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- Benjamin argues the Government in the Sunshine Act should be repealed permanently for all agencies | The Volokh Cospiracy
- Charles on Wisconsin election: The federal Constitution gives broad authority to states to hold and manage elections | Time
- Charles '13 ponders the implications that court decisions upholding waiting periods for abortions may have on gun rights | Second Thoughts
- Dellinger says it's "absurd" to say Congress can't convene and vote remotely | Federal Computer Week
- Elias '93: Seemingly small changes to voting rules could make a huge impact on election turnout and results in November | The Atlantic
- First Amendment Clinic files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of First Amendment scholars in support of a Black Lives Matter protest organizer
- Rich ’06 honored with Distinguished Teaching Award at 2020 D.O.N.E Awards
- Gulati analyzes possible inconsistencies within Lebanon’s pari passu clause and its applicability to restructuring | Credit Slips
- Immigrant Rights Clinic students present kinship ties as longstanding basis for asylum at hearing
- Legal historian of civil rights movement Timothy Lovelace joins Duke Law faculty
- Serving the community: A ride-along with faculty Meals on Wheels volunteers
- As battle over organizing nurses continues, Bowling says push and pushback is not atypical of union campaigns | Asheville Citizen-Times
- Tobin '90, accomplished insurance industry leader, marks 30th year at Robinson+Cole | Hartford Business Journal
- Book by N.C. Supreme Court justice Davis MJS '18 describes the Court's progressive era under Exum's leadership | Fayetteville Observer
- Blocher and Miller discuss incidental burdens weighing on Second Amendment rights and applicability in a pandemic | Second Thoughts
- Kaplan '21 describes COVID-19 experience and warns Duke students, "Stay diligent and cautious" | Duke Chronicle
- Listen: Morgan '19 discusses the constitutional context of journalism and how market forces hastened its decline | Ipse Dixit
- Foster op-ed: Poverty is a significant public health problem - and it's going to get worse | NC Policy Watch
- Dunlap: Amid the tragedy of deaths from COVID-19, mitigation efforts may be reducing other fatalities from violent crime, pollution, car crashes | Lawfire
- Dunlap: GITMO prison camp needs to stay operational, as virtually no community in the U.S. wants to house its detainees | The National Interest
- Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy’s 25th anniversary issue highlights faculty scholarship
- Foster: We have a moral obligation to help those impacted by COVID-19 mitigation measures
- Blocher: The constitutionality of limiting gun rights during a crisis is "uncharted legal territory" | The Trace
- Blocher's article on justified true belief reviewed as outstanding work of scholarship in constitutional law | Jotwell
- Ligon presents on the First Amendment, diversity, and representation of minorities in the performing arts
- Listen: Lau discusses the case of Ronnie Long, awaiting his en banc appeal hearing after 44 years in prison | Everyday Injustice podcast
- Foster op-ed: We have a moral obligation to protect those hurt by COVID-19 mitigation measures | Newsday
- Lau: Gov. Cooper has broad constitutional power to issue clemency to prisoners threatened by pandemic | NC Policy Watch
- Former NC Solicitor General Sawchak '89 joins Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte | Business North Carolina
- Buell: Law school a great foundation for entrepreneurs in an innovation economy | LLM Guide
- President Price announces the creation of three new COVID-19 relief funds
- Group co-founded by Fine '11 petitions to free detained Pennsylvania youths over COVID-19 concerns | The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Watch live Thursday at 12:10 ET: Huckerby moderates virtual event, "Impacts of COVID-19 on Marginalized Groups: Implications for Policy and Advocacy"
- Garrett: Terms of landmark Texas consent decree unchanged - no matter how gov's order limiting jail release plays out | Texas Tribune
- Kaplan '21 writes about his COVID-19 diagnosis, urges people to be part of the solution and stay home
- Center for Firearms Law leadership discuss guns, emergencies, and the Second Amendment | YouTube
- Garrett: High turnover in local jails increases risk for spreading COVID-19 throughout a community | The New York Times/Marshall Project
- Raskin urges federal government to prioritize people in stimulus spending - or risk another Depression
- Simon '73: Lamar Jackson's argument is "a bit weak" in trademark lawsuit against Amazon | Louisville Courier Journal
- Charles '13 discusses three constitutional questions raised by the closure of gun stores | Second Thoughts
- Dunlap: Let's make the COVID-19 sacrifices meaningful and use the crisis to build a better future | Lawfire
- Garrett says laws should require the disclosure to both sides of quantitative information in criminal cases | Downtown Newsmagazine
- Garrett: Gov. Abbott's decree forbidding release of inmates violates "many state and federal constitutional provisions" | Houston Chronicle
- Charles '13 says states may rely on lenient readings of closure orders to avoid political conflict with gun industry | Newsweek
- Rai: State and local authorities have a lot of power in COVID-19 fight, could even mandate vaccinations | Triangle Business Journal
- Miller: DHS advisory on gun shops and makers as "essential" may support lawsuits | Guns and America
- Class of 2019 distinguishes itself in employment market
- Criminal defense expert Maher joins Duke Center for Science and Justice as executive director
- De Fontenay research cited on variation of EBITDA definitions in corporate credit agreements and implications for financial stability
- Gellasch '03, GFMC fellow, says COVID-19 is exposing the ramifications of an inadequate STOCK Act | Politico
- Miller discusses D.C. v. Heller and the many questions it left to be litigated at Chicago symposium on gun violence | The (University of) Chicago Maroon
- Bara '20 finds refuge from worry in Durham trails, group chats, keeping a normal routine
- Charles '13 says closure of "non-essential" gun stores in some states raises legitimate questions about the Second Amendment in times of crisis | PRX's Guns and America
- "Our professors are angels" - Bara '20 finds refuge from worry in Durham trails, group chats, keeping a routine | Law.com
- Charles '13 says NJ's decision to shutter gun stores and stop processing background checks could have broad implications | The Trace
- First Amendment Clinic’s First Circuit brief supports student activist’s speech against sexual assault
- Charles '13: Emergency declarations amid pandemic raise constitutional questions around shutting down gun stores | Second Thoughts
- Feeling isolated and inactive? Cergol '20 says now is a good time to take up running
- Dunlap: The U.S. must stay on alert for adversaries seeking to take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis | The Washington Times
- Rai says Congress is likely too preoccupied to take on even the quick fix needed to resolve patent review cases | Bloomberg Law
- Barnes: A digital services tax defies international tax principles and will be chaotic to implement
- Garrett, co-author discuss new paper on the necessity of rigorous validation of corporate compliance programs | HLS Forum on Corporate Governance
- Santos Rutschman LLM'08 SJD'16: The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine reveals systemic failures in innovation | Columbia SIPA Journal of Int'l Affairs
- Hometown paper recognizes Sachs for his Federalist Society award for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and public impact | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Garrett op-ed: To reduce COVID-19 spread, enact a statewide policy now of early release for low-risk detainees | NC Policy Watch
- Frakes's paper on defensive medicine is a finalist for prestigious Health Care Research Award
- Cox: "Strong case" for opening an SEC investigation into Burr's sale of more than $1.7 million in stocks | Spectrum News
- Ronnie Long's long-awaited appeal hearing is being delayed due to COVID-19
- Garrett discusses Amicus Lab's brief that helped get Texas man paroled on eighth try | Forensics Forum
- Garrett discusses Amicus Lab brief that helped get Texas man paroled on eighth try
- Dunlap asserts that the US military should remain focused on its own missions as some call for a greater role in fighting epidemic | Los Angeles Times
- Rai: Government has the authority to break a patent in extreme situations, but manufacturing challenges apply in the case of vaccines | Bloomberg Law
- Coleman asks Idaho governor to veto bill that misuses her research to support barring trans athletes from women's sports | Idaho Press
- Texas defendant paroled; Amicus Lab students had filed brief disputing validity of blood pattern analysis used to convict him
- Dunlap gives seven reasons why militarizing the coronavirus response right now is a bad idea | Lawfire
- Listen: Blocher discusses "Free speech and true belief," called "one of the most important contributions to First Amendment scholarship I've read in a long time" | So to Speak podcast
- Ronnie Long's appeal hearing delayed due to COVID-19 as justice system grinds to a halt | WCNC-TV
- Foster proposes time-limited universal basic income for all Americans during national emergencies | The Hill
- Brown '74 inducted into the Association of Churchill Fellows, honoring leaders with Churchillian vision, values, and service | Fulton Sun
- Dunlap warns that diverting military resources to respond to COVID-19 could jeopardize troops and military's standing | The Washington Times
- Frakes's paper on defensive medicine is a finalist for the NIHCM Foundation's award for best health care research paper; competitors drawn from top economics and medical journals
- Rai comments on implications for diagnostic patent eligibility of appeals court reversal of Roche ruling | Genome Web
- Coleman: Arizona's legislation to support a ban of transgender women and girls from competition is legally and scientifically flawed
- Adler explains how the social welfare function framework can improve on cost-benefit analysis to evaluate governmental policy
- Gulati, co-author say Lebanon's debt restructuring rules may allow it to escape some of the legal mess plaguing Argentina | Bloomberg Quint
- In new court filing, US Soccer removes references to Coleman's research after initially misusing it to justify pay discrimination against women | The Wall Street Journal
- Dunlap discusses conscription and gender as SCOTUS considers constitutionality of male-only draft | Lawfire
- Garrett's "Too Big to Jail" research cited in argument that not enough is being done to deter corporate crime | Corporate Crime Reporter
- Ronnie Long is granted an appeal hearing; Lau asks state to overturn conviction and "Send him home" | Charlotte Observer
- Sachs wins Federalist Society’s 2020 Story Award
- Bowling clarifies what campaign practices labor law permits as Western NC nurses prepare for union elections | Asheville Citizen-Times
- Top 16 law review editors lauded for Women & Law joint publication with "moving" foreword written by Bara '20 | Bepress/Elsevier
- Frakes's research on medical decision-making reveals nuances in intervention based on liability | MedicalXpress
- Coleman responds to US Soccer misusing her work to bolster its case against equal pay for Women's National Team
- Visit Duke Law's dedicated resource page on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Women’s history at Duke Law: Frances Fulk Rufty ’45
- Garrett, Center for Science & Justice collaborating with Texas universities to monitor landmark bail reform settlement
- Charles '13 analyzes circuit court opinion upholding lifetime ban on firearms possession by man who was once committed | Second Thoughts (blog)
- Huckerby warns that Commission's agenda is to undermine human rights around the globe
- Int'l Human Rights Clinic team warns that commission is poised to undermine protection of rights in the US and worldwide | Just Security
- Chua LLM ’00, Coles ’08, and Fine ’11 lauded as Duke “women who have innovated and made their mark” | Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Coleman says U.S. Soccer misused her work in Women's National Team pay discrimination lawsuit, says women players do the same job as men and deserve the same pay | The Wall Street Journal
- Frakes research on medical liability and "defensive medicine" yields surprising result | MIT News
- McGovern remembered as "the heart and soul of contemporary complex litigation," "that rare combination of scholar and strategist, historian and innovator" | Law.com
- Schmalbeck research cited to argue that enacting targeted tax breaks could lead to unintended consequences | Forbes
- Sherman, Center on Law & Tech fellow, analyzes recommendations in the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission's final report | Wired
- Coleman: Adding new categories based on physiological characteristics could help resolve the debate over trans athletes in women's sport | The Wall Street Journal
- McCoy: As gentrification reshapes the Triangle housing market, developers and planners aren't considering the human impact | Here & Now
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic representing North Carolina students in their petition to limit CO2 emissions | News & Observer
- LiCalsi '77 helps publishers of iconic Woody Guthrie song avert challenge to its copyright | The New York Times
- Russell '59 remembered as "diehard Duke fan," energetic leader and entrepreneur | The Mountaineer
- Duke Law seventh in sending grads to work at the nation's 100 largest firms | Law.com
- Read: LENS Director Emeritus Scott Silliman's tribute to founder Judge Robinson O. Everett | Lawfire
- Watch: LENS Conference keynote from Mike Schmitt addresses offensive cyber ops & international law | Lawfire
- Cadmus: In our information-driven society, librarians' skills are more valuable than ever
- Charles '13: Oral arguments in June Medical v. McGee raise new parallels between reproductive rights and gun rights | Second Thoughts (blog)
- Bloomberg newsletter highlights student paper on defaulted pre-1950s Chinese bonds, "The Emperor's Old Bonds"
- Miller scholarship cited; argues that guns in public spaces artificially inflate the views of those who carry them | The Trace
- Garrett appointed independent monitor of landmark Texas settlement, possible model for bail reform
- NC Chief Justice Beasley MJS '18 presents Maher with Friend of the Court award; former head of Indigent Defense Services joined Duke March 1 | NC Judicial Branch
- Garrett approved to oversee landmark Harris County, Texas, bail reform agreement | Houston Chronicle
- Caiafa ‘08 named chief operating officer, Americas, for InterContinental Hotels Group
- Duke Law students explore international legal challenges as Cutler fellows
- Dean Abrams says being a woman leader in higher ed can come at a cost
- Cox: SCOTUS ruling on disgorgement could have a big impact on SEC's ability to provide relief to investors | Bloomberg
- Dellinger to address class of 2020 graduation convocation
- Allen '97 of ChannelAdvisor receives Triangle Business Journal's 2020 C-Suite Award
- Judge Gordon '79 finds fulfillment in designing outcomes that help offenders walk a better path | Law.com
- Garrett says the error rate for FBI's "blue jeans ID" technique underscores the need for federal regulation of forensic scientists | ProPublica
- Garrett: Improving the reliability of forensic evidence must start with the laboratory | Gizmodo
- Former professor Lawrence Wallace, who argued 157 cases before the Supreme Court, remembered as principled advocate | The Washington Post
- UC Hastings Law, where McGovern taught each spring, remembers him as "completely irreplaceable"
- Sherman, Center on Law & Tech fellow: Countries controlling the internet within their borders will influence the shape of the web over the next decade | New Atlanticist
- The American Law Institute pays tribute to McGovern's "invaluable contributions to tort litigation, his commitment to education, and his good nature" | American Law Institute
- Larry Gill receives Duke University Presidential Award for his positive contributions to Law School's culture
- Peers remember McGovern as a consummate teacher, Renaissance man, and a giant of the mass torts and complex litigation bar | Law360
- Donovan Stone ’20 prevails in final round of Dean’s Cup moot court tournament
- Clark '12, a Greensboro business lawyer, is named to Piedmont Triad's 40 Under 40
- Senior lecturing fellow David Hoffman '93, an expert in cybersecurity and privacy law, joins Sanford faculty
- Buell: Federal racketeering charges against Huawei, if provable, "sound like organized corporate crime" | Law360
- Krausz '83: Early go-fer job at ABC gave me a front row seat to hockey history during 1980 Olympics "Miracle on Ice" | New York Post
- Lau: Decision on whether judges will hear Ronnie Long appeal expected soon; Long's continued incarceration "shocks the conscience" | WCNC-TV
- Newman inspires criminal justice and paralegal students with the story of Dontae Sharpe's exoneration
- Watch live at 6 pm: Dean's Cup final
- Judges Rosenberg '89 and Corrigan '81 offer thoughts on the challenges of sentencing defendants | Law.com
- McGovern has a special place in the hearts of Station Fire victims - "He wasn't afraid to look at us," says one survivor | Providence (R.I.) Journal
- Rochelle Newton, Duke Law senior IT manager, is a longtime voice for students facing food insecurity | Duke Chronicle
- Jenkins: American copyright law is more friendly than Europe's, giving artists a chance to reclaim their rights after 35 years | Marketplace
- Duke Law mourns Francis McGovern, preeminent expert in ADR, resolving mass tort claims
- Duke Law grads had 98% first-time bar pass rate in 2019, second only to Harvard among accredited law schools | Law.com
- Public Interest Law Foundation feels the love on Valentine’s Day
- Listen: Prof. Huckerby interviews Dr. Joana Cook on "A Woman's Place: US Counterterrorism Since 9/11"
- LENS delves into hot topics in national security law with 25th annual conference
- Are suspects led toward confessions? Garrett study of exonerations shows 95% of false confessions contained facts only police knew | Live Science
- Longest: Environmental Law & Policy Clinic is proud to rep UNC students petitioning the state to budget CO2 emissions | The Daily Tar Heel
- Bartlett, colleague argue Texas school district’s hair-length policy for boys violates Constitution, Title IX | Verdict
- Bartlett, colleague argue school district’s hair-length policy for boys violates Constitution, Title IX
- Bara '20 says "I could never have predicted" hosting RBG at law review event | Supermajority News
- Wettach clarifies to Politifact Gov. Cooper's claim that a court "ordered" North Carolina to spend more on public education | WRAL Politifact
- Sachs argues that prominent scholars's proposals to reform the Supreme Court actually could destroy its legitimacy | SCOTUSblog
- Dontae Sharpe, exonerated by the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, is working with justice group founded by Swain '12 | Facing South
- Blocher appears on Time Out podcast to discuss challenges to gun laws and the work of the Center for Firearms Law | WCOM
- Haagen discusses how Kleiman '13 channeled his drive into a key position with a buzzy NBA team | The Daily Memphian
- Haagen discusses the drive and determination of Kleiman '13, now EVP of operations for the Memphis Grizzlies | The Daily Memphian
- Bara '20 and Top 16 peers leaving their mark on history as first all-women slate of law review editors-in-chief | Forbes.com
- Robinson '98 running in Democratic primary for Chief Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Texas | Houston Chronicle
- Sherman, Center on Law & Tech fellow, says Iowa caucus app debacle underscores election security risks | WRAL
- Larry Gill of Environmental Services honored with a 2019 Presidential Award for commitment to service and fostering the Law School's positive, supportive culture | Duke Today
- First Amendment Clinic files brief in Washington State appeal to support independent journalist
- Zelenak advises taxpayers to create a paper trail if they believe a 1099 earnings report is in error | Los Angeles Times
- Bara '20 talks about breaking the glass ceiling for women in law; Levy says "I see a whole lot of hammers out there" | The Washington Post
- Morgan '19 discusses three recently-published articles that examine the scope of the First Amendment’s protections, including "intentionally addictive" speech | So to Speak podcast
- Richman calls medical billing "exploitive" due to lack of mutual assent; bill alterations by patients bring up questions of contract validity | The New York Times
- Nowlin '92: Judge's comment about knowing what hogs smell like was improperly dismissive of plaintiffs' long-term exposure to noxious fumes from agribusiness | Agri-Pulse
- Harrington ’87 profiled as one of NC’s most influential business leaders on annual Power 100 list | Business North Carolina
- Sachs argues that prominent scholars' proposals to reform the Supreme Court are "ill-conceived" and could destroy its legitimacy | SCOTUSblog
- Coleman: NC Supreme Court must step in to end the "open secret" practice of jury exclusion by race | NC Policy Watch
- Duke Law hosts DC event honoring women’s advancement in legal profession and at helm of journals
- Charles '13 says state extreme risk gun laws are nothing new and, with procedural safeguards, have been supported by courts | Virginia Mercury
- Check out Twitter coverage of Monday's event commemorating women holding the law review editor-in-chief position at the Top 16 law schools
- At Duke Law event, Justice Ginsburg reflects on how opportunities for women in the legal profession have changed | The Washington Post
- Coleman: N.C. Supreme Court "has the chance to say that race discrimination in the jury box must end” in two upcoming cases
- Rai comments on Federal Circuit skepticism of ruling on unconstitutionality of PTAB appointments | Bloomberg Law
- Charles to give Feb. 10 lecture honoring Derrick Bell at University of Oregon
- Clause buried in the fine print of Venezuelan sovereign bonds could cost creditors billions, Gulati says | Bloomberg
- Dreeben '81 discusses his long career as a Supreme Court advocate, time teaching at Duke, and return to private practice | National Law Journal
- Garrett/Crozier/Modjadidi op-ed: Many of NC's 1.25 million drivers with suspended licenses may not have gotten notification | NC Policy Watch
- Bowling: Prioritize the truly essential and avoid the trap of chronic "busyness"
- Rai leads study on pharmaceutical patent challenges under America Invents Act
- Reiners: Exposure to fintech law and regulation is becoming more valuable as law firms take on more fintech work | Paypod podcast
- Listen: Charles '13 says "red flag" laws may fill gaps in involuntary commitment laws and the criminal justice process | Stars & Stripes podcast
- Zelenak explains how a loophole that gives big tax breaks on inherited assets was created
- Miller discusses the Second Amendment sanctuary movement in NC on WFAE's "Charlotte Talks"
- Charles '13: Two lawsuits moving forward on narrow exception in law designed to shelter gun makers from liability | The Trace
- Richman says non-transparent billing practices, hospital monopolies account for much of the high cost of health care | Laurinburg Exchange
- Richman: A sale or merger holds no clear benefit for a community hospital that is already thriving | Port City Daily
- Duke Law faculty, students tackling diverse interdisciplinary research projects through Bass Connections
- DLJ joins with other top law reviews to produce joint issue celebrating women's achievements in law
- Buell: Trump's impeachment defense argument of unfairness is "directed at the political arena" | The New York Times
- Listen: Civil Justice Clinic's McCoy talks about Durham's housing crisis | The State of Things
- Schiff's opening statement earns praise from Dellinger: "One of the most impressive performances by a lawyer I have ever seen" | The Washington Post
- Richman warns residents that hospital consolidation can bring higher costs and lower quality as New Hanover Regional Medical Center mulls sale | Wilmington Star-News
- Roady '76 is shaping regulations that protect the ocean's resources in the "blue economy"
- Coleman says it's time North Carolina reckons with its role in CIA "torture flights"
- Griffin: Contradictory arguments by Trump's lawyers show little consistency in administration's positions before courts, Congress | The Washington Post
- Buell says criminal liability can be an effective lever to deal with corporate crime if implemented correctly, cites Garrett research | Corporate Crime Reporter
- Griffin: Constitution doesn't require a criminal offense for impeachment to occur | Vox
- McCoy: Market forces are penalizing those whose incomes can't meet escalating home prices in the Triangle | WUNC
- Dunlap says timing of GAO opinion on withholding Ukraine aid created the appearance of partisanship | Lawfire
- Miller: "Second Amendment sanctuary" movement by local governments meant to show solidarity with gun rights activists | Gaston Gazette
- For the first time, women are the editors-in-chief at the Top 16 law reviews; Duke Law to host related conference Feb. 3 | Law.com
- Coleman & co-author: By declining to investigate "torture taxis," N.C. continues its shameful complicity in CIA torture program | Charlotte Observer
- Roady '76 applies environmental litigation experience to evolving regulations for deep seabed mining in the "Blue Economy"
- Five Duke Law grads - Brown '86, Bullard '01, Hardin '82, Scriber '11 and Yates '81 - named to Atlanta's 500 Most Powerful list | Atlanta Magazine
- Farahany: "Appropriate ethical frameworks" need to be considered with the creation of xenobots, or "living machines" | Smithsonian Magazine
- Starr '73 joins president's defense team for impeachment trial | Law.com
- Gitanjali Workman LLM ’02 discusses a career fueled by adaptability, enriched through Duke ties
- Dikgang Moseneke, who helped build and lead a post-apartheid, democratic South Africa, to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- South African jurist, human rights advocate Moseneke to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- Dikgang Moseneke, former deputy chief justice of the South African Constitutional Court, to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- Dellinger: Chief Justice John Roberts unlikely to respond to public - or presidential - criticism during impeachment trial | USA Today
- Retired Mass. Chief Justice Margaret Marshall serving as Bolch Distinguished Judge in Residence
- Lau: "Indefensible" misconduct by state, law enforcement in the case of Ronnie Long resulted in "a taint on our criminal justice system" | Winston-Salem Chronicle
- Richman describes the enduring business dynamics of Manhattan's Diamond District, depicted in film Uncut Gems | The Conversation
- Richman describes business dynamic of Manhattan's Diamond District, depicted in film "Uncut Gems" | US News & World Report
- Cox says Oregon law allowing money from out of state law firms to flow into electoral races "has a bad odor" | Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Zelenak calls it "striking" that IRS permitted T-Mobile to take huge tax benefit under old rules | Bloomberg Tax
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic: Misconduct in Ronnie Long case "simply indefensible;" team will request en banc hearing | The Associated Press
- Nowlin: NEPA, threatened by the Trump administration, was enacted to prevent events like the decimation of Durham's Hayti | NC Policy Watch
- Ligon: Lessig will have a hard time proving actual malice by the NY Times in Epstein defamation suit | Mediaite
- Nowlin: Proposed changes to NEPA could prevent input from national environmental groups and disadvantaged communities | Law360
- Dellinger, co-author: Argument against a wealth tax is based on faulty constitutional understanding | The Washington Post
- Appeals judges acknowledge state's misconduct - but refuse to overturn conviction of Ronnie Long | Charlotte Observer
- Listen: Blocher & Miller discuss their book The Positive Second Amendment and the goal of facilitating balanced discourse on firearms law | New Books Network (podcast)
- Listen: Explaining tenants' rights, legal issues in Durham's public housing crisis
- Dellinger: McConnell has "no defensible argument" for precluding witnesses in impeachment trial, says result will be "impeachment but not exoneration" | MSNBC's All in with Chris Hayes
- Wintersession’s short courses offer skills and insights for career – and life
- Center on Law & Tech Fellow Sherman discusses trend of restrictions on internet access by authoritarian regimes | NPR's 1A
- Richman: "Surprising" lack of focus on rural counties where Medicaid spending is high, health outcomes remain poor | Carolina Journal
- Office Hours: Professor Laurence Helfer
- Garrett research on corporate criminal prosecutions cited; data shows prosecution rate tends to reflect administration's priorities | Law360
- Charles '13 predicts rise in municipal lawsuits against gun makers as court wins chip away at federal law designed to shield them | NPR's Morning Edition
- Event celebrates generosity of scholarship and fellowship donors
- For Sager LLM ’85, heading Swiss development agency is extension of diplomatic career
- Blocher praised as "modern-day, take-note free speech scholar" after his First Amendment writings are featured in nation's most prestigious legal journals | FIRE
- McKissick '83 resigns from North Carolina Senate to join the Utilities Commission | ABC Channel 11
- Richman, co-authors argue that state medical boards must reform monopolistic practices that impede competition and access to care | Health Affairs
- Dunlap offers legal analysis of whether Soleimani killing was an assassination or self-defense, question attacking cultural sites | Lawfire
- Morris: The law is unclear on whether Soleimani killing was an assassination, and little clarifying evidence has emerged | The Associated Press
- Griffin: Bolton could resist a House subpoena by arguing that articles of impeachment have already been filed | The Washington Post
- De Fontenay warns of pitfalls awaiting retail investors if they are allowed to enter private markets | The New York Times
- Interdisciplinary team including Wiener, Ward awarded grant to explore system for scientific commentary on pending regulations | Duke Interdisciplinary Studies
- Data driven: Duke Law scholars harness empirical, interdisciplinary research to improve criminal justice reform | Duke Law Magazine
- Rwejuna '13 named to National Black Lawyers' 2019 "Top 40 Under 40" list
- Watch: Blocher, Miller, and NPR's Nina Totenberg discuss gun laws before the Supreme Court at Duke in DC event
- Center for Firearms Law reviews "remarkable" first year, expects 2020 to be a "watershed" year in courts
- Martin '96 named to Crain's Notable Women in Law list | Crain's New York Business
- Coleman: One can believe in equality for transgender people while acknowledging that sex and gender identity are not the same | Connecticut Mirror
- Garrett: Corporations are not being held to account for failures to comply with immigration law; prosecutions have "almost vanished" | McDonough Voice
- Public domain list from 1924 contains some not-so-great works that haven't stood the test of time | Slate