negligence, and privacy violations
- Blocher tells NPR how a bump stock-modified firearm works: "Functionally, it’s a machine gun"
- Raskin speaks on regulation of climate risk at World Bank/IMF/Fed conference "Policy Challenges for the Financial Sector"
- Nowlin tells N&O environmental advocates were "blindsided" by sneak provision barring local regulation of retail packaging
- Frakes and Ryo join editorial board of Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis
- Willinger discusses how laws prohibiting dangerous persons from owning firearms may affect Hunter Biden appeal
- Raskin discusses "Financing the Ecological Transition" at Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose event in London
- Blocher tells Newsweek federal courts have been divided on defense raised by Hunter Biden at trial
- Coleman comments on bill that gives GOP legislators the majority of appointments to NC's Indigent Defense Services Commission
- Willinger to CNN:5th Circuit ruling in US v. Daniels could open the door to a challenge in Hunter Biden's case
- Garrett's research on the validity of eyewitness identification cited in Science News article on flawed forensics
- Fletcher to speak on the future of corporate climate disclosure at Columbia Climate School webinar June 17
- People on the Move - June 2024
- Willinger tells The AP the illegal gun ownership charge against Hunter Biden is rarely the lead charge in a case
- Aged 10 Years: Whiskey in the Courtroom marks first decade
- Martin: Yanceyville's new policy restricting the recording of public meetings "unequivocally" violates state law
- Bishop, Cox, de Fontenay, and Fletcher join opposition to proposed changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law
- Siegel tells The New York Times Trump is being prosecuted for "egregious" misconduct, not from political animosity
- 1L Summer Immersion trip to New York offers students startup law networking opportunities
- Kobelev and Robinson discuss the international employment market for young Chinese law school graduates
- Revkin's research team wins grant to study transitional justice and long-term national outcomes
- Willinger says most judges have ruled the drug user gun ban constitutional, allowing Biden case to proceed
- Grimm: Loss of public respect for the judicial system adds to threat of violence toward judges
- Fogel discusses the implications of North Carolina bills on mask-wearing, juvenile detention and sexual extortion
- Thomas Telfer LLM '92 co-edits new book on mental health in the legal profession
- Siegel guest blogs for The Volokh Conspiracy on his new book The Collective-Action Constitution
- Katskee says with expansion of public funding for private religious schools, society is "underwriting religion"
- Farahany: Redesigning technology in the best interests of children should encourage more active, not passive, use
- Stansbury reviews the criminal trial of Trump, says the judge will face pressure to not impose prison time
- Willinger encourages would-be law students to explore specific career paths, get work experience first
- Stansbury: Evidentiary issues "a steep climp" for Trump's lawyer in appeal of criminal conviction
- Rai testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee examining high prices for prescription drugs
- Stansbury tells Capital Tonight the Trump trial was well run, expects a number of issues to be raised in appeal
- Appellate Litigation Clinic argues on behalf of mental health patient claiming abuse at state hospital
- Wilson Center releases new policy brief on the care and release of incarcerated persons with dementia
- Stansbury joins Capital Tonight to discuss what's next following the conviction of Donald Trump by a New York jury
- Meyer co-authors new report on the GASSA trade initiative, "Designing a New Paradigm in Global Trade," for the Center for American Progress
- Haagen says NCAA antitrust settlement portends greater commercialization of college sports, cuts to money-losing programs
- Lau says NC's clemency process "remains opaque," calls for an alternative way to seek pardons or commutations
- Fujimura-Fanselow co-authors new paper “Integrating Human Rights in Domestic Clinical Practice” published in Clinical Law Review
- Katskee comments on church tithing case; tells ABA Journal religious freedom is best served by a fair system that protects all regardless of faith
- Coleman says Biden Administration's expansion of Bostock sex discrimination ruling may not stand up in the Supreme Court
- Robert Zavarella '26 writes that more Native Americans must enter the legal profession to fight attacks on tribal sovereignty
- Stansbury tells WRAL the star witness in the Trump hush money trial was documents: "Those records tell the story"
- Farahany joins Machines Like Us podcast to discuss neurotechnology, how AI allows decoding of brain data, and the need to expand privacy rights
- Blocher tells The New York Times the law doesn't clearly differentiate between casual gun traders and dealers
- Rai advises Senate Judiciary Committee on how to stop pharma companies from exploiting the patent system in hearing on high drug prices
- Watch: Willinger discusses presidents, firearms, and gun violence at event hosted by New America
- Lat says Coleman rejects extremes in her "thoughtful and fair-minded" new book On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach
- Revkin publishes article on reintegrating Islamic State supporters in Iraq in The American Journal of Comparative Law
- Buccafusco writes on how Taylor Swift's musical output is a throwback to the era of Bob Dylan and The Beatles
- Georgia Supreme Court Justice Sarah Warren '08 elected to the Council of The American Law Institute
- Coleman writes blog series on Reason about her new book On Sex and Gender: A Commonsense Approach
- Raskin delivers keynote address on The Net Zero Agenda in the U.S. at London City Week 2024
- Buell: DOJ will push for stiff financial penalty for Boeing, but unlikely to kneecap nation's largest plane maker
- Miller elected to the Council of The American Law Institute
- Root Martinez tells The Wall Street Journal Binance's dual monitorship could be "particularly complex"
- Farahany talks with CBS 17 about mind-reading technology embedded in devices: "The future has already arrived"
- Dellinger provides context to FactCheck.org on state laws that could be used to prosecute abortion-seekers
- Garrett says Binance, under monitorship, should have to show empirically that it's stopping bad transactions
- Video: Bolch Prize ceremony featuring remarks by Chief Justice John Roberts on Sandra Day O'Connor's life and legacy
- Madison Pinckney ’24 awarded Duke Law’s Keller Fellowship
- Nick Opoku LLM ’24 selected for Duke Law’s Farrin Fellowship
- Garrett: Novel argument that imposing a new execution method is an ex post facto punishment may hold promise for capital defense
- Duke Centennial Trailblazer: Laurence Helfer
- People on the Move – May 2024
- Lau and Finholt talk with The Assembly about clemency efforts for Charles McNeair
- Brewster joins Marketplace to discuss Biden's new tariffs on Chinese imports
- Matthew P. Brooks JD/MBA '09 named president and CEO of Phoenix American Companies
- Gideon Moore '01 named chief legal officer of AmeriLife
- Farahany: The brain is "our final fortress of privacy" and needs protections against unauthorized access by neurotech devices
- Britt Biles '05, partner at Womble, discusses her career, including serving at the highest levels of government
- Class of 2024 celebrates their graduation from Duke Law School
- Students in Appellate Litigation Clinic argue in Fourth Circuit on behalf of client held in restraints and seclusion
- Siegel tells NBC News it's "quite puzzling" that Alito is "willing to slander" DOJ career attorneys with Trump as criminal defendant
- Siegel's new book "The Collective-Action Constitution" is highly recommended on Solum's Legal Theory Blog
- Duke Centennial Trailblazer: Nita Farahany JD/MA '04 PhD '06
- Graduating JD and LLM students provide critical legal services for immigrants and refugees
- McCoy named director of the Civil Justice Clinic
- Ludington weighs in on school district policy change limiting what can be displayed on school properties
- Charles R. Holton ’73 retires from teaching
- Longest says bill that would allow trees to be cut for billboards would “uglify” North Carolina roadways
- Buell talks with Corporate Crime Reporter about his paper on whether prosecuting executives is an effective deterrent
- Stansbury speaks with WRAL on the potential impact of Stormy Daniels' testimony on Trump hush money trial
- Ludington joins WUNC's Due South to discuss the line between free speech and disruption on college campuses
- Miller's "Guns, Inc." cited in district court ruling allowing challenge to Alabama abortion travel assistance ban to continue
- 2024 Pro Bono All Stars accrue more than 6,000 hours of pro bono service
- Celebrating the Class of 2024: Check out the class Spark Page
- Environmental Law & Policy Clinic celebrates semester's work on a range of projects
- Qiao and Wiener to study China's carbon emissions trading system with grant from Duke's Climate Research Innovation Seed Program
- Miller to develop policy frameworks for climate-ready local food systems with grant from Duke Climate Research Innovation Seed Program grant
- Madison Cash '24 writes LENS essay "Uploading Culture" on applying the international humanitarian legal framework to digitized cultural objects
- Buell: Evidence about Trump's efforts to overturn election could still be admitted even if he is ruled immune
- Teri Dobbins Baxter '97 T '93 receives L. R. Hesler Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service at UT Knoxville
- Schwarcz and Trepczynski '24 preview their forthcoming article The Legal Anomaly of Non-Recourse Financing
- Rai talks with Bloomberg Law about potential impact on drugmakers of USPTO's proposal to require disclosure of patent challenge settlements
- Jenkins talks with the New York Times about the complexities of applying copyright to an auditory art form
- Raskin tells Reuters the Fed's climate risk exercise for banks failed to include any implication for regulation
- Children’s Law Clinic takes integrative approach to its work with families, empowers them to advocate for themselves
- Garrett comments on Washington state court's ban of AI-enhanced video evidence and how new federal rules on admissibility apply
- Bass Connections team including Amelia Thorn '10, Catherine Gorey ’24 and Emily Fung ’25 presents research on trauma-informed courts and youth
- AAPI Heritage Month: From resilience to celebration, law students embrace cultural traditions and heritage
- Duke Center on Law & Tech hosts design derby to improve online "click to assent" agreements
- Garrett's Judging Innocence, regarding disproportionate conviction rates for defendants of color, is cited in People v. Weinstein
- Stansbury talks with WRAL's On the Record about framing, legal strategy, and testimony in Trump's hush money trial
- Ludington explains the First Amendment protections for students and faculty protesting on college campuses
- Watch: Siegel joins Spectrum News to analyze oral arguments in Trump's immunity claim, the justices' reactions, and the implications of the ruling
- Coleman and Quincy Amerson talk with CBS 17 about how Amerson's wrongful conviction has left two killings unsolved for 25 years
- A vibrant and supportive culture: Dean Abrams reflects on how Duke Law School has grown and changed while maintaining its sense of community
- Schmalbeck advises WalletHub readers on how taking out a personal loan affects an individual’s taxes
- Essay by Blocher and Carberry '21 cited in district court opinion upholding ban on possession by unauthorized immigrants
- Lawyers in Love: LLM students marry during year at Duke
- Glymph elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Buell argues that prosecuting individuals has its limits in deterring corporate crime, considers alternatives
- Grimm interviews Farahany in Judicature on the need to protect brain data and cognitive liberty
- Horowitz discusses the process of drafting constitutions on Understanding: The World
- Gina Campanelli ’24 and Ken Hong ’24 claim title in national IP moot court competition
- Grimm discusses "Motions Practice and Beyond" with former District Court Judge George Hazel on new episode of Order in the Court
- Anthony Willis, freed through Duke Law's Clemency Project, urges Gov. Cooper to "extend that grace to more people" during Second Chance Month
- Appellate Litigation Clinic argues on behalf of S.C. man’s long-delayed appeal in Fourth Circuit
- Catching up with the Class of 2024: JD and LLM students look back on law school
- Article by Fletcher and Lovelace examines corporate racial responsibility, offers recommendations for addressing inequities
- Lau says the state doesn't have enough resources for wrongful convictions as Buncombe County considers adding conviction integrity unit
- Farahany talks with NY Times about new law extending protections to brain data
- Student Spotlight: Maria Fernanda Silva LLM ’24
- Garrett says court no-shows have gone down, the misdemeanor backlog has eased in new Harris County bail reform report
- Jenkins joins Sidebar podcast to discuss copyright's delicate balance of protecting both creators' and the public's rights
- Dellinger's new article "Body of Evidence" explores the criminalization of abortion and how technology is being used to enforce state bans
- Jenkins talks with the AP about the many ways artists can reinterpret creative works that enter the public domain
- Siegel's new book presents new insights on the structure and purpose of the Constitution
- Grimm discusses evidentiary rules and the new challenges AI presents on podcast A View from the Bench
- Forthcoming paper by Grunwald et al. analyzes the entire pool of private security officers and public law enforcement in Florida and explores the implications for policing
- Martin says injunction may have violated defendant's rights by stopping speech before it has been litigated
- Duke 100 Trailblazer: Nita Farahany JD/MA '04 PhD '06, a leading voice on neurotechnology and the right to cognitive liberty
- Eric Pacifici '15 and his social media-driven firm SMB Law Group are highlighted in Forbes
- Sam Glasscock '83, long-serving Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, to retire at end of year
- In MENALSA, Arab American students find community, support to enrich their law school experience
- Ted Edwards '94 T'91, commercial litigator, discusses his faith and teaching ministry in NC Lawyer Magazine
- Stansbury tells the BBC federal questions may arise from the prosecutor's legal theory in Trump criminal case
- Ronnie Long calls AG Josh Stein to account for the state's conduct in wrongful convictions cases
- Some judges have too willingly accepted prosecutors' claims of AI evidence reliability, Garrett tells Bloomberg
- Seymour talks with Bloomberg Law about the "Texas Two-Step" legal tactic companies use to avoid liability
- Rai questions enforceability of Quanterix's claim of IP protection for Alzheimer's test
- Stansbury joins WRAL to explain what to expect as jury selection begins in Trump criminal trial
- Jenkins featured on CBS Sunday Morning explaining copyright law, the public domain, and artistic creation
- Anighya Crocker '24 writes on who should have power to curtail executive emergency powers for LENS essay series
- Casey Byrne ’26 prevails in Hardt Cup championship round
- Purdy's essay on British scholar Raymond Williams, proponent of a "radically democratic socialism," is featured in Dissent magazine
- Christopher Buccafusco receives 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award and Derrick Jeffries is named Distinguished Staff Member
- Buell and Miller write for Slate that Jack Smith must clearly inform the public of the facts in the election subversion case against Donald Trump
- Garrett talks with Bloomberg Law on the use of "black box" AI evidence in court
- Ashe-Card, James ’96 elected to NALP Board of Directors
- Jenkins talks to the Washington Post about the trademark fight over Momofuku's “chili crunch” condiment
- Jenkins comments to Bloomberg on the battle between copyright holders and AI companies over data used to train chatbots
- Grimm discusses the rise in threats toward judges and whether they should speak out in Bloomberg Law
- Alan LeBlang ’24 chosen for FASPE Ethics Fellowship
- Ryan Stoa '11, an environmental, natural resources, and cannabis law scholar, will join the LSU Law faculty
- Zelenak comments on whether athletic scholarships may be taxed as income
- Chief Justice John Roberts honors Sandra Day O’Connor during Bolch Prize ceremony
- Casey Witte '24 analyzes whether drug cartels should be designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations for LENS essay series
- Farahany keynotes Science and Technology Week at Illinois State University
- Purdy's essay on British scholar Raymond Williams, proponent of a "radically democratic socialism," is featured in Dissent magazine
- New article co-authored by Root Martinez arguing for stronger self-regulation of the legal profession is featured in The Regulatory Review
- Duke 100 Trailblazer: Crystal Grant, director of the Children's Law Clinic
- Watch: Grant's Child Advocacy Lab brings medical and law students together to enhance skills for interdisciplinary practice
- Revkin argues for urgent revision of ineffective accountability and reconciliation mechanisms
- Root Martinez discusses her clerkship experience and the legal skills she gained
- Haagen doesn't see a return to large-scale sports betting scandals, says players' activity is easier to monitor with legal online gambling
- First Amendment Clinic files brief in appeal of two Asheville reporters convicted of trespassing while covering police actions
- Blocher writes on the relationship between press freedom, violence, and public discourse
- Coleman describes the foundation of Title IX sports as "a legal house of cards"
- Katherine French '25 analyzes international law on the use of force for hostage rescue for LENS Essay Series
- Farahany joins NPR's On Point to discuss the new wave of brain-computer interface technology in consumer wearables
- Schwarcz: Appeals court ruling raises the stakes for trusts that issue securities backed by high-risk consumer debt
- Mock Trial Board reaches semi-finals, wins individual awards at February competitions
- Alaska Law Review’s Juneau visit engages local leaders, community on topics for upcoming issue
- Buell: Prosecutors are targeting crypto crime under mail and wire fraud laws as securities debate drags on
- Root Martinez is lead author on consultation paper for OECD meeting on assessing corporate anticorruption compliance
- 1Ls join GAL program to advocate for abused, neglected children in Durham
- Scholarship mash-ups promote interdisciplinary collaboration, build community among faculty
- Is the Constitution obsolete? Powell argues that it is not in commentary for the North State Journal
- Powell's new book introduces readers to American law and legal argument
- Fine '11 featured in PBS docuseries
- Swartz and Moore write for NC Newsline on the need for a new approach to transporting people in behavioral health crises for evaluation
- Martinez tells Bloomberg Law that judges' Israel trip, if properly disclosed, likely doesn't violate the code of conduct for federal judges
- Coleman, Greene, Martinez, Ryo awarded distinguished professorships by Duke
- Willinger: Fourth Circuit rulings on three Second Amendment cases will help shape the post-Bruen landscape
- Buell tells the NY Times that Trump's lawyers may take advantage of Judge Aileen Cannon's lack of experience in complex criminal litigation
- Willinger's "Missing Pieces: Gaps in the Record of Early American Decisional Law" posted on Legal Theory Blog
- Deepfakes v. Democracy: Farahany discusses the impact of AI on elections on Preet Bharara's Stay Tuned podcast
- New York legislation based on Schwarcz's “Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Model-Law Approach” discussed as solution for indebted countries
- Farahany calls on Congress to adopt "a nuanced, risk-based framework" toward TikTok and other social platforms
- Rai tells Bloomberg Law drugmaker Teva's legal strategy risks little while gaining it 30 months
- Coleman tells The News & Observer: "They never, ever had any probable cause" to suspect Amerson in 1999 death
- Howard Dudley, exonerated by Wrongful Convictions Clinic in 2016, appears on CBS's 60 Minutes
- Levy comments to Bloomberg Law on new Judicial Conference policy that would randomly assign lawsuits
- Meyer speaks in Qatar on the trend of countries imposing tariffs and regulations on the production of goods elsewhere
- John Macy ’22 to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
- Donovan Stone ’20 to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Griffin Baker '21 serving as Weil's 14th Lend-A-Lawyer in Dallas
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic secures 11th exoneration: Quincy Amerson is free after 23 years
- Serena Agaba Rwejuna '13 discusses her career journey and the best advice she got as a young lawyer
- Cox talks with Resources Radio podcast about the SEC's new climate disclosure rule and its impact for companies and investors
- Students get immersion in international law during Cutler Fellows weekend
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic advocates reducing single-use plastics in government purchasing
- Cole Horton '25 writes LENS essay on whether using military force against Mexican drug cartels would violate international law
- First Circuit quotes Blocher's "Originalism-by-Analogy and Second Amendment Adjudication," affirming district court decision on RI's large capacity magazine ban
- Bryan Stevenson relies on Inclusive Juries Project report in testimony during Racial Justice Act hearings
- Rai tells Bloomberg Law "perhaps too creative" lawyers are generating litigation in drugmaker's fight to preserve monopoly
- Qiao writes for Nikkei Asia on how the Chinese government can reassure international investors in the wake of Evergrande's collapse
- DeMott discusses ALI’s history and some of its most influential projects on podcast Reasonably Speaking
- Farahany discusses who is accountable if an AI chatbot aids in commission of a crime on Preet Bharara's Stay Tuned podcast
- Children’s Law and Criminal Defense Clinics team up to advocate for fairer sentencing
- Immigrant Rights Clinic provides relief from deportation for 16 clients
- Ward says Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI raises larger questions about governance of emerging technologies
- Willinger discusses Supreme Court arguments over the federal bump stock ban on Bloomberg Law Podcast
- Schmalbeck coauthors op-ed for The Hill on the $80 billion infusion that is revitalizing the IRS
- Civil Justice Clinic's lawsuit over poor living conditions at JFK Towers is featured on WRAL
- Raskin moderates panel at Fuqua on the role of corporate leadership in energy transformation
- Willinger talks to Roll Call about today's oral arguments on whether bump stocks can be banned
- Grimm discusses how changes to rules of evidence can improve fairness in court on Order in the Court
- Lemos's Judicial Decision-Making coursebook mentioned in NY Times column "The Crisis in Teaching Constitutional Law"
- Revkin to speak on expert panel on Conflict, Climate, and Displacement at Duke in DC on Friday
- Duke Law Vis Moot Team wins Ninth London Pre-Moot competition
- Christopher Richardson '07, U.S. diplomat turned immigration attorney, profiled as one of 12 Black Leaders to Know in South Carolina
- Haagen to speak at Mississippi Law symposium on Friday on emerging issues in sports law around college athletics
- Lovelace to co-present CLE on Tuesday analyzing the Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and UNC
- Benjamin interviewed by Faculti on the impact of Scalia's campaign against using legislative history in statutory interpretation
- Blocher to discuss works in progress at University of Houston Law Center
- Grimm co-presents at webinar on judicial standing orders and the use of AI in federal district courts
- Article by Grimm et al. on AI disclosure requirements is cited in dismissal of appeal containing AI-generated fake case citations
- Garrett says racial disparities in Houston's pretrial jail rates for misdemeanors "vanished" after implementing bail reform
- Wilson Center releases ShotSpotter evaluations as Durham considers bringing back gunfire detection system
- ESQ gives 1L students pivotal starting point for careers in corporate law
- Garrett comments on constitutional questions raised by the use of genetic genealogy to ID murder suspect
- Grunwald's scholarship on "Wandering Officers" cited as reform advocates warn new police complaint database is unlikely to stop misconduct
- Casey Witte ’24 prevails in final round of the 2024 Dean’s Cup
- Jones, Martinez awarded Documentary Studies grant to support oral history project
- Jones and Martinez receive grant to conduct an oral history project documenting Professor Jerome Culp’s life, work, and impact
- Benjamin in leadership role on $5 million SMART Hub research center
- Ortiz, Hassan, Kennedy, and Merrill win Transactional Law Competition
- Siegel's "The Wages of Crying Roe" is published in the Journal of American Constitutional History
- Coleman and Coward write that the legal community must speak out on bias and inequality both outside the judicial system and within it
- Schwarcz testifies on international letters of credit and demand guarantees, credit agreements under New York law, in major UK insolvency case
- International couples pursuing LLM degrees together at Duke Law School
- Grimm predicts uptick in litigation if Supreme Court overturns Chevron, says judges may need experts on technical matters
- Highlights of the Duke Immigrant and Refugee Project fall pro bono projects
- Lau and Finholt discuss whether Gov. Cooper might grant clemency to youth offenders before he leaves office
- Satana Deberry '94 discusses her tenure as Durham County DA and bid for the NC attorney general's office
- Cox tells Bloomberg the question of whether crypto is a security is still not settled as law firm faces suit over advice
- Candace Carroll '74, a pioneering San Diego attorney and “one of our most talented and accomplished alumni,” dies at 79
- Blocher points to the Supreme Court's "ill-defined" new methodology as the cause of current unpredictability in Second Amendment rulings
- Farahany among academics slated to speak at House roundtable on AI's impact on labor, elections, education, health
- Lau and Ronnie Long appear on CNN to discuss Long's racially charged wrongful conviction
- A president's power to change gun policy directly is limited without Congress, Willinger says
- Miller's article "Text, History, and Tradition: What the Seventh Amendment Can Teach Us About the Second" cited in Hawaii Supreme Court decision
- Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson '02 argues before Supreme Court in case challenging Trump's ballot eligibility
- Robert Chang JD/MA ’92 delivers inaugural Jerome M. Culp, Jr. Critical Theory Lecture
- Justice Olena Kibenko from the Ukraine Supreme Court discusses the challenges of operating a court during wartime
- People on the Move - February 2024
- Dellinger, Hoffman and other experts warn of the risks of using mental health apps during Data Privacy Day at Duke
- Christopher Schroeder to address class of 2024 at Convocation
- Blocher to speak on "America and the Right to Possess Firearms" in Ruth Pauley Lecture in Southern Pines
- Dahlia Lithwick reflects on a 25-year career covering the Supreme Court in visit to Duke Law
- Revkin and research team awarded £1.5 million for research on civilian harm in Iraq and Gaza
- Willinger tells The Trace the Mexican government presents "an uncommonly strong argument" in lawsuit against U.S. gunmakers
- Willinger talks with NPR about the Repository of Historical Gun Laws, a 2,000-law database in high demand after Bruen
- Robert Chang JD/MA '92 delivers the inaugural Jerome M. Culp, Jr. Critical Theory Lecture
- On new podcast Order in the Court, Grimm discusses federal rules and rulemaking with Judge Robin Rosenberg JD/MA '89
- Willinger comments on federal judge's ruling that banning guns in post offices is unconstitutional
- Trapping a river of trash: clinic works to clean up waterways
- Judge Robin Rosenberg JD/MA '89 is co-recipient of Florida Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award
- Brandon Myers '13, senior product counsel at Uber, named to Modern Counsel's 35 Under 35 list for 2024
- Meredith French Reedy '09 named Charlotte Business Journal Women in Business honoree
- Frank Rudy Cooper '95 awarded AALS Minority Section's C. Clyde Ferguson Award
- Blocher talks with NPR about the origins of the Second Amendment defense
- Adler, Rich, Foster, and Grant honored with inaugural faculty awards
- Beskind secures $2.25 million settlement from the city of Durham for the estate of woman killed in police chase
- Miller explains for Bloomberg how the Bruen ruling changed Second Amendment interpretation
- Listen: Farahany featured on NPR's TED Radio Hour on the impact of brain-reading technology on mental freedom
- Immigrant Rights Clinic secures permanent relief for deported veterans
- Rai tells Bloomberg drugmaker Eli Lilly had a “relatively weak" case against Novo Nordisk patent challenge
- Brewster's "A New Global Corporate Regulatory Power? Market Entry as the Basis for Prescriptive Jurisdiction" published in University of Chicago Legal Forum
- Benjamin says Trump's threat to revoke the FCC license of networks that didn't cover his Iowa speech could have "real-world consequences" in chilling speech
- Rai receives grant to study the effect of large patent portfolios on competition, pricing, standardization, and innovation
- Madison Dunbar '24 presents at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses career, the Constitution, and the fight to uphold democracy
- Adler discusses his scholarship, intellectual development with the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
- Lovelace to be featured in Jan. 26 roundtable of scholars discussing books in progress at Carolina Law
- Civil Justice Clinic, Maginnis Howard file suit for violations at Durham’s JFK Towers
- Glymph discusses her priorities as president of the American Historical Association
- Article co-authored by Nowlin JD/MA '92 lays out a practical approach to transdisciplinary doctoral training in the sustainability sciences
- Listen: Blocher joins NPR's Throughline to discuss the history, interpretation, and implementation of the Second Amendment
- Benjamin is co-PI on SMART Hub, a new Spectrum Innovation Center seeking to transform use and management of the wireless spectrum
- Duke Center on Law & Technology launches RAILS initiative
- Grimm to Bloomberg: Judges are facing "unimaginable stress" in politically charged environment
- Qiao's "Finance Against Law: The Case of China" cited in the 2023 Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission
- Brewster's "Enabling ESG Responsibility: Focusing on the Corporate Enterprise" reprinted in the Georgetown Corporate Practice Commentator
- Lau: The magnitude of misconduct in Ronnie Long's wrongful conviction is still coming to light, decades later
- Chandler Cole '25 urges reform of Feres Doctrine limits on U.S. servicemembers' rights to sue for injury
- Grimm calls for a coordinated defense of the judiciary by bar associations as judges face threats to personal safety
- Lau tells New York Times that Ronnie Long fought not only to prove his own innocence, but to restore his family's good name
- Buchanan and Krouse assume new roles in alumni engagement
- Lau tells NBC "prosecutors engaged in an active campaign" to keep Ronnie Long in prison despite exculpatory evidence
- People on the Move – January 2024
- James Pearce JD/LLM '11 argues on behalf of special counsel Jack Smith in Trump immunity claim
- Nicole Ligon '16 writes in op-ed that restricting hate speech will not stop it
- Articles by Brewster and Root Martinez selected by the Environmental Law Institute as two of the year's best academic works addressing environmental problems
- New class on understanding conservative legal thought modeled on Young's work at Duke Law
- First-generation students find community, shared identity in student organizations 1GP, First Class
- Paper by Profs. Brewster & Helfer on transnational asset recovery cited in Transparency International corruption report
- Writing for TechDirt, Boyle calls ChatGPT 2023's "Unperson of the Year"
- Schwarcz's article "Reexamining Enron’s Regulatory Consequences" is discussed in The Regulatory Review
- Purdy writes for The Atlantic on how to rebuild public trust in American democracy
- Miller reviews the limits and disappointments of current measures for health care quality in Cato Institute's Regulation
- Duke University kicks off Centennial Celebration
- Meyer article "The National Security Consequences of the Major Questions Doctrine" cited
- Scholarship by Blocher, Miller, Powell and Carberry '21 cited in District Court opinion on California firearms laws
- Mickey, Minnie, Tigger, landmark works of literature, film, and music now in the public domain
- Exonerated Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Ronnie Long receives $25 million settlement
- Buell comments on possible fallout of SCOTUS decision to take case of Jan. 6 rioter
- Jenkins advises creators to use 1928 Mickey Mouse freely but heed trademark and copyright law
- Stansbury discusses the impact of Trump's federal and state cases on the presidential campaign and election
- Jenkins tells Marketplace that Disney drew from the public domain in creating some of its own hits
- Article by Schmalbeck and Zelenak examining areas of intersection between federal tax laws and college sports is cited
- Jenkins joins NPR's Morning Edition to discuss notable works that just entered the public domain
- Jenkins talks with Variety about works free for use, including Tigger, Cole Porter's Let's Do It, and "the big one" - Mickey Mouse
- Jenkins explains to the BBC the "deeply symbolic and long awaited" arrival of early Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters in the public domain
- Watch: Jenkins, appearing on CBS News, says releasing creative works from copyright protection begets more creativity
- Jenkins to the LA Times: Many of the cultural struggles depicted in the books, film, music of 1928 are relevant today