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- Garrett’s identification of improved representation of capital defendants as key to decline in death sentences is cited in analysis of overall decline | Vox
- Eldar co-authored article, "Crisis Poison Pills," spotlighted by Review of Corporate Finance Studies | Society for Financial Studies
- Listen: Garrett discusses deferred and non-prosecution agreements for companies facing criminal liability
- Farahany '04: Basing reentry into society on Covid vaccination status may further entrench existing inequalities | MIT Tech Review
- McCoy: Some facing a deficit of back rent due to earlier unemployment; "Covid has ruined their lives" | CBS 17
- Prates LLM'15 SJD'18 writes that central bank digital currencies entered the spotlight in 2020 | Coindesk
- Levy's paper, Packing and Unpacking State Courts, "informs the debate over court packing at the federal level" | SCOTUSblog
- Reiners analyzes the debate over the Fed’s emergency lending powers that delayed $900 billion in pandemic relief | The FinReg Blog
- Collingsworth '82 writes on human trafficking, child slavery, and the argument of whether corporations can be held liable for human rights crimes | Just Security
- Raskin: Fed's membership in global climate finance group a good first step | Wall Street Journal
- Lau calls governor's pardon "a big step forward" for Ronnie Long, who maintained his innocence over 44 years in prison | WRAL
- Longest applauds Biden's selection of NC environmental chief Michael Regan as head of the EPA | The Washington Post
- In Slate, Garrett points out the Supreme Court's selective intervention on behalf of favored groups
- Corrigan '81 pens tribute to Tjoflat '57, who marked 50 years as a federal judge this year | Judicature
- Donald MJS '18 is the inaugural recipient of the ABA’s Lifetime Liberty Achievement Award | ABA
- Miller: Smithfield's factory farm lawsuits show interrelatedness of environmental justice, climate justice, and justice for animals
- On CNN, Cox comments on Sen. Perdue's "astounding" level of stock trading activity and its effect on public confidence | CNN
- Farahany '04: Privacy and ethical questions raised by brain-computer interface technology must be addressed with safeguards for users | The Washington Post
- Ronnie Long pardoned; governor's action entitles Wrongful Convictions Clinic client to $750,000 compensation | News and Observer
- Recommendations from NC Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice cite two Garrett-led reports
- Duncan '75 and Macy '22 co-author article "The Collapse of Judicial Independence in Poland: A Cautionary Tale" | Judicature
- Experts and advocates offer policy interventions to avert an eviction "tsunami" at Duke Law-sponsored virtual event
- Maher discusses new role monitoring the state's response to COVID in prisons, including early release programs
- Buell says Rosen has little opportunity to make a mark, with only a month as attorney general | The New York Times
- Blocher and Carberry '21 analyze historical gun laws targeting “dangerous” groups and outsiders
- Public Domain Day 2021 frees up creative works from 1925
- New issue of Judicature Magazine released
- At "Preventing Eviction" event, McCoy backs financial support for landlords as rental crisis looms | WFAE Charlotte
- Farahany '04 writes that requiring a COVID-19 "immunity passport" could open the door to discrimination | The Washington Post
- Ghartey-Tagoe '88, chief legal officer of Duke Energy, discusses leadership, his career, and diversity as an integral business strategy
- Eklund '21 describes how Bass Connections project has given her the opportunity to develop close relationships with faculty
- Raskin says Russian hack of federal agencies was “the day you prepare against" | New York Times
- Siegel says to expect continued violations of constitutional norms to accomplish partisan goals
- Faculty join committee planning for a climate-resilient economic recovery
- Charles reviews Black Lives Matter co-creator Alicia Garza's new book "The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart" | The Washington Post
- Zelenek notes that income from Bob Dylan’s songwriting catalog will be taxed at a much lower rate under its new corporate owner | Wall Street Journal
- Study by Eldar and Garber '23 on economic development programs is cited | Bloomberg
- Longest: Communities near industrial hog farms suffer from the emission of hundreds of uncaptured and untreated air and water pollutants | The Guardian
- Watch: On WRAL, Rai discusses the FDA's vaccine review process, vaccine safety, and liability protections for manufacturers | WRAL
- Garrett: The Biden administration has options to end federal death sentencing and executions, which have been falling at the state and local level | The Appeal
- Rice, regional director of development for Duke Law, is named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 2021 Women's Silver Anniversary Team
- Garrett study cited; found 76% drop in corporate fines between Obama’s last 20 months in office and Trump’s first 20 months | Agenda
- Charles comments on Georgia's voter purge as plaintiff Arnwine '76 discusses new voter suppression lawsuit against the state | Ms. Magazine
- Henning '95 discusses how Nike's WNBA partnership develops retiring players for corporate careers
- In Politico, Dunlap comments on the longstanding norm of top military officers not giving policy opinions: "I think that's dead" | Politico
- Jones offers shortlist of exceptional Black women law professors for Supreme Court | National Law Journal
- Writing in Foreign Policy, Natta LLM '18 urges Biden administration to lead on condemning human rights abuses in China and elsewhere
- Bowling says he fully expects employers to require COVID vaccinations when available | Fox 46
- Rai: Taxpayers' share of remdesivir profits may hinge on whether CDC assigned ownership rights to Gilead | STAT News
- Calabria '09 sworn in as chair of Wake County (N.C.) Board of Commissioners
- Bowling notes some employers already require vaccinations for those who interact with the public | USA Today Network
- Sachs: A presidential self-pardon might only encourage the prosecution it attempts to prevent | The Volokh Conspiracy
- Maher appointed special master and charged with monitoring COVID-19 response within NC’s prison system | News & Observer
- Budi LLM '18 tells how pro bono work helped shape and enhance his career
- Longest comments on federal appeals court ruling against Smithfield Foods and purported settlement | NC Health News
- Cox corrects Perdue's claim that he was "exonerated" by the SEC, says agency may decline to pursue charges for other reasons | Daily Beast
- Ludington: Gaston Co. commissioners' newspaper libel suit harmful to free speech, highlights need for NC anti-SLAPP statute | WFAE
- Siegel tells CNN the "substantially more conservative" Supreme Court supermajority has shifted control from Roberts's center
- Rai discusses COVID vaccine development and distribution issues
- Bowling tells WRAL companies may start requiring COVID vaccination depending on how available, effective, and safe the vaccine is | WRAL
- Ludington says proposed bond condition banning pastor from county property could be unconstitutional if it curbs his right to protest | News & Observer
- Buell comments on Barr's appointment of a special counsel to investigate officials who conducted the Trump-Russia inquiry | The New York Times
- Powell says a president has authority to issue preemptive pardons, but they require some specificity | ABC News
- Final exam survival guide for students
- Blocher: Attorneys defending gun laws should think broadly about government interests in regulating guns and the wider impact on society | ABA Journal
- Bradley: Transparency provisions for monitoring executive agreements are in serious need of reform
- As Gov. Cooper issues pardons to turkeys, Lau '09 calls on him to do the same for Ronnie Long, wrongfully imprisoned for 44 years | CBS 17
- Richman, co-authors make political case for reining in Big Tech
- Pham JD/LLM '19 discusses Equal Justice Works fellowship representing low-wage workers and impact of pandemic | Equal Justice Works
- Farahany JD/MA '04 elected American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow | Duke Today
- Dare '92 elected 2021 president and board chair of the International Trademark Association
- Logue '82, judge in Florida's Third District Court of Appeal, is profiled | Law.com
- Faustino '79, district counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, earns top Corps award for legal services leadership
- Rai: Biden administration will focus on clear messaging on masks, reducing transmission, vaccine safety as world awaits COVID vaccine distribution | USA Today
- Office Hours: Levy discusses her heavily-cited article on state-level court packing, forthcoming research projects, and what's on her Twitter feed
- Duke Law mourns passing of Professor Emeritus and Rear Admiral Horace B. Robertson, Jr.
- Report by Gellasch '03 calls for requirement that fiduciaries disclose climate-related risks of investments made for clients
- Garrett joins Bloomberg Law podcast to discuss why Biden’s Justice Department is likely to ramp up scrutiny of Wall Street firms and corporate executives | Bloomberg Law podcast
- Griffin says perjury prosecutions rare, unlikely to affect Trump witnesses who gave "sworn statements" | The Washington Post
- Evans says the case of Immigrant Rights Clinic client, a lawful permanent resident detained in Idaho for nine months, shows the need to limit immigrant detention | Mountain Express
- Gulati’s Clauses & Controversies podcast explores themes covered in spring class International Debt Finance and Sovereign Debt Crises, a Duke Law-UNC Law collaboration
- Watch: Democratic theory and constitutional law scholars discuss election challenges and the transfer of power
- Speakers at 26th Annual LENS Conference to include former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Air Force Chief of Staff General CQ Brown, more
- Yearlong series examines race in the context of subjects foundational to first-year curriculum
- Duke Law experts discuss cryptocurrency and how to stop ransomware attacks
- Commercial litigation career of sportscaster Bilas '92 is highlighted
- Bart Mullikin ’02 and Wyatt ’19 discuss importance of NC Bar Foundation’s COVID-19 Legal Hotlines
- Dana Remus, instructor for Duke Law’s DC Summer Institute on Law & Policy, named White House counsel for the Biden administration | The New York Times
- Rai: Newness of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines' mRNA platform could complicate large-scale manufacturing and distribution | USA Today
- Rubin '87 reelected to the National Society of Compliance Professionals board of directors
- Listen: Levy discusses state court expansion, judicial norms, and court reform on podcast
- McCoy: Some renters have stabilized their finances going forward - but face an insurmountable accumulation of back rent | NC Watchdog
- Rai says HHS contracts with vaccine companies are hard to access; information requests get slow and heavily redacted response | Scientific American
- Charles '13 attributes decline in support for gun control to several factors, says gun debates are likely to play out in partisan terms | Free Beacon
- Listen: Levy discusses the oral arguments around the ACA and the ethics of participating in lawsuits that erode democracy | Strict Scrutiny
- Citizens stand vigil outside gov's mansion to demand Cooper use pardon and clemency powers for Ronnie Long, others in criminal system | News & Observer
- Listen: Garrett discusses new research on life without parole in North Carolina with NC Policy Watch | NC Policy Watch
- Levy speaks out on inappropriate use of the court for "baseless" voting claims: "Not everyone will appreciate just how frivolous these lawsuits are" | The Chronicle
- Salem '72, founder of Enable America and Able Force, honored with 2020 Service to the Citizen Award
- Garrett: Potentially groundbreaking law will create transparency, "open the black box on charging" in New Jersey's criminal legal system | Law 360
- Griffin says Trump has significant legal exposure post-presidency but calls criminal prosecution unlikely | The Wall Street Journal
- Garrett's book Too Big to Jail called "the definitive study" of deferred prosecution agreements for corporate crime | New York Review of Books
- McCoy says North Carolina is the nation's second-fastest eviction state, warns of coming wave in January
- Watch: Siegel tells WRAL "weak" challenges to both the ACA and election results illustrate the necessity of a strong legal argument | WRAL
- Garrett: Years of lax white-collar criminal enforcement may create a backlog of cases for Biden's DOJ | Bloomberg
- Donnini '98 named to Crain's Detroit Business 2020 Notable Veterans list | Crain's Detroit Business
- Rai: Big Tech no longer regarded as the "unequivocal good guy," could face tougher patent review | Bloomberg Law
- Haagen comments on how congressional balance could affect NCAA's push for federal legislation on student athlete compensation
- New book by Skinner-Thompson '08, Privacy at the Margins, explores how privacy can be a protected legal tool for vulnerable groups
- McCoy, on CNBC, applauds Cooper's rental assistance program, but warns of coming eviction crisis | CNBC
- Blue Globe International Alumni Newsletter, 2020 Edition
- Siegel's scholarship cited: "Norms and conventions ... play a pivotal role in sustaining the Constitution" | The Washington Post
- Virtual “turkey trot” benefits family of Thompson ’96, a former federal public defender with ALS
- Charles tells PBS News Hour all the evidence points to ballots being accurately counted | PBS News Hour
- Nowlin JD/MA '92 criticizes the rollback of environmental regulations under Trump, see hope for progress under a Biden presidency | NC Policy Watch
- On podcast, Charles '13 discusses what employers should know about gun laws and employees' Second Amendment rights
- Tallying the vote: Duke Law graduates gain election and reelection in legislative and judicial races
- Ellis JD/MA '00: Vote challenges unlikely to succeed, reflect a certain amount of "desperation" | WRAL
- Watch: Charles, on MSNBC, sees no points of validity in election lawsuits; "There's got to be a legal claim" to stop the counts | MSNBC
- Charles comments on legal issues in voting and challenges to 2020 results
- Analyzing Chaos: Duke scholars dissect election night
- Charles tells WRAL no laws are being broken, no basis for lawsuits as votes are counted | WRAL
- Buell: Win or lose, it'll be no surprise if Trump's family members are granted broad pardons | Politico
- Charles predicts GOP allies will launch intense litigation over votes in battleground states | The Hill
- Garrett says record fine in 1MDB bribery scheme is actually "a fairly good deal" for Goldman Sachs
- Richman expects incremental, not sweeping, reform of the nation's "complex" medical licensing system
- Corrigan '81 elevated to chief judge for U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Jacksonville Daily Record
- Incumbent Coleman MJS '20 running to retain his seat on Mississippi Supreme Court
- Marcantonio '15 running to represent District 12 in New York State Assembly
- Jacobs '94 named to Philadelphia Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" in intellectual property litigation
- Sorrell '94 reflects on his path to Paul Quinn College presidency, challenges of COVID on higher ed
- Blocher clarifies definition of assault and semi-automatic weapons for PolitiFact | PolitiFact
- Professor Emeritus Tigar releasing new book in July: "Sensing Injustice: A Lawyer's Life in the Battle for Change"
- Duhart MJS '18 running for Sixth District Court of Appeals judgeship | Toledo Blade
- Long's wrongful convictions case is profiled in Esquire | Esquire
- Listen: Levy discusses her recent paper "Packing and Unpacking State Courts" on Connecticut Public Radio | CT Public Radio
- Rice co-chairs health subcommittee for American Academy of Arts and Sciences report on closing the civil justice gap
- Timmons-Goodson MJS '14 featured on CBS This Morning; she is one of a record number of women of color running for Congress | CBS This Morning
- Carrington's term limit proposal could be considered by a Biden Supreme Court reform commission | Justia
- More than 11,000 people get chance to reinstate suspended driver licenses through Durham Expunction and Restoration (DEAR) court debt relief program
- Schwarcz named to Lawdragon's Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list | Lawdragon
- Rai co-authors guidelines on the use of AI-enabled medical software
- Study by Wilson Center for Science & Justice raises constitutional questions about the imposition of life without parole due to racial and geographic disparities in sentencing | News & Observer
- Charles '13 analyzes Michigan lawsuit over state directive restricting guns in polling places
- Miller: Smithfield's massive scale, foreign ownership left little leverage for next largest pork producer | The Guardian
- Charles: Private grants to counties are probably legal, but not the right way to fund elections and other public services | The Washington Post
- Reiners: The Federal Reserve should improve its "antiquated" payment system before adopting a central bank digital currency | Roll Call
- New Duke study shows race matters for those sentenced to life without parole | News & Observer
- Sachs: It's precisely when the issues are important - and divisive - that we need limited-purpose institutions the most | The Volokh Conspiracy
- In op-ed for The Washington Post, Miller suggests "poison pills" as an alternative to court packing
- International Studies: Kobelev becomes associate dean, Maher ’83 remains engaged as emerita
- Levy in The Washington Post: Republicans have been behind most efforts to pack and unpack states' highest courts
- Appellate Litigation Clinic prevails in Third Circuit in actual innocence case
- Authors of musical First Date face hurdles in litigating copyright infringement by Russian sequel | Forbes
- Cadmus discusses how academic libraries are maintaining service during the pandemic
- Levy research shows Republican arguments against expanding courts "don’t seem to be holding at the state level" | AP News
- Purohit JD/LLM '92 honored at Triangle Business Journal's 2020 Women in Business Awards | Triangle Business Journal
- Senior Lecturing Fellow Okoh '09 is elected Environment Section Councilor of the American Public Health Association | APHA
- Coleman: Not allowing policymakers to ‘see’ sex could result in defunding of research on sex differences in health and disease | The Economist
- Young predicts quick vote on Barrett, says Dems have no real way to delay confirmation | WRAL
- Podcast: Blocher discussses the history of the Second Amendment and the implications of a Barrett appointment on future cases | Northwestern Undergraduate Law Journal podcast
- Garrett: Goldman Sachs settlement in 1MDB corruption scandal does not stipulate a monitor to ensure compliance | The Wall Street Journal
- Lau: Cooper's inaction on pardons for innocent men is disappointing to those calling for criminal system reform | WBTV
- Charles: Nearly 400 election lawsuits show need for legislation that makes voting easier
- Gold ’98 presents a new theory of private law in new book, “The Right of Redress”
- Forthcoming article by Ligon '16 defines a new cause of action for “virtual assault” not entitled to First Amendment protection | FIRE
- Korry '86 remembered in New York Times for pro bono civil rights work, contribution to ending juvenile solitary confinement | The New York Times
- Jenkins: Research shows that material gets used more when it is in the public domain | Marketplace
- Article by Blocher and Charles '13 concludes that states' “red flag” laws satisfy due process requirements but may still face challenges | The Trace
- Listen: Jenkins '97 discusses copyright, file-sharing, and piracy on Spectacular Failures podcast
- Rai notes that novel use of messenger RNA platforms could complicate production of a COVID vaccine | USA Today
- Garrett discusses the need for bail reform and the early success of the new pretrial system in Harris County, Texas | The Houston Lawyer
- Bradley, Helfer introduce American Journal of International Law agora on impact of COVID-19 on international legal order | AJIL
- Duke report: Lack of climate risk disclosure mandate threatens financial stability
- Evans provides SCOTUSblog’s argument analysis in Pereida v. Barr
- Sullivan & Cromwell remembers Korry '86, one of the first women elected partner in its M&A practice | Law.com
- Garrett writes for The Atlantic on the "abomination" of juvenile life without parole
- Berger '87, Freyermuth '87, and Rawlinson MJS '16 elected to The American Law Institute | ALI
- Tjoflat '57 celebrates 50 years on the federal bench in Florida | Jacksonville Daily Record
- Charles '13 highlights a Third Circuit case dealing with the mental health prohibitor for gun possession, Doe v. Gov. of Pennsylvania
- Richman comments on the importance of face-to-face transactions in the diamond business | The New York Times
- Collier '67, corporate executive and former FTC chairman, dies | Keys Weekly
- Foster writes that investing in affordable housing is essential to help ensure that communities are safe and just
- Listen: On The Technically Human Podcast, Ward explores law, tech, ethics, and why we need new legal frames to govern tech culture
- Lau '09: Cooper's refusal to grant pardons, despite egregious misconduct by state, means innocent men get nothing for decades in prison | WBTV
- Eldar: Legal structures can help ensure that corporations have a genuine stake in solving societal problems | ProMarket
- Evans and Ellison address the unique vulnerability undocumented immigrants face in the fight to contain the spread of Covid-19 | Lawfare
- Rai says stakeholders would like Congress to address other patent issues as well as patent judge appointments | Bloomberg Law
- Listen: On Reiners's FinReg Podcast, former Wells Fargo CEO Kovacevich denies the bank's fraudulent accounts scandal had its roots during his tenure
- Abram ’81 and Maxwell ’14 will share in 2020 Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award for their role in defending exoneree Curtis Flowers
- Supreme Court grants cert on constitutional status of administrative patent judges; legislative fix would have been simpler but for politics, Rai says | Law.com
- Charles '13: Barrett's record shows an originalist, textualist approach to gun rights - even siding with lawbreakers | Second Thoughts
- Brewster comments on EU-US airplane manufacturer subsidy dispute, says retaliatory tariffs could hurt Boeing, US economy | Marketplace
- Meet 5th Circuit Judge Andrew Oldham on Thursday in a lunchtime conversation with Prof. Levi; Oldham is Bolch Institute's newest Distinguished Judge in Residence
- Reiners: Record-breaking weather events are pressuring US regulators to enhance disclosure of climate risk | The FinReg Blog
- Study by Levy finds at least 10 states have tried to expand their courts over the past decade, with Arizona and Georgia each adding two justices | Politico
- Watch: The Convergence of Movements to Abolish ICE & Defund the Police
- Richman: FTC's review of Charlotte healthcare merger suggests "real financial consequences" for consumers | North Carolina Health News
- One of Duke's newest faculty members, Fletcher discusses her research aims as a scholar of financial regulation
- Gee-Taylor '21 and Wettach '21 say Boulder health order limits free speech rights
- Listen: LALSA members discuss the Latinx law student experience
- Levy study notes that most state-level court-stacking has been led by Republicans | The Washington Post
- Evans previews oral arguments in Pereida v. Barr involving deportation of an immigrant with a state misdemeanor conviction | SCOTUSblog
- Gil JD/LLM '20 says requesting accommodations for online bar exams is "an extremely grueling, exposing, and expensive process" | The New York Times
- Levy: Republicans' stated opposition to court-packing is in conflict with actions at the state level | The New York Times
- Charles '13 comments on defense strategy to decision that could end legal immunity for gun manufacturers | The Trace
- Greene says the pandemic may have pushed some on the brink of bankruptcy over the edge | News & Observer
- Richman predicts higher medical costs and insurance premiums will result from Charlotte area merger | Charlotte Observer
- Buell comments on Justice Department's public announcement on Pennsylvania ballot investigation | ProPublica
- In online event, Rai discusses prospects for COVID-19 vaccine approval | Duke Research
- In new study, Levy analyzes court-packing at the state level, lessons for federal courts | HuffPost
- Register: Virtual Reunion 2020
- Blocher comments on property tax incentive granted to suburban Chicago gun club | Chicago Tribune
- Bowling '80 on law partner pay: “Life satisfaction after a certain level of security ... doesn’t increase for every extra dollar.” | American Lawyer
- Garrett describes data-driven research on reforming the criminal justice system | Duke Office of Scientific Integrity
- Garrett: "The dominos are starting to fall on criminal debt in this country" | Law360
- At tribute event, Duke Law community remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Rai comments on how Barrett might rule in patent, administrative law cases | Law360
- Testimony of Tigar read in extradition trial of Wikileaks publisher Assange | Consortium News
- Griffin analyzes how Ginsburg applied the principle of procedural equality to criminal justice decisions | SCOTUSblog
- Miller: No-knock police raids escalate the potential for crisis, especially when perceptions of threat are skewed by race | Christian Science Monitor
- Watch: Wilson Center for Science and Justice naming celebration | YouTube
- Siegel describes being part of the "army" of clerks who stood vigil with Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Slate
- On Wrongful Convictions Day, Long urges students to help reform the criminal system
- Welcome to the LLM Class of 2021
- Korry '86 dies; leading M&A lawyer was a fierce advocate for civil rights and women’s advancement in law | Lawdragon
- Reiners: If confirmed, Barrett, as a textualist would likely rule against the OCC in fintech charter case | Law360
- Blocher: Barrett's confirmation would change the calculation of Supreme Court votes in favor of a broad gun rights ruling | Guns & America
- Charles '13: Supreme Court "very likely" to take up a Second Amendment case - but may wait for the right one to expand gun rights | Washington Free Beacon
- Logue '82 and Klingensmith MJS '16 seeking merit retention on South Florida ballots | Law.com
- Duke community members call for release of detained Belarusian opposition lawyer Salei LLM ’14
- Garrett's "Too Big to Jail" cited as "excellent" exposé of the lack of enforcement of white-collar crime | The New York Times
- Young's essay appears in new collection "Marijuana Federalism" that examines the conflict between state and federal cannabis laws | Reason
- Longest says the environmental assessment of a proposed new NC poultry farm dismisses any impact on air, water | NC Policy Watch
- Longest: An ideological shift on the Supreme Court could make it harder for citizens to get cases heard | Roll Call
- Eldar and Garber ’23 to present study on government economic development program
- In Washington Post commentary, Garrett outlines clear steps toward police accountability and reform | The Washington Post
- Duke Law Tech Lab Demo Day grand prize goes to public defense video transcription service
- Blocher says if Barrett is confirmed, Supreme Court is likely to take a gun rights case and to vote against the constitutionality of gun regulations | Law.com
- Lampert '83 named Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year by Florida Bar Tax Section
- Verniero '84, former NJ Supreme Court justice, celebrates Ginsburg's civility, integrity, intellect
- Gulati comments on U.S. policy in contract regulations as judge considers validity of defaulted Venezuelan bonds | Argus Media
- Baker '21 comments on the summer associate experience at Akin Gump in Dallas | Law.com
- Calleja LLM ’97 and others challenge new Philippines anti-terrorism law in country’s Supreme Court | Rappler
- Case of Texas parolee Joe Bryan shows the real-life impact of work by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice | Davis Vanguard
- Federal justice officials appear to be aiding a campaign to undermine confidence in the voting process, Buell says | The New York Times
- Dwulit LLM '18 selected for Forbes Poland's "30 Under 30" list | Forbes (Poland)
- Bartlett predicts a "retrenchment" in certain areas of law with a conservative majority on the Supreme Court | CNN
- McCoy says temporary federal moratoriums are just delaying a wave of evictions until January | News & Observer
- Charles joins MSNBC panel to discuss Supreme Court nominee Barrett's potential impact | MSNBC
- Blocher: New Supreme Court appointee could lead to "sea change" in gun laws | WRAL
- Frey '85 named to the 2020 Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist | Inside Indiana Business
- Richman: $2.7 billion settlement would reduce the Blue Cross association's ability to limit competition among health plans | The New York Times
- Appeals court strikes certification of new form of class action created by McGovern for opioid multidistrict litigation | Law.com
- Swenson JD/LLM '12 tapped fill circuit judgeship for the 10th Judicial Circuit of Florida
- Bohrer ’05 co-authors children’s book on freedom of speech, with partial proceeds to benefit Committee to Protect Journalists
- Rothrock '20 wins honorable mention in the National Institute of Military Justice's John S. Jenkins Writing Competition
- Blocher: The next Supreme Court justice could have a big impact on Second Amendment cases and the doctrinal basis on which they are evaluated | The Trace
- Duke Law is No. 1 in Above the Law's annual rankings, weighted toward graduates' high level of quality employment prospects | Above the Law
- Amid politicization of the judiciary, Levi says it may be useful for judges to acknowledge controversial decisions | The AP
- Siegel remembers how Justice Ginsburg developed personal bonds with her clerks and their families | The New York Times
- Foster commentary: If Biden wins, Democrats have an opportunity to not just advance their own priorities, but to strengthen democratic institutions and processes
- Watch: Siegel tells WRAL about his clerkship with Justice Ginsburg, ongoing friendship, and the life lessons she imparted | WRAL
- Miller: Despite its dominance, Smithfield Foods has avoided anti-trust scrutiny due to stable consumer pork prices
- Calif. Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, Bolch Distinguished Judge in Residence, to hold lunch chat with students Friday
- Blocher: More gun control laws could be struck down if Ginsburg's successor takes an originalist approach to the Second Amendment | The Marshall Project
- Huckerby: EU skepticism of Pompeo report "exposes how out of step the U.S. effort to unilaterally define human rights is" | The New York Times
- Garrett: Supreme Court's conservative shift tied to increasing recognition of corporate constitutional rights | NBC News
- Students, advisers offer tips to get the most out of virtual networking
- Siegel recalls Ginsburg's strength, optimism, and focus on the work - not ego
- Nicholson warns that some NC school districts are failing to accommodate students with disabilities
- Bowling says life satisfaction among law partners is not necessarily correlated to income after certain needs are met | American Lawyer
- Charles speaks on the relationship between the Constitution and racial justice at University of Richmond | The Collegian
- Office Hours: Farahany discusses her forthcoming book, the applications of bioethics to current events, and what's in her Netflix queue
- Trump's list of possible Supreme Court nominees includes Willett '92 MJS '16 and Rushing '07 | AP
- Blocher says a Supreme Court shift could expand gun rights, change the way Second Amendment cases are decided | The Trace
- Duke Law mourns the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Work of Elias '93 to expand voter access is profiled in The New Republic | The New Republic
- Garrett clarifies that employers are generally legally responsible for anything police officers do in the scope of their employment | News & Observer
- $5 million grant will enable Duke Law to continue research and recommendations to improve the criminal system | CBS 17
- Siegel: Ginsburg's vision of sex equality was one of “equal citizenship stature" | New York Times
- Calif. Supreme Court Justice Kruger will participate in Duke Law virtual events as Bolch Judicial Institute’s Distinguished Judge in Residence
- Rai: Early release of a COVID vaccine "probably not a good idea" due to public distrust in government's response | USA Today
- Raker discusses the value Duke Law Tech Lab brings to legal tech startups and the accelerator experience
- Seay '52, a prosecutor, judge, and state senator, dies | Salisbury Post
- Students, faculty offer strategies for succeeding in the virtual classroom
- Meet the Class of 2023
- Office Hours: Professor Nita Farahany
- Dunlap counters media report criticizing U.S.'s airstrikes in Afghanistan and investigations into civilian deaths | Lawfire
- Report: Dellinger co-leading Biden campaign “special litigation” unit to prepare for legal battle over the election; team includes Elias '93 | The New York Times
- On Yale Law School panel, Blocher discusses spikes in gun sales, accidental shootings, and suicide during COVID-19 and how laws could change it
- Cox: Sen. Perdue's stock trades raise questions about "what he knew and when he knew it" | MSN
- Williams moderates Duke panel on racism, health outcomes, and COVID-19's disproportionate impact on persons of color | The Chronicle
- The SEC and corporations need to adopt stronger, clearer compliance programs and disclosures to protect investors, Cox says
- Dunlap posts information for students about upcoming internships and career opportunities in the Air Force, Army, and NSA | Lawfire
- Three startups in this summer's Duke Law Tech Lab advance to LexisNexis's Legal Tech Accelerator program
- Wilson Center for Science and Justice tackles criminal justice reform with $5 million grant
- Judge Duncan '75 (Ret.) joins JAMS, the largest private provider of ADR services
- Gardner '50, longtime insurance attorney in Raleigh, dies
- Fourth Circuit Court Judge Rushing '07 on Trump’s shortlist for potential Supreme Court vacancies | Charlotte Observer
- "Elated" Long ready to embrace life outside prison but faces obstacles in adjusting to a different world | The Herald Sun
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic plays key role in program honored with 2020 Roy Award
- Peer-to-peer: Upper-year students offer 1Ls advice for connecting with classmates virtually
- Rai says bonus system for patent appeals judges may be constitutional, but not necessarily good policy | Bloomberg Law
- Faculty, alumni discuss involvement in successful challenge to N.C. Racial Justice Act repeal
- Semenya’s hopes of defending Olympic gold medal appear to end; Coleman calls courts' rulings "the right result in law and in policy" | The New York Times
- Profile: Olonyi Bosire LLM ’20
- Ligon and Miller address vigilantism and the rights to protest and bear arms | Duke Today
- Garrett report: Releasing more misdemeanor defendants without cash bail did not lead to higher recidivism | Texas Tribune
- Nichols JD/LLM ’88 receives awards for exceptional teaching and scholarship from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business
- Environmental Law Institute selects Gutiérrez Robledo LLM '20 for inaugural international fellowship | Environmental Law Institute
- Snow '66, former general counsel of the Colorado State University system, dies | Denver Post
- Access to justice startups will pitch a virtual audience and judges Sept. 25 at Duke Law Tech Lab Demo Day
- Goddard '78 elected board president of Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands
- Gulati example cited to illustrate government bond swap strategy | The Economist
- Garrett, monitor for Texas bail reform effort, calls early data finding good outcomes a “promising and exciting start" | Houston Chronicle
- McCoy says CDC's new eviction moratorium order will be "tricky" to enforce, larger issue is the commoditization of housing | The Charlotte Observer
- Environmental Law Fellow Miller MEM '12: Legal battle between corporate hog giants reveals workings of "invisible" monopoly power | NC Policy Watch
- Bass Connections annual report highlights interdisciplinary work of Farahany '04, Grant | Duke Bass Connections
- Greene: It's time to eliminate asset caps for public assistance programs | Politico
- WATCH: Center on Law, Race, and Politics examines COVID’s impact on voting | YouTube
- Miller writes that nothing in the Second Amendment protects armed vigilantism | The Washington Post
- Kanu '12 joins Reuters to write a column about justice and equality under the law
- Lau '09 seeks pardons and restitution for exonerees Long and Finch - but Gov. Cooper has never acted on a wrongful conviction | CBS-17
- WATCH: Center on Law, Race, and Politics examines COVID’s unequal impact on voting | YouTube
- Ellison joins Immigrant Rights Clinic as supervising attorney
- Watch: Long and Lau '09 appear on CBS This Morning; Lau announces the dismissal of all charges, will request pardon from Cooper | CBS This Morning
- Greene research on racial disparities in bankruptcy filings is cited | Bloomberg Law
- Timmer MJS '18 named to Arizona Business magazine's "Most Influential Women" list | Arizona Business
- Williams hosts discussion on how implicit bias and systemic racism exacerbate health disparities among people of color | The Chronicle
- Townsend '95 will be the '20-'2I Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at Appalachian State University
- Dunlap op-ed in Just Security highlights the range of experiences military leaders can bring to top civilian jobs in the defense establishment | Just Security
- Wang '08 analyzes whether the banning of WeChat is warranted | Lawfire
- Baxter: ScotiaBank's deceptive statements to the CFTC during spoofing scheme investigation were a "shock"
- Watch: Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Ronnie Long gives his first post-release interview, says Lau '09 "made it happen"
- Garrett research cited on decline in corporate criminal prosecutions since 2016 | The Washington Post
- Benjamin member of team awarded NSF grant to study spectrum policy
- McCoy discusses eviction aid, says government should incentivize affordable housing development | News & Observer
- Dunlap emphasizes that the military must remain "nonpartisan in fact and appearance" amid questions over troops at political conventions | Vox
- Charles '13 analyzes the Ninth Circuit's decision to strike down California's ban on large-capacity magazines, implications for case law | Second Thoughts
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Ronnie Long is free and charges have been dismissed
- Podcast: Nowlin '92 and Okoh '09 discuss the safety myths and misconceptions of reusables v. single-use plastics during COVID | The Indisposable Podcast
- Rai contributes expertise to USA Today panel on issues surrounding COVID vaccine development and delivery | USA Today
- Reiners applauds watchdog Ramamurti for his contributions to analyzing how federal support for volatile commodity markets contributes to climate change | E&E Climatewire
- “An extraordinary advocate:” David Gardner ’20 | Duke Law Magazine
- Wettach's recent report calling for greater state oversight of homeschooling is cited | Zero Hedge
- Zamer '77, reflecting on career in major transactions, advises young lawyers to "own the details" | Law.com
- In answer to Minn. youth query, Powell identifies the lack of a federal common law of crimes as an important buffer between ordinary criminal law enforcement and the imposition of authoritarian rule
- Carr '72 discusses his career journey from working class jobs to class action attorney | Law.com
- Rai corrects falsehoods about legal issues related to patents contained in "Plandemic” video | FactCheck
- Listen: Gulati discusses controversy over the governing law clause in Venezuelan oil bond litigation | Clauses & Controversies podcast
- Fourth Circuit rules that Ronnie Long's constitutional rights were violated, remands case; Lau fighting for immediate release | CBS 17
- Moses '96 breaks barrier in being named president of the Nashville Superspeedway NASCAR track | National Law Journal
- Shailer ’65, only person in Broward County, Fla., history to be elected both as state attorney and public defender, dies at 82 | Sun-Sentinel
- Haagen: Retired players' painkiller suit against the NFL could be costly to the league's reputation | Bloomberg Law
- Bolch Judicial Institute creates a comprehensive clearinghouse of orders, guidelines, and best practices for courts and judges during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Dunlap passes along advice for prosecutors who wish to be leaders as well as litigators | Lawfire
- Read the new issue of Judicature magazine
- De Fontenay: Antipathy toward Citigroup shows the market's perception that administrative agents favor the borrower | Claims Journal
- Charles '13 tells Fact Check that Biden-Harris gun policies wouldn't even remotely dismantle the Second Amendment | AFP
- Judicature Magazine welcomes new editorial board members Donald MJS '18, Brutinel MJS '18, and Willett '92 MJS '16 (chair)
- Clinics build student skills, commitment to service, help close justice gap | Duke Law Magazine
- "Break 'Em Up" by Teachout JD/MA '99 urges antitrust officials to take action against corporate giants | The New York Times
- Evans calls DHS's new restrictions on DACA a "shocking" violation of Supreme Court orders, faults Congress’s failure to create and reform immigration laws | IndyWeek
- Abrams, July '07 welcome the JD Class of 2023
- Judge blocks new Idaho law banning trans athletes from women's sport as likely unconstitutional; Coleman had urged Gov. Little not to sign the bill | Law360
- Raskin on Fed's "unprecedented" stimulus spending: "It's almost been like having firehoses spraying absolutely everywhere and turned up full blast" | Australian Broadcasting Corp.
- Suffrage centennial: Read about Duke Law's Feb. 3 event "Honoring Women's Advancement in Law"
- Beskind, Coleman, and others in Duke Law community laud favorable ruling in Racial Justice Act case | The Associated Press
- Siegel, Schroeder, and Karlan rebut attack on Harris’s status
- Garrett's "Too Big to Jail" cited as a top book on corporate crime | Corporate Crime Reporter
- Hassan LLM ’02 launches South African Health Justice Initiative to fight inequality, ensure access in face of Covid | Mail & Guardian
- Blocher: Strikedown of CA's ban on high-capacity magazines "goes too far in treating the right to keep and bear arms and the right to self-defense as if they're the same" | The New York Times
- If successful, nurses' move to unionize in Asheville could fuel a wave of pro-union activity around the South, Bowling says | Carolina Journal
- Listen: Hodge '01 of the Vera Institute for Justice discusses ending mass incarceration through progressive prosecution methods
- Haagen: “Impracticability” and “frustration of purpose" could apply to excuse non-performance of game contracts between schools | Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Griffin finds advantages to teaching online, including more outside speakers | Duke Today
- Haagen says the COVID-19 pandemic has created "a moment of reckoning" for big-time college football | The News & Observer
- McCoy discusses tenants’ need for counsel in eviction proceedings in midst of crisis | Law360
- Rai, co-authors urge rapid knowledge transfer for vaccine production
- In media briefing, Raskin says focusing on the economy without solving the public health crisis is "really a grand waste of effort" | Duke Today
- Meet the 2020 LEAD Week Fellows
- Duke Law Tech Lab nurtures four early-stage companies, each with a mission of improving access to justice
- Gil JD/LLMLE ’20: Emergency licensing under consideration in some states “far superior” to unproven online bar exams | Bloomberg Law
- Cox applauds SEC investigation of possible insider trading as Kodak negotiated loan to retool for pharma manufacturing | The Washington Post
- Coleman, Lau '09 criticize Gov. Cooper, AG Stein: "We don’t have people who actually care whether they got it right" on Ronnie Long case | Charlotte Observer
- Baxter, Fletcher, Cuttino '12, and Raskin join as signatories to amicus brief in Lacewell v. OCC fintech charter appeal
- Ludington JD/MA ’92 joins clinical faculty as director of the First Amendment Clinic
- Garrett: Lawsuit raises questions about how well McDonald's investigated CEO before granting $40 million severance | The New York Times
- Under Trump, fines on corporations have fallen 76% from Obama’s last 20 months to Trump’s first 20 months, Garrett research shows | Bloomberg
- Siegel says the Supreme Court's reluctance to address race "can have spillover effects that produce bad law"
- Listen: Newest Bolch-ALI videocast "Addressing Racial Disparities in the Courts" features Levi in conversation with judicial panel including NC Chief Justice Beasley MJS '18
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Long fears exposure to COVID as he waits in risky prison conditions for appeals court decision | The Stanly News & Press
- Supporters hopeful for Ronnie Long commutation as pressure increases on the governor to grant clemency | CBS 17
- Greene urges Congress to pass a comprehensive aid package for American households
- Helgadottir LLM '20 argues that the financial regulation PSD2 is not lex specialis to General Data Protection Regulation | Oxford Business Law Blog
- 38 faith leaders send letter urging Cooper to grant clemency to Ronnie Long, represented by the Wrongful Convictions Clinic | NC Policy Watch
- Dellinger is part of Manhattan DA's legal team in suit over Trump tax record subpoena | Law.com
- Casey '21 reflects on Truman's integration of the armed forces and increasing racial diversity in military leadership | Lawfire
- Nowlin '92, co-authors assess the "pause" COVID-19 has put on the movement to end single-use plastic bags
- Krauser '73, a retired judge, reflects on her long career in public service and on the bench | JD Supra
- Watch: Sun '22 speaks to the Governor’s Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice
- Charles '13: Presence of guns at protests raises questions of proportionality in response to provocation | Guns and America
- Reid LLM '18 gives advice on making the most of an LLM program, crafting a global career
- In new book "Tyranny of Greed," Kuhner JD/LLM '04 argues that democracy must be restored by a "revolution against corruption"
- Garrett-led study examines how jurors understand and evaluate forensic expert reports and testimony
- Immigrant Rights Clinic comments on proposed federal rule narrowing asylum protections
- Maher addresses governor’s task force, emphasizes the importance of robust public defense
- Gulati: Antique defaulted Chinese bonds might legally be used to pressure China over existing US Treasury debt | Financial Times
- Former Deputy Treasury Secretary Raskin joins Duke Law School faculty
- Global Financial Markets Center and partners launch Climate Risk Disclosure Lab
- Listen: Wrongful Conviction Podcast devotes episode to Ronnie Long case
- Huckerby, Fujimura-Fanselow: Pompeo commission report lays the foundation for a "regressive, harmful approach to human rights and foreign policy" | Just Security
- Utah Jazz head coach Snyder '95 steps up public activism on racial inequality | The Washington Post
- Evans: More NC jails partnering with ICE to hold undocumented immigrants through new program that provides liability cover | North Carolina Health News
- Sammataro '99, partner at Pryor Cashman, is named to Billboard's 2020 Top Music Lawyers list | Billboard
- Journal of Law and the Biosciences impact score highlights its relevance and influence during the pandemic
- Grant advises parents they retain the right to have the special learning needs of their child met | WSOC-TV
- On podcast, Dunlap says the military still offers upward mobility: "You can enlist in the Armed Forces and end up a four-star general" | CSIS
- Listen: Wettach interviewed on her new report that recommends greater accountability in NC's private school voucher program | NC Policy Watch
- Bloomberg Law podcast: Levy discusses the need for disclosure of the health issues of Supreme Court justices | Bloomberg Law podcast
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic issues comment letter, finding continuing pollution from Alcoa's Badin waste site | Salisbury (N.C.) Post
- Immigrant Rights Clinic files amicus brief supporting Fourth Amendment challenge to immigration detainers
- Wettach: Greater integration and more diversity among teachers could help reduce educational disparities | Spectrum News
- Listen: On Slate Money, Gulati and Buchheit discuss the Argentine debt default and how emerging markets are faring in the COVID crisis | Slate Money
- Nicholson: Disproportionate levels of school suspension, discipline may put Black students in NC at greater risk of harm | Spectrum News
- Charles discusses the Supreme Court's reluctance to take on election-related lawsuits | NPR
- "Our moment to reimagine the justice system is now," says Timmons-Goodson MJS '14, who is running for Congress and was the first Black woman on the NC Supreme Court | Essence
- Gulati, Buchheit say sovereign nations should retain collective action clauses to avoid higher future borrowing costs
- Timmer MJS '18, the Arizona Supreme Court's vice chief justice, is named to "Most Influential Women in Arizona Business" list | Arizona Business
- Paper by Dixon '21, Whalen '21, and Arnold '13 is lauded as one of the best new works of scholarship on Contracts | Jotwell
- Listen: McCoy talks about the commoditization of housing and sustaining hope for clients amid a growing crisis
- Raskin says U.S. regulators are falling behind in assessing climate change threats to the economy | The New York Times
- Miller is elected to The American Law Institute | American Law Institute
- Miller elected to membership in American Law Institute
- Powell recommends three changes to federal law Congress can make now to improve legal protection for Black Americans
- Grunwald: Pennsylvania's new police hiring database will be only as good as the data in it | Philadelphia Tribune
- Associate Dean Sheffield discusses preparing the Law School to welcome back students, faculty, and staff | Duke Today
- French ’21, T’18 named battalion commander for Duke’s Army ROTC program
- As interest in homeschooling grows, Wettach proposes a new mechanism for parental accountability
- Huckerby: Pompeo report elevates religious freedom, dismisses abortion and same-sex marriages as "divisive social and political controversies" | Mother Jones
- CBS This Morning features the case of Wrongful Convictions Clinic client Ronnie Long
- Grady ’22 challenges Law School community, legal profession to “listen, learn, and include” and value diverse students, attorneys
- Leslie ’11 shares perspectives on accessibility and independence as a quadriplegic attorney with the SEC (segment at 5:48)
- Krawiec is signatory to open letter urging U.S. to adopt human challenge trials in search for COVID vaccine
- Crozier takes permanent position as research director of the Center for Science and Justice
- A former Virginia serologist is implicated in at least two wrongful convictions later cleared by DNA, Garrett says | Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Raskin: The Federal Reserve could use its power to create new programs that address economic inequities | Reuters
- Huckerby: Pompeo's limited view of human rights unveiled Thursday would put the US out of step with the international community | CNN
- Center for Science and Justice begins tracking police reform legislation by state; project led by Emma Li '22
- Huckerby on NPR: Pompeo's Commission on Human Rights seems to take a "limited, anachronistic" view of human rights that excludes marginalized groups | NPR's Morning Edition
- Tran '22 analyzes the controversial "1033 program" that some say has helped militarize police departments | Second Thoughts
- Greene and Zelenak urge Congress to extend the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Tax Act of 2019
- Newman, Coleman, and Lau '09: Gov. Cooper's inaction on clemency speaks louder than his words
- Wells '98, who leads the NC Council on Developmental Disabilities, appointed to NC Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice
- Cox: Principle of good faith and fair dealing could apply in employees' tax liability dispute with Uber | NBC News
- Grady ’22 challenges Law School community, legal profession to “listen, learn, and include” and value diverse students, attorneys | Birmingham Business Journal
- Garrett: To rebuild trust, serial corporate wrongdoer Deutsche Bank should name the executives responsible for maintaining Epstein relationship | The New York Times
- The FinReg Blog kicks off monthlong focus on "Climate Change and Financial Markets – Risk, Regulation, and Innovation," will publish interdisciplinary scholarship and analysis | The FinReg Blog
- Policing in America: How did we get here and where do we go?
- Dunlap explains why most Confederate soldiers and officers weren't tried for treason | Lawfire
- Coleman, Newman, and Lau '09: Gov. Cooper's inaction on clemency speaks louder than his words | The News & Observer
- De Fontenay: Deal structure offering only some creditors repayment priority could turn into "a big problem for credit markets" | American Banker
- In op-ed in The Hill, Greene and Zelenak urge Congress to help low-income families by providing more direct relief and extending the 2019 Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Tax Act | The Hill
- Meet Dan Scheinman ’87, the first investor in Zoom
- Visiting assistant professor Rice '15 analyzes the implications of the Supreme Court’s void-for-vagueness doctrine for Second Amendment questions | SCOTUSblog
- Charles: In the area of voting rights, Roberts has failed to live up to his ideal of assuring that democratic processes are fair | NPR's Morning Edition
- Siegel: Roberts is striving to maintain the Supreme Court's balance and legitimacy but remains "one of the most conservative justices" in its history | Bloomberg Law
- Watch: Lau '09 says, "I'm confident we're going to prevail" in story delving into the case of Ronnie Long | WBTV Charlotte
- Tignor '99: Policing must have local civilian oversight - and police reform must be part of larger criminal justice reform | The Washington Post
- Ward JD/LLM '09: Startups in this summer's Duke Law Tech Lab have "the right attitude" in improving access to justice through technological innovation | Attorney at Law Magazine
- Levy: The Supreme Court should disclose health issues affecting the justices - or risk eroding public confidence | Bloomberg Law
- Ivy League executive director Harris ’93 discusses decision to cancel fall sports | Inside Higher Ed
- Beale's Grand Jury Law and Practice is cited three times in Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Vance
- Watch: New Duke Law faculty video series examines impact, future implications of historic Supreme Court ruling prohibiting discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity
- Listen: On CSIS panel, Dunlap discusses civil-military relations in the context of recent BLM protests and the government’s response to them | Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Bradford '02 tells how a Duke neurosurgeon saved his life - and how it changed after brain surgery
- Charles: States should still pass laws enabling them to punish "faithless electors" after Supreme Court decision allowing them to do so | NPR
- Joseph MJS '16, a federal magistrate, tells why administering the oath of citizenship is so meaningful to her | Matter of Fact
- Listen: Charles discusses the challenges of voting during a pandemic on WFAE's "Charlotte Talks" | WFAE's Charlotte Talks
- Ligon '16 urges the U.S. Supreme Court to grant cert in Mckesson case and affirm Americans' right to protest | Columbia Journal of Race and Law
- Watch: Levi and guests including Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Houston police chief Art Acevedo address the use of excessive force in Bolch videocast
- Charles '13 analyzes the Colorado Supreme Court decision upholding large-capacity magazine limit | Second Thoughts
- Bowling: A successful outcome at Mission Health would boost other union organizing efforts across the SE | USA Today Network
- Garrett's work on the death penalty, life without parole, and exonerations is cited | The Crime Report
- Rai says novel argument challenging patent review board has implications that could hurt patent owners | Law360
- Ezor '19 analyzes the legal implications of volunteer disaster relief efforts such as the "Cajun Navy"
- Cuttino ’12 testifies before Senate committee on financial inclusion in the U.S. payments system
- With commitment to advance racial equity, Crump T'95 '98 will be Milwaukee's new commissioner of development | Milwaukee Business Journal
- With ending of moratorium, McCoy says the existing eviction crisis is about to turn into an "outright calamity" | News & Observer
- Cuttino '12 testifies before U.S. Senate banking committee on digital payments and financial inclusion
- Charles '13 analyzes what Roberts's separate opinion in June Medical may reveal about his views of Second Amendment methodology | Second Thoughts
- Lau '09: Holding Ronnie Long in the COVID-19 "incubator" of state prison is "simply cruel" | WCNC Charlotte
- The state could combat racism and COVID-19 by enacting its Extended Limits of Confinement mechanism, says Lau '09 | CBS 17
- Senior Lecturing Fellow Okoh '09: COVID-19 fears, while warranted, may set back progress on reducing single-use plastics | Grist
- Raskin warns the US is trailing the rest of the world on promoting a competitive business sector to tackle climate change | Energy & Environment News
- Pope '81 appointed to UNC Board of Governors | News & Observer
- Read or watch: Beasley MJS '18 delivers 2020 State of the North Carolina Judiciary Address
- Register to watch: Charles appearing on Tuesday panel "Elevating and Engaging with Black Lives on Law School Campuses," sponsored by the American Constitution Society
- Specific facts matter when courts review restrictions on speech of government employees, Powell says | Bloomberg Law
- Miller tells Politifact there is no federal law that nullifies a concealed carry permit while the bearer is wearing a mask | Politifact
- Powell says the Emergency Management Act gives Gov. Cooper the power to mandate public face coverings | Asheville Citizen-Times
- Zelenak discusses his study of tax-themed sitcom episodes, starting with 1940s radio plays | Tax Notes Talk
- Cuttino '12 to testify before Senate committee on digitization of money and payments | The Block
- Garrett: "There are real questions about whether workplace enforcement is a productive immigration strategy" | Corporate Crime Reporter
- Covid-19 dispatches: Alumni pitching in to help fight the pandemic
- In op-ed, Stansbury writes that "scrutiny of our institutions must extend to every corner of society, down to the names of our schools" | Houston Chronicle
- Book review: Adler's Measuring Social Welfare introduces "a flexible and powerful tool of normative policy analysis to a broad audience" | Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
- Covid-19: Clinics and Pro Bono Projects
- Garrett: “In general, criminal justice reform is not the wedge issue it was in the ‘90s" | News & Observer
- Analysis by Huckerby, co-author cited in New York Times report on Pompeo's Human Rights Commission | New York Times
- Coleman: "We probably have the best opportunity that we've had in my lifetime to actually make real changes" | Duke Chronicle
- Reiners says first exchange-traded fund to use cryptocurrency "would announce that crypto has gone mainstream in a way no other product could." | Cointelegraph
- Beale research cited on the role of politics in federal prosecutions and of U.S. Attorneys | Slate
- Verniero '84: Bostock, DACA decisions demonstrate importance of Supreme Court's independence | The Star-Ledger
- Haagen says OSU's and SMU's COVID liability waivers are "really more about putting players on notice" | Law360
- Miller: Without nuance, calls to defund police could encourage vigilantes empowered by U.S. gun laws | Newsday
- Dellinger: Efforts by lawyers and public officials to limit voting are "distressing," "a shameful assault on democracy" | The Associated Press
- Garrett discusses qualified immunity and the difficulty of winning a constitutional claim | Scripps National
- Appellate Litigation Clinic presents Third Circuit oral argument in actual innocence case
- Brewster: States agreed to WTO variable tariff policy now being criticized by the U.S. | Marketplace
- Listen: On The State of Things, Jones discusses the significance of the Bostock ruling and its implications for other statutes dealing with discrimination | WUNC's The State of Things
- NC Chief Justice Beasley MJS '18, Millhiser ’06 reflect on judiciary’s role in perpetuating racial injustice | The New York Times
- Simon '73: Major League Baseball should call on a mediator to solve its labor dispute with players' union | San Diego Union Tribune
- Benjamin: Bolton's book is most likely coming out, despite the Trump administration's efforts to stop publication | The Wrap
- Giegerich '80 joins 8 Rivers Capital as general counsel
- Huckerby: Human rights advocates worry that Pompeo's Commission on Unalienable Rights aims to roll back, not expand, protections | Al Jazeera
- Duke Law faculty react to landmark Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga.
- Benjamin: Trump's attempt to prevent Bolton from publishing "sensitive" information is in his interest, not the nation's
- Watch: 'COVID-19: Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic' series
- At Duke's "Living While Black" event, more than 50 Black staff, students, and faculty, including Jones, share personal stories, present research on racial inequities, and call for change | Duke Today
- Jones and co-author Norwood: "How will we teach our students about law and justice this fall?"
- Grunwald posits several reasons why law enforcement agencies continue to hire cops previously fired for misconduct | The Washington Post
- Charles '13: Hard to predict what type of Second Amendment case the Supreme Court might hear, given its denial of ten gun rights petitions for next term | Guns & America
- Charles '13 "surprised" the Supreme Court declined today to take up any pending Second Amendment petitions | CNN.com
- Longest: The U.S. energy system incentivizes building large-scale projects, not investing in a public service | Grist
- Garrett discusses the reforms needed to end police violence in America
- Siegel: Trump lawyer is "more attuned to the legal destination he wants to arrive at than to problems with the legal reasoning required to get him there" | The New York Times
- Longest argues that new ag act removes incentives for hog farmers to replace waste lagoons with better treatment systems | Bloomberg Law
- Miller: Cell phone recordings, decrease in violent crime and rise in social awareness has helped Democrats shift their stance on criminal justice | ABC News
- Graduation 2020
- Lovelace: The pandemic may have opened up time and space for Americans to think and act on social justice issues | CNBC
- Maj. Gen. Dunlap urges military to remove Confederate names: "Rename our bases. Do it now. People need to see change."
- Schwarcz says Hertz's plan to sell shares is a new twist for a bankrupt company trying to raise capital | CNBC
- Garrett on police killing of Breonna Taylor: "Far more careful scrutiny" is needed of how no-knock warrants are used in practice | Rolling Stone
- Miller and Garrett tell media that broad criminal justice reform is needed to change policing in the U.S.
- Bowling: The recovery economy will need tech employees and skilled labor to work on delayed infrastructure projects | WalletHub
- Dunlap urges military to remove Confederate names: "Rename our bases and do it now ... People need to see change" | Lawfire
- Buell: Gleeson's filing in appeals court adds to the questions regarding Flynn case | The New York Times
- Watch: Miller warns that the slogan "Defund the Police" may embolden vigilantes and further imperil Black lives | WRAL
- Garrett says policies like "8 Can't Wait" must be incorporated into policing culture - or it's just paper | Spectrum News
- Raskin: The Federal Reserve's extraordinary efforts to prevent economic collapse have led to an uneven recovery | NPR's All Things Considered
- Wettach: Children’s Law Clinic founder led N.C. educational reform, modeled excellence as advocate and clinician
- Garrett co-authors slate of policing reform measures to implement at federal, state, local level
- Charles '13 looks to Alito's dissent in NYS Rifle & Pistol for clues to how he might vote on Second Amendment case petitions | Second Thoughts
- Coleman reflects on how COVID-19 has affected scholarship, teaching, and public engagement
- Ligon ’16 comments on First Amendment case awaiting SCOTUS cert in which Fifth Circuit’s Willett ’92 sided with protest organizers | Law.com
- Dellinger is honored with the American Constitution Society's Lifetime Achievement Award | American Constitution Society
- Levi, employment law experts talk about public health and returning to work on Bolch-ALI podcast Coping with COVI
- Longest op-ed: An amendment to the NC Farm Act would shroud polluting hog farms in secrecy while allowing them to expand for the first time since 1997 | WRAL
- Clinic fellow Kalish says Birmingham's strict curfew, broad restrictions likely violate protestors' constitutional rights | The Birmingham News
- Reiners says regulators are likely to approve exchange-traded cryptocurrency funds despite their risks | Roll Call
- Beskind hails NC Supreme Court ruling on racial bias in death penalty cases, says evidence was "stark and undeniable" | The Associated Press
- Paciuc '21: "Smart guns" could reduce firearms deaths but there are hurdles to adoption | Second Thoughts
- Beskind and Coleman applaud NC Supreme Court ruling in favor of inmates appealing death sentences under the Racial Justice Act | WRAL
- Coleman warns using overwhelming force to end demonstrations could start "descent into a dangerously failing country" | Los Angeles Times
- Gulati scholarship cited on how white institutions reward people of color who don't make waves | Financial Times
- Listen: Charles tells why protests sparked by George Floyd's death could lead to real legislative, political change
- Dunlap says while he opposes using U.S. troops for domestic law enforcement, they have a duty to obey a lawful order to quell rioting | Washington Times
- Ward JD/LLM '09 leads Duke Law students in legal hackathon helping global businesses solve challenges caused by COVID | Financial Times
- Coleman and Grunwald join fellow Duke scholars Neal and Lentz-Smith for a discussion of race, policing, politics, and the history of protest in America | Duke Today
- Dunlap: Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Milley can have a role in managing response to protests but cannot appear to subvert the president's control of the military | Politico
- Beasley MJS '18 and Deberry '94 speak out on protests: "Communities are crying out for justice and demanding real, meaningful change.” | NC Policy Watch
- Coleman and Grunwald join fellow Duke scholars to discuss racism, policing, and protest
- Dunlap explores legal considerations of mobilizing the military for domestic operations | Lawfire
- Statement from Dean Abrams on the death of George Floyd and protests nationwide
- Cox asks whether Raytheon breached its obligation to shareholders when it raised the value of executive stock awards | Bloomberg
- Gulati: Debt payments by poor countries may end up going to private creditors instead of relieving the public health crisis | The New York Times
- Grunwald study on "wandering cops" shows those fired for misconduct are twice as likely to be fired again | The Guardian
- Elias '93 is the force behind lawsuits seeking to loosen restrictions on voting by mail in 13 states | Bloomberg
- Garrett reflects on judge in Flynn case as a careful, thoughtful, and deliberate decision-maker | National Law Journal
- Benjamin: Trump's strategy to leverage the FCC to strip tech companies' Section 230 protections is a shaky one | Ars Technica
- Raskin, co-author: The Fed’s efforts to preserve liquidity in the corporate debt market by buying junk bonds will exacerbate the wealth gap | Politico
- Gulati, co-authors analyze implications of the private sector's resistance to debt service relief plan for poor countries | Centre for Economic Policy Research
- Richman: Providers are not entitled to collect excessive prices for medical services - but many patients don't know that | High Plains Public Radio
- Listen: Griffin featured in Lies We Tell podcast episode 8, "Truth on Trial" (free trial required to hear) | Luminary podcast
- Miller: Unusual Derossett case may reveal some unintended consequences of Florida's Stand Your Ground law | Second Thoughts
- Raskin op-ed in The NY Times: The Fed's investment in fossil fuels props up a dying industry's bad debt at a cost to the US's future resilience | The New York Times
- Ligon: Trump's right to express himself is not impaired by Twitter's right to set its own policies of use | Politifact
- Wettach: Lack of accountability is baked into North Carolina private school voucher program that GOP legislators are trying to expand | IndyWeek
- Richman says medical forms that don't disclose cost give consumers opening to push back on bills | Kansas City Public Radio
- Graduate reflects on inspiring Duke Law event celebrating milestone in women's law review leadership
- First Amendment Clinic files amicus brief in BLM case arguing organizers should not be personally liable for protestors' actions | Freedom Forum
- Courts' pushback on surprise medical bills is growing along with awareness of the problem, Richman says | https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/27/white-house-surprise-billing-healthcare-coronavirus-rescue-285780
- Dunlap: The military's mail-in voting process is not necessarily a solution to the nation's election challenges | Lawfire
- Nam ’21 makes his mark at Duke Law as "powerhouse" leader of pro bono projects and student organizations
- Dunlap honors all American veterans on Memorial Day, including the late Rich Lin '16 | Lawfire
- Grunwald research shows risk for communities that hire "wandering cops" previously fired for misconduct | The Crime Report
- Buell: Flynn team's legal strategy of seeking a writ of mandamus against judge is uncalled for, "ridiculous" | The New York Times
- Garrett questions why prisons were applying tougher standards for early release while Barr publicly touted looser restrictions for low-risk inmates | ProPublica
- Listen: Gulati discusses comprehensive aid plan for emerging markets and why it's been slow to enact | Bloomberg
- Blocher: While difficult to pass, even a minimal change to federal gun laws could save thousands of American lives | Foreign Policy
- Cox says seizure of Sen. Burr's phone indicates a strong case against him for insider trading | News & Observer
- Charles '13: Chief Justice Roberts now regarded as the most likely swing vote on Second Amendment issues | CNN
- Listen: GFMC fellow Gellasch '03 discusses the STOCK Act, which he helped draft, and Sen. Burr's COVID stock sale | WFAE's Charlotte Talks
- Op-ed in The Hill by environmental law fellow Okoh '09 calls on EPA to keep individuals' personal data private | The Hill
- Bowling: Management strategy to defeat union efforts may include expanding the bargaining unit to dilute the vote | Asheville Citizen-Times
- Buell: "No credible explanation" except possible improper behavior for DOJ's motion to dismiss case against Flynn | The New Yorker
- Listen: New episode of Bolch-ALI podcast Coping with COVID features judges and administrators on the future of trials and other court procedures
- Lamarque '02 promoted to general counsel of New York Life
- Dunlap suggests ways the U.S. could adapt military planning, strategy, and execution to reopen the economy | Lawfire
- Wettach urges lawmakers to improve standards and accountability of school voucher program before expanding eligibility | NC Policy Watch
- Gov. Deal appointee Warren '08 is running to keep her seat as a Georgia state Supreme Court justice | Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Center for Firearms Law debuts interview series exploring new Second Amendment and firearms law scholarship | Second Thoughts
- New report from Children’s Law Clinic examines N.C. school voucher program
- International Human Rights Clinic makes joint submission to U.S. Secretary of State’s rights commission
- Garrett: High turnover in county jails contributes to the spreading of COVID within walls - and outside | San Jose Spotlight
- Glymph is named to Gettysburg Foundation's board of directors | Gettysburg Connection
- Charles '13 cited on analysis of federal appeals court holdings on bans of high-capacity magazines and assault weapons | CNBC
- Retired federal public defender Thompson '96 awarded honorary doctorate from Roger Williams Law | East Greenwich News
- Swenson JD/LLM '12, a prosecutor, is appointed Polk County (Florida) judge | The Ledger (Lakeland, FL)
- In new empirical study, Benjamin and Renberg '22 find Scalia's attacks on legislative history "influenced, but did not persuade" circuit judges | The Volokh Conspiracy
- De Fontenay: Debt burden to private equity owners hindered retailers like J.Crew in the shift to online sales | The New York Times
- GMFC Fellow Gellasch '03: Sen. Burr's COVID stock trading may turn on the specificity of the information he based it on | Spectrum News
- Darcus '12 will speak on student loan debt relief as an element of economic recovery | The Aspen Institute
- Casey '21: The “Connect with Professors” program is a good model for helping to overcome the drawbacks of online learning
- Ligon explains why religious groups suing the state over social distancing rules may have a tough time prevailing | CBS 17
- Suppression of exculpatory evidence in Long case leads judge to ask, "When did justice leave the court?" | Winston-Salem Chronicle
- Greene warns of coming surge in Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings from those seeking to liquidate | Marketplace
- Judge Timmons-Goodson MJS '14 running to unseat incumbent in North Carolina’s 8th congressional district | Mother Jones
- Senior Lecturing Fellow Konschnik says the pandemic presents opportunities to invest in clean energy | NJ Spotlight
- Buell: Judge's third party appointment is another "unprecedented" twist in the Michael Flynn case; perjury charges still possible | The New York Times
- Start-Up Ventures Clinic helps Duke entrepreneurs launch athletic gear company Protect3d
- Even with dismissals, failure-to-comply cases are rising in the state, Center for Science and Justice report says | IndyWeek
- Richman says surprise medical billing extracts over-market prices by capitalizing on patients' vulnerability
- Rai: COVID-19 drug remdesivir illustrates the value of public and private sector collaboration
- Greene and co-authors warn of coming wave of bankruptcy filings due to COVID-19 | The Conversation
- Richman: Surprise medical billing capitalizes on patients' vulnerability to extract outrageous prices | The Conversation
- Children’s Law Clinic files Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of highly mobile and vulnerable students
- In new Bolch-ALI "Coping with COVID" podcast episode, Levi talks with leaders from Merck, Medtronic, Apple, and 3M
- Baxter, Reiners, Smith & DeMenno submit comments to the CFTC on climate change and risks for markets
- WATCH: Virtual event celebrating Duke Law's Class of 2020
- Judges appear skeptical of state's case in Long hearing as Lau '09 maintains, "No jury would convict Mr. Long today" | Charlotte Observer
- Vidmar is honored with Law and Society Association's Legacy Award for lasting contributions to LSA | Law and Society
- Stansbury co-authors op-ed with Schanzer and Hoffman '93 on how lessons from 9/11 can help build a better contact tracing app | The Hill
- Simpkins JD/LLM '99 will return to North Carolina as president of Durham-based MDC Inc.
- Garrett op-ed: Don't use excessive court fines and fees as a way to make up budget shortfalls | The Washington Post
- Gulati warns of rapidly-developing emerging markets debt crisis, offers relief proposal | Financial Times
- In new FinReg Podcast episode, Reiners talks with head of the Housing Policy Council, about stresses on the nation’s housing finance system | The FinReg Podcast
- Bembry '20 is named Graduate Student of the Year from Law and Jones '20 is a "Willing and Abele" student at Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture’s Abele Honors | Duke Today
- Williams: Human challenge trials for a coronavirus vaccine present ethical questions, risks for pharma companies | NBC News
- Stansbury discusses the benefits and risks to civil liberties of using digital surveillance to combat COVID-19 | Lawfire
- Reiners lists his go-to sources for news on the economy and policymakers' next moves | Duke Today
- Maher: As the pandemic stretches state budgets, adequate funding for public defense is more important than ever | CSJ Blog
- Lau '09 on Ronnie Long: Appeals court has opportunity to end wrongful imprisonment resulting from state misconduct 44 years ago | WSOC-TV
- Griffin says Barr's dismissal of charges against Michael Flynn is "legally indefensible" and undercuts the rule of law | Vox
- Rai: Remdesivir patent illustrates importance - and acknowledgment - of collaboration between the public and private sectors | STAT
- After Thursday's virtual appeal hearing, argued by Lau '09, Ronnie Long hopes for end to 44 years in prison | CBS 17
- Buell on DOJ dropping criminal case against Michael Flynn: “A pardon would have been a lot more honest" | The New York Times
- Dunlap offers suggestions for summer reading on leadership, history, warfare, technology, and national security | Lawfire
- Lau '09 says Long was wrongfully convicted due to police misconduct: "The defendant did not receive a fair trial" | WCNC-TV
- Blocher: McMichael violated the law no matter why he confronted Ahmaud Arbery with a gun | Christian Science Monitor
- Reiners, Lawrence JD/LLM ’21, and others from Duke Law contribute to Bass Connections analysis of predatory lending
- Students honored for commitment to public interest and pro bono at Duke Law
- Article written by Bruton '16 and edited by Blocher is cited six times in new Title IX guidance issued by U.S. Dep't of Education
- Class of 2020 honors peers with Justin Miller Awards
- Student attorneys in the Duke Law clinics recognized for exceptional service
- During en banc hearing in Long case, state's attorney acknowledged exculpatory evidence was suppressed, "sloppy" withholding of evidence | The Davis Vanguard
- Dean Hutchison wins Duke Faculty Advancement Seed Grant, will co-lead cross-campus faculty book discussion group
- CSAFE, which supports forensic research at Duke Law, wins federal renewal for another five-year term
- Nowlin '92, Reiners, and Roady '76 will collaborate on interdisciplinary Duke research projects awarded Catalyst Program Grants from the Nicholas Institute
- Gulati-backed proposal to offer debt relief to developing countries is called an "elegant solution" to COVID global debt crisis | Financial Times
- Watch: Miller hosts discussion of "Corpus Linguistics, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms" with Sachs and Neal Goldfarb
- U.S. Army Captain Lucero '17: "We don't really have a 'normal'" on deployment
- Center for Firearms Law launches new video interview series, "COVID & Guns" | Second Thoughts
- Cox calls the circumstantial evidence around NC Sen. Burr's COVID stock trading "particularly damning" | Yahoo Finance
- CSAFE, which funds vital forensics research by Garrett and the Center for Science and Justice, is renewed for five year term | Forensics Forum
- Coleman calls NC Supreme Court decision on jury exclusion by race "a good start," says state must now enforce protections against discrimination | WRAL
- Ronnie Long will have virtual appeal hearing Thursday; Lau '09 is confident in the strength of the case | CBS17
- Schroeder's commitment to government service shapes research and teaching, leaves lasting legacy at Duke Law
- Bodhanwalla LLM '15 praises Duke Law faculty, small class sizes, and caring atmosphere | Super Lawyer
- Natta LLM '18: Human rights must not be disregarded in the name of public health | The Diplomat
- Watch: Abrams joins Levi and five other law school deans discuss the pandemic’s impact on learning, community, and the coming year
- Blocher's "Free Speech Beyond Words" reviewed: "an invaluable resource," "a gem of a book," "a genuine intellectual feast" | Legal Theory
- Coleman: NC Supreme Court made "extraordinary decision" in Hobbs case, acknowledging racial discrimination in jury selection for the first time | NC Policy Watch
- Listen: Gulati proposes credit facility to direct debt interest repayments to COVID-19 relief in developing countries | Vox EU (podcast)
- Laskowski discusses innovation, inclusion, challenging assumptions, and lessons in leadership | AALL Spectrum
- D.C. Summer Institute on Law and Policy moving online for 2020
- Konschnik files amicus brief on behalf of eight former energy regulatory commissioners in challenge to EPA's new air rule
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic clients Long and Wright testify about unsafe conditions in law suit filed to get them early release | NC Health News
- New paper co-authored by Eldar finds at least 49 public companies have adopted "poison pills" to guard against activists, finds correlation with price decline | Institutional Investor
- McMillian '98 is named president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Houston
- Blocher says Supreme Court's dismissal of gun case yields little new insight on justices' leanings; Roberts' views remained inscrutable | City & State NY
- Gulati, co-authors: G20 debt suspension for poor countries must include private creditors | Project Syndicate
- Farahany, Frakes, Sachs awarded distinguished professorships by Duke
- Blocher, credited with predicting SCOTUS dismissal of NY gun rights case, thinks the Court will grant another one soon | The Trace
- Center for Firearms Law: After the Supreme Court dismisses one Second Amendment case, "The big question is what's next" | SCOTUSblog
- Swartz: It is a constitutional duty to conduct adequate discharge planning for those released during a pandemic | NC Policy Watch
- Dunlap: Eight leadership lessons to take away from the Navy's handling of the USS Roosevelt | Lawfire
- Hoffman '93 and Stansbury T'95 brief Congressional staff on how and when surveillance tools and personal data should be used for public health and safety
- Ligon discusses why the legal actions being brought by "Reopen" activists are likely to fail | Northwestern Law Review
- Blocher says Supreme Court's "sidestep" in dismissing NYS Rifle & Pistol as moot makes the next gun case significant | Route Fifty
- Dissenting in NYS Rifle & Pistol gun rights case, Alito cites amicus brief filed by Blocher, Miller, and Ruben
- Garrett warns that high turnover in jails increases the risk of spreading COVID-19 into communities | Crosscut
- Listen: On Coronavirus and the Military, Dunlap predicts changes the pandemic will bring to American life, manufacturing, military capability | Lawfire
- Powerful advocates sign First Amendment Clinic brief in Mckesson v. Doe, which may reach the Supreme Court | Law.com
- Nowlin hails 6-3 SCOTUS ruling in Hawaii wastewater case as upholding “the intent of the Clean Water Act to protect and restore the quality of the nation’s waterways" | Law.com
- Abrams and Levi discuss the pandemic's impact on law schools on Bolch-ALI's "Coping with COVID" video podcast
- Bradley: Lawsuits seeking to hold China responsible for pandemic unlikely to succeed, as its actions were not on US soil | Wall Street Journal
- Cox says Detroit pol's acceptance of campaign contributions appears to be a "blatant" violation of the law | The Intercept
- Watch: After recovering from COVID, Kaplan '21 donates plasma for experimental treatment for others | CBS '17
- Levi hosts Bolch-ALI podcast with legal aid leaders on how they are continuing to serve clients during the COVID-19 pandemic
- A spring semester like no other: Duke Law responds to COVID-19
- Charles's op-ed says the roots of Wisconsin's insistence on live voting lie in Rucho v. Common Cause
- First Amendment Clinic caps off semester with victory in South Carolina defamation case
- Garrett and Center for Science & Justice release report "The Explosion of Fines & Fees in NC" and call for court debt relief
- Schmalbeck op-ed says taxes are a shared enterprise - and must be borne proportionally
- New report from the Center for Science and Justice finds 1 in 12 North Carolinians are burdened by court debt
- Garrett op-ed: 90 day reprieve must become permanent relief for the 1 in 12 North Carolinians with unpayable court debt | NC Policy Watch
- Gina-Gail Fletcher, scholar of corporate law, market regulation and manipulation, joins Duke Law faculty
- Center for Science & Justice report: Economic recovery will be harder for the 650,000 NC residents burdened by unpayable fees and fines | The Crime Report
- De Fontenay's article named one of 2019's ten best papers on corporate and securities law
- Gulati and co-authors: G20 must close loophole in debt relief plan that makes participation by private sector voluntary | IFRE
- Kaplan '21 op-ed: Let the pandemic be a call to action to correct disparities of privilege | NC Policy Watch
- Ligon: A "credible body of medical opinion" on public health risks backs up governor's order against gatherings | News & Observer
- Civil Justice Clinic students Batra ’20 and Shadeed JD/LLM ’21 secure reinstatement of homeless client’s housing voucher
- Wettach: After 25 years, report on Leandro mandates may yield a roadmap for improving K-12 education across North Carolina | NC Policy Watch
- Charles op-ed: The roots of Wisconsin's partisan insistence on live voting are in Rucho v. Common Cause | The Washington Post
- Ligon says arrests of participants in mass gatherings doesn't appear to violate the constitution | News & Observer
- Garrett: Misconduct, eyewitness error, flawed forensics led to wrongful convictions in Netflix's "Innocence Files" | Center for Science & Justice
- Raskin: Mnuchin, Powell holding the reins to stabilize the economy, set the stage for a rebound | The New York Times
- Raskin says Fed should direct Blackrock to consider long-term value of corporate debt as it administers massive bond-buying program | Energy & Environment News
- Watch: Videos available for Int'l Human Rights Clinic's online speaker series "Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic" | Just Security
- Dunlap warns that cyber-viruses and attacks on the nation's grid could prove even deadlier than the coronavirus | Lawfire
- Powell: The state shutdown order is a constitutionally acceptable response to a crisis | Charlotte Observer
- Ali Bhai ’20 and Lucy ’20 win Admiralty Moot Court Competition held via Zoom
- Schmalbeck op-ed in The Hill calls for proportional tax increases to equitably carry the burden of our rising national debt | The Hill
- Huckerby discusses seven concerns human rights activists have with the agenda of Pompeo's rights commission | Just Security
- Watch and listen: Judges discuss how to preserve access to justice in Bolch-ALI roundtable series "Coping with COVID" | Bolch Judicial Institute
- Charles '13 analyzes what effect COVID may have on the Supreme Court's consideration of gun rights case "New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n" | Second Thoughts
- Garrett's "Too Big to Jail" book cited; similar trends seen in S. Korea of failure to prosecute founding families of corporations | ProMarket
- Watch: Keith Harward, featured in new Netflix series "The Innocence Files," discusses his case with Garrett and Duke Law students
- Foster urges immediate direct income support to families to get through COVID-19 economic storm | News & Observer
- Foster says acknowledging society's inequalities must be the starting place for rebuilding the economy | WRAL.com
- Siegel: Presidents have no constitutional power to override state orders - but do have other tools, including public pressure | Spectrum News
- Farahany, Frakes, Sachs awarded distinguished professorships
- Foster estimates the U.S. needs to spend $4 trillion more to help the vulnerable through the pandemic | WUNC
- Cox discusses the issues in Sen. Burr's COVID stock sale investigation; special access to information is key | MSN News/The Independent (UK)
- Foster: Pandemic will create opportunities "to think creatively and bold and morally about the kind of society we want to have" | Duke Today
- Huckerby talks about why she launched a speaker series on the need for human rights-compliant policies during a pandemic | Duke Today
- Haagen: The NFL's new, more lenient pot policy is in line with the public's more tolerant view of marijuana use | The New York Times
- Garrett discusses his research on corporate crimes and proposal for legal reforms that would facilitate a move to evidence-based compliance | Research Center on Business Crimes & Compliance (Brazil)
- Adler op-ed: Social welfare function is a better framework than benefit-cost analysis for measuring tradeoffs in a crisis | The Hill
- Duke’s Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team competes virtually, gains kudos for written memorandum
- Watch: Baxter, Cox, de Fontenay, and Reiners discuss the effects of COVID-19 on financial markets
- Benjamin argues the Government in the Sunshine Act should be repealed permanently for all agencies | The Volokh Cospiracy
- Watch: Wrongful Convictions Clinic faculty and students discuss client Ronnie Long
- 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
- New symposium issue of Duke Law Journal: "Fees, Fines, Bail, and the Destitution Pipeline"
- 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
- Legal historian of civil rights movement Timothy Lovelace joins Duke Law faculty
- Immigrant Rights Clinic students present kinship ties as longstanding basis for asylum at hearing
- 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
- Dunlap: Amid the tragedy of deaths from COVID-19, mitigation efforts may be reducing other fatalities from violent crime, pollution, car crashes | Lawfire
- 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
- Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy’s 25th anniversary issue highlights faculty scholarship
- Dunlap: GITMO prison camp needs to stay operational, as virtually no community in the U.S. wants to house its detainees | The National Interest
- Listen: Lau '09 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 '09: Gov. Cooper has broad constitutional power to issue clemency to prisoners threatened by pandemic | NC Policy Watch
- 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
- Buell: Law school a great foundation for entrepreneurs in an innovation economy | LLM Guide
- Group co-founded by Fine '11 petitions to free detained Pennsylvania youths over COVID-19 concerns | The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Former NC Solicitor General Sawchak '89 joins Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte | Business North Carolina
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- De Fontenay research cited on variation of EBITDA definitions in corporate credit agreements and implications for financial stability
- Class of 2019 distinguishes itself in employment market
- Criminal defense expert Maher joins Duke Center for Science and Justice as executive director
- Gellasch '03, GFMC fellow, says COVID-19 is exposing the ramifications of an inadequate STOCK Act | Politico
- 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
- 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
- Feeling isolated and inactive? Cergol '20 says now is a good time to take up running
- Rai says Congress is likely too preoccupied to take on even the quick fix needed to resolve patent review cases | Bloomberg Law
- Dunlap: The U.S. must stay on alert for adversaries seeking to take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis | The Washington Times
- 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
- Charles '13: Emergency declarations amid pandemic raise constitutional questions around shutting down gun stores | Second Thoughts
- Garrett op-ed: To reduce COVID-19 spread, enact a statewide policy now of early release for low-risk detainees | NC Policy Watch
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rai comments on implications for diagnostic patent eligibility of appeals court reversal of Roche ruling | Genome Web
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sachs wins Federalist Society’s 2020 Story Award
- Coleman responds to US Soccer misusing her work to bolster its case against equal pay for Women's National Team | Washington Post
- Visit Duke Law's dedicated resource page on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Int'l Human Rights Clinic team warns that commission is poised to undermine protection of rights in the US and worldwide | Just Security
- 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
- McGovern remembered as "the heart and soul of contemporary complex litigation," "that rare combination of scholar and strategist, historian and innovator" | Law.com
- 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
- 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
- McCoy: As gentrification reshapes the Triangle housing market, developers and planners aren't considering the human impact | Here & Now
- Coleman: Adding new categories based on physiological characteristics could help resolve the debate over trans athletes in women's sport | The Wall Street Journal
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic representing North Carolina students in their petition to limit CO2 emissions | News & Observer
- Watch: LENS Conference keynote from Mike Schmitt addresses offensive cyber ops & international law | Lawfire
- Bloomberg newsletter highlights student paper on defaulted pre-1950s Chinese bonds, "The Emperor's Old Bonds"
- 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)
- Miller scholarship cited; argues that guns in public spaces artificially inflate the views of those who carry them | The Trace
- 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
- Read: LENS Director Emeritus Scott Silliman's tribute to founder Judge Robinson O. Everett | Lawfire
- Duke Law seventh in sending grads to work at the nation's 100 largest firms | Law.com
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Larry Gill receives Duke University Presidential Award for his positive contributions to Law School's culture
- 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
- 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
- Watch live at 6 pm: Dean's Cup final
- 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 '09: Decision on whether judges will hear Ronnie Long appeal expected soon; Long's continued incarceration "shocks the conscience" | WCNC-TV
- Newman '88 inspires criminal justice and paralegal students with the story of Dontae Sharpe's exoneration
- 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
- 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
- Rochelle Newton, Duke Law senior IT manager, is a longtime voice for students facing food insecurity | Duke Chronicle
- 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
- Duke Law grads had 98% first-time bar pass rate in 2019, second only to Harvard among accredited law schools | Law.com
- 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
- Bara '20 and Top 16 peers leaving their mark on history as first all-women slate of law review editors-in-chief | Forbes.com
- Haagen discusses the drive and determination of Kleiman '13, now EVP of operations for the Memphis Grizzlies | The Daily Memphian
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Coleman: N.C. Supreme Court "has the chance to say that race discrimination in the jury box must end” in two upcoming cases
- 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: A sale or merger holds no clear benefit for a community hospital that is already thriving | Port City Daily
- Richman says non-transparent billing practices, hospital monopolies account for much of the high cost of health care | Laurinburg Exchange
- 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
- Schiff's opening statement earns praise from Dellinger: "One of the most impressive performances by a lawyer I have ever seen" | The Washington Post
- 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
- 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
- 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"
- Dunlap says timing of GAO opinion on withholding Ukraine aid created the appearance of partisanship | Lawfire
- 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
- Miller: "Second Amendment sanctuary" movement by local governments meant to show solidarity with gun rights activists | Gaston Gazette
- 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"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dikgang Moseneke, who helped build and lead a post-apartheid, democratic South Africa, to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- Retired Mass. Chief Justice Margaret Marshall serving as Bolch Distinguished Judge in Residence
- 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
- Lau '09: "Indefensible" misconduct by state, law enforcement in the case of Ronnie Long resulted in "a taint on our criminal justice system" | Winston-Salem Chronicle
- Nowlin: NEPA, threatened by the Trump administration, was enacted to prevent events like the decimation of Durham's Hayti | NC Policy Watch
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Office Hours: Professor Laurence Helfer
- 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
- Event celebrates generosity of scholarship and fellowship donors
- For Sager LLM ’85, heading Swiss development agency is extension of diplomatic career
- 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