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- Kendall Gray writes for SCOTUSblog on the power of telling stories in legal writing
- Dr. Marvin Swartz writes that privatizing the state's mental hospitals would reduce access to beds and impair quality of care
- Nita Farahany: Neurotech companies are grappling with how to integrate mental privacy protections in their business models
- Wilson Center receives $100,000 grant from the Sozosei Foundation to expand access to Psychiatric Advance Directives
- Ben Grunwald: High-quality state data on police employment and separation can help prevent hiring of problematic officers
- Bolch Judicial Institute receives $5 million award from The Duke Endowment
- Jim Cox warns "Markets will surely be tested" under proposals to greatly extend U.S. stock trading hours
- Keith Porcaro argues that advanced AI qualifies as an ultrahazardous activity under the American tort system
- Ben Grunwald: Hiring "wandering officers" poses especial risk for agencies policing tribal communities
- Legal Liability and Agentic AI: How the Law Applies When Bots Go Rogue
- Health Justice Clinic wins new hearing in denial of disability benefits
- Joseph Blocher talks with USA Today about how the Supreme Court could apply its historical test in challenges to state and local bans of AR-15s
- Jim Cox says selling Wall Street early access to Truth Social posts may create "tremendous legal challenges"
- Stuart Benjamin: Courts unlikely to side with FCC if it tries to revoke licenses over failure to air Trump speech
- Amanda Martin: Politically-motivated subpoenas targeting journalists should not occur
- Charles Dunlap: Existing military legal resources may be adequate to cover space-specific legal needs
- Class Notes - July 2026
- Brandon Garrett warns of using generative AI that's "designed to create" in police reporting
- Joseph Blocher: Common use, as a basis for protected firearms, has "no meaningful connection" to the Second Amendment
- Chris Buccafusco comments on government objectives in settlement requiring company to enforce trigger device patents
- Joseph Blocher: Lawsuit challenging states' gun restrictions is a first for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division
- Jolynn Dellinger: Personal privacy in the digital age is now largely a bipartisan issue
- Jeff Powell tells CSM the SCOTUS rulings on tariffs and Fed firing show reluctance to expand exec powers over monetary and financial matters
- Doriane Coleman: SCOTUS ruling doesn't exclude transgender athletes from participating in school sports
- Ben Grunwald says biased conduct by CA police officers "should raise really serious concerns"
- Wilson Center team evaluating Durham’s Guaranteed Basic Income program for formerly incarcerated people
- Making AI Legal Self-Help Tools More Useful
- Doriane Coleman: Sex-based eligibility standards for girls' and women's sports are ruled permissible, not mandatory
- Rachel Brewster tells Marketplace import tariffs could soon go much higher: "There really is no limit"
- How should index funds vote?
- Legal historian Cynthia Nicoletti joins Duke Law faculty
- Richard Katskee says religious discrimination claims over MLB Pride hats likely won't stick if players could opt out
- Tim Meyer says businesses downstream in supply chains may be able to collect tariff refunds under their contracts
- Gina-Gail Fletcher is elected to The American Law Institute
- Remembering Stanley A. Star ’61: A transformative champion of Duke Law
- Joseph Blocher: No Kings rally manslaughter case at "the intersection of some of the most fraught areas of law"
- Terrence Neal joins Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
- Lawrence Zelenak comments to Wall Street Journal on potential challenges to Trump's tax audit protection
- Joseph Blocher calls wave of federal firearm deregulation unsurprising, but a "major pivot" from the past few years
- The Bruen decision created a "legal fiction" that forces government to look for non-existent founding-era judgments, Hayley Lawrence says
- Hayley Lawrence tells Reuters she expects the Supreme Court to strike down Hawaii handgun restrictions
- Hayley Lawrence says some justices appeared skeptical of federal ban on gun possession by illegal drug users
- Veronica Root Martinez joins ECGI podcast to discuss corporate DEI policies as a governance risk
- Class Notes - June 2026
- Bobby Bishop presents new paper "Mirror Voting" to SEC Investor Advisory Committee
- Private ordering: How outsourcing financial disclosure can put investors at risk
- Deborah DeMott's paper on agentic AI and the law of agency featured by Legal Theory Blog
- Appellate Litigation Clinic makes an impact in Fourth Circuit wins
- Thavolia Glymph is elected to the American Philosophical Society
- Class Notes – May 2026
- Brandon Garrett: Criminal prosecutions against AI companies are no substitute for adequate regulation
- Arti Rai tells NBC News generic semaglutides could be a long time coming in the US due to patent extensions
- Sarah Bloom Raskin says consensus among Fed committee members "conveys more force to the marketplace"
- Rachel Brewster tells Marketplace businesses will need to decide whether to share refunds with their customers
- Arti Rai: Congress must address US patent office policy changes that insulate problematic patents from scrutiny
- Advocacy by Duke Law helps secure release for man sentenced to life as juvenile
- Jeff Ward comments on Musk-Altman showdown that “feels like a sort of referendum"
- Stuart Benjamin discusses the FCC's review of Disney's ABC broadcast licenses over Kimmel jokes
- Tim Meyer talks with NBC News about tariff refunds for businesses
- Ben Grunwald comments on questions surrounding Arizona sheriff who may have misrepresented his record of past misconduct
- Tom Metzloff comments on Amazon's liability exposure in wrongful death lawsuit
- Class Notes - April 2026
- Sarah Bloom Raskin discusses Warsh's nomination and the importance of an independent Fed
- Stuart Benjamin tells Politico FCC chair Carr could face legal questions over perceptions of political favoritism
- Shitong Qiao discusses the dynamics between homeowners’ associations in China and the CCP
- $12 million from The Duke Endowment will endow law professorships
- Jeff Ward comments on likely outcome in Elon Musk's $180 billion lawsuit against OpenAI
- Children's Law Clinic secures favorable outcome for incarcerated students with disabilities
- Student’s advocacy allows family to celebrate a milestone
- Should judicial opinions be read like laws?
- Mara Revkin discusses military responsibility for minimizing civilian damage in Iran with the New York Times
- Matt Barry JD '26 writes for LENS Essay Series on the Foreign Agents Registration Act
- Joseph Blocher joins podcast to discuss the legal evolution of the Second Amendment and the future of gun regulation
- Duke Law students awarded a Bass Connections grant for research in Oaxaca, Mexico
- When “sleepers” awake: How the law governs sellers’ regret in the art market
- How unilateral action on mining the deep seabed could jeopardize other U.S. interests
- Michelle Nowlin says EPA should articulate standard methodologies for monitoring microplastics in drinking water
- Richard Katskee discusses the 8-1 Supreme Court ruling in Chiles v. Salazar with USA Today
- Prosecutors ordered to turn over original case file of Wrongful Convictions Clinic client fighting for exoneration in 1990 murder
- Stuart Benjamin's article on the FCC's aggressive new stance recommended in Yale Journal on Regulation
- Marin Levy tells the New York Times judges are justified in using their opinions to "sound the alarm"
- Shane Stansbury talks with Reuters about the narcoterrorism charges facing ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
- Brandon Garrett explains the Heck rule and how it applies "when the conviction is still on the books"
- Don Beskind says prisoners must prove guards were "deliberately indifferent" to overcome qualified immunity
- Larry Zelenak quoted on filing one's taxes as “a ceremony of fiscal citizenship, analogous to voting as a ceremony of political citizenship”
- Stuart Benjamin tells Politico that broadcast's decline in influence helps the case for lifting TV ownership rules
- Jim Cox says KPMG’s new CEO has a track record of success that should instill confidence
- Ben Grunwald: Hiring "wandering officers" previously fired for misconduct could prove costly for local governments
- Joseph Blocher says states and universities still have broad authority to decide how to regulate guns on campuses
- Class Notes - March 2026
- How to Protect Due Process Rights in the Age of AI
- Alison Tobin JD '27 writes for LENS Essay Series on the reimagining of the FCPA as a foreign policy tool
- State investigates allegations that youth home denied disabled children their legally required schooling following complaint by Children's Law Clinic
- Joseph Blocher tells Stateline that states and universities have broad authority over guns on campus
- Mara Revkin: Escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz carries risks for other nations
- Tim Meyer tells Politico that SCOTUS may be inclined to defer to Trump in any Section 122 tariff challenges
- Duke Law students help 65 North Carolinians rebuild their post-prison lives during spring break driver’s license restoration clinics
- Brandon Garrett tells The Post DNA testing has "upended traditional notions of finality" in reversing convictions
- Stuart Benjamin writes for Volokh Conspiracy on the FCC's new posture toward broadcast regulation
- Jed Purdy interviewed in The New York Times on different ways to view the second Trump administration
- Meet Don Beskind: “Law is about people”
- Laurence Helfer speaks in Geneva on the challenges of teaching public international law in the US
- Tim Meyer tells Fortune that Section 301 tariffs will be tougher to challenge than those implemented under IEEPA
- Rachel Brewster tells Marketplace the sheer number of claims and administration resistance will delay tariff refunds
- Coalter Lathrop: The US attempt to mine extrajudicial seabed minerals undermines international ocean governance
- Stuart Benjamin discusses the Equal Time Rule for political broadcasts and the future of media regulation
- Jennifer Jenkins talks with Marketplace about why consumers don’t actually own digital material that they buy
- Sarah Bloom Raskin talks with the BBC about central bank responses to oil market volatility
- Why “meme stocks” need new regulation
- Emily Coward says Gen Z could have a big impact on broadening the perspectives of decision-makers in the judicial system
- Sara Sternberg Greene op-ed in The Hill: "The war on fraud is really a war on the poor"
- Arti K. Rai: Decision in Moderna appeal could impact structure of future government procurement contracts
- Veronica Root Martinez writes for Bloomberg Law on the limits of ‘surface remediation’ for compliance lapses
- Amanda Martin says UNC may not have had legal authority to record classes without consent from parties involved
- Mara Revkin discusses the role and dynamics of Iran’s proxy militias with Foreign Policy Magazine
- Joseph Blocher tells CBS News Hemani is "the first real test at the Supreme Court of the legislature's prerogative to disarm categories of people"
- Elisabeth de Fontenay discusses the private credit market on Marketplace
- Watch: Nita Farahany joins Exponential Views podcast to discuss whether humans are really in control of AI tools
- Wilson Center releases new report on factors leading to reentry success in North Carolina
- The Role of Congress When it Comes to Tariffs
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett on making big decisions, inside and outside the Supreme Court
- Tim Meyer tells the AP companies may have to file individual lawsuits to recoup tariffs paid
- Arti Rai comments on BioNTech patent lawsuit against Moderna: "They clearly think they should be paid"
- New report on the hazards of plastic food packaging cites paper co-authored by Michelle Nowlin and Dr. Nancy Lauer
- Rachel Brewster explains alternative tools Trump could use to impose tariffs after Supreme Court rules out use of IEEPA
- A more ethical approach to valuing government policies
- Watch: Nita Farahany speaks on the moral questions raised by AI and the need for a council on AI ethics
- Jesse McCoy talks with WRAL about the law pertaining to rent security deposits
- Rachel Brewster predicts it could take up to two years for businesses to get tariff refunds
- Meet Kate Evans: “A Force of Nature”
- Charles Dunlap says an appeal of case involving Sen. Mark Kelly could determine speech rights of military retirees
- Kevin Dugan JD '26 writes for the LENS Essay Series on the legality of travel restrictions for deemed export violators
- Ben Grunwald: Idaho's reversal on releasing law enforcement employment records removes "incredibly valuable" source of data
- Paul Haagen says a settlement is likely in firing of Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang
- How corporate law can be a force for good
- Veronica Root Martinez selected as fellow in the 2026 ACC Academic Leaders Network program
- Jennifer Jenkins joins NPR's Planet Money to create a downloadable Betty Boop economics-themed Valentine's Day card
- Jonathan Wiener discusses the impact of the EPA's endangerment finding rescission
- Duke faculty among most frequently cited scholars in Supreme Court opinions
- Class Notes - February 2026
- Yaron Nili discusses government investment in public companies on the Executive Session podcast
- Paul Haagen discusses what's at stake in the UCLA-Rose Bowl contract dispute which moves to trial after arbitration bid is denied
- Ruling imminent in reggaeton copyright infringement case that Jennifer Jenkins calls "jaw-dropping" in scope
- Immigrant Rights Clinic halts deportation in high-stakes trial for Haitian man
- Immigrant Rights Clinic secures asylum for Nicaraguan family
- Marvin Swartz: Strengthening involuntary outpatient commitment could fill care gaps, enhance public safety
- AI and Drug Regulation: Looking Beyond Borders
- Brandon Garrrett discusses use of lethal force by federal officers, says incidents must be investigated
- Laurence Helfer writes in Just Security that the United States hasn't legally withdrawn from the World Health Organization
- What's in a name? A premium price, perhaps
- Stuart Benjamin explains the legal arguments in the social media addiction lawsuits with CBS News
- Richard Schmalbeck explains compensation of soccer executive Victor Montagliani
- Elisabeth de Fontenay tells CNBC that the size of the private lending market, lack of transparency into valuations is concerning
- Yaron Nili discusses issues around continuation vehicles in private equity with CFO
- Sam Buell: White House posting altered photo may not affect criminal case of Minneapolis protester
- Sarah Bloom Raskin explains the importance of an independent Federal Reserve, says market's credibility is at stake
- Jennifer Jenkins notes to NPR that creators remaking material in the public domain get a copyright for their new work
- Hayley Lawrence discusses the issues in concealed carry case Wolford v. Lopez on Bloomberg Law podcast
- Nita Farahany discusses the latest developments in neurotechnology, AI, and brain data privacy on The DSR Network podcast
- People on the Move — January 2026
- What the U.S. can learn from China’s foray into “co-governance” with Big Tech
- Hayley Lawrence discusses Supreme Court challenge to Hawaii law banning firearms by default on private property
- Jonathan Wiener: "Good government" requires the EPA and other agencies to assess all the impacts, both benefits and costs, of major regulations
- Doriane Coleman discusses cases involving transgender athletes in girls' and women's sport on NPR's Here and Now
- Marin K. Levy comments to the New York Times on the impact judicial assignments can have in key federal cases
- Q&A with Shitong Qiao on neighborhood democratization in China named LPE Project editors' pick for 2025
- Sam Buell: Loss of talent, changed priorities at the FBI and DOJ up the chances critical information will be missed
- Two essays by Jed Purdy selected as editor favorites in The LPE Project's 2025 yearly roundup
- Tim Meyer tells Fortune a Trump court win on how IEEPA is interpreted could give the president broad powers to tax
- Shane Stansbury comments to The New York Times on the complexity of the case against Maduro
- Marin Levy tells the Wall Street Journal replacing the 92-year-old judge in Maduro case will only get more complicated
- How to keep deepfakes out of court
- Ben Grunwald discusses police hiring practices with The Appeal
- Sarah Bloom Raskin: The rise of chip-backed loans to fuel data center buildouts parallels the pre-2008 boom in mortgage-backed securities
- Jennifer Jenkins says creative works from 1930 now in the public domain show “the fragility between two wars and the depths of Great Depression"
- Tim Meyer: Details, clarity still lacking around for $1.5 trillion in foreign funds for new investments in the U.S.
- Shane Stansbury discusses likely proceedings in the case against Nicolás Maduro with NPR
- Stuart Benjamin discusses Trump's $10 billion claim against the BBC for defamation and unfair trade practices
- Tim Meyer predicts the Supreme Court will rule against the Trump administration in case challenging IEEPA tariffs
- Jennifer Jenkins tells the LA Times long copyright terms benefit few rights holders, relegate many creative works to obscurity
- Jennifer Jenkins talks with NPR about creative works now in the public domain: "It's an artist's studio for the future"
- Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle release their annual compendium of books, films, art, and music now in the public domain
- Watch: James Boyle explains how the public domain fosters creativity - and how expanding IP rights can stifle culture