Banner
News Archives
Main Content
- 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
- 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
- Visiting assistant professor Rice '15 analyzes the implications of the Supreme Court’s void-for-vagueness doctrine for Second Amendment questions | SCOTUSblog
- 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
- 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
- Bradford '02 tells how a Duke neurosurgeon saved his life - and how it changed after brain surgery
- 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
- Charles: States should still pass laws enabling them to punish "faithless electors" after Supreme Court decision allowing them to do so | NPR
- 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
- 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
- Watch: Levi and guests including Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and Houston police chief Art Acevedo address the use of excessive force in Bolch videocast
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The state could combat racism and COVID-19 by enacting its Extended Limits of Confinement mechanism, says Lau '09 | CBS 17
- Lau '09: Holding Ronnie Long in the COVID-19 "incubator" of state prison is "simply cruel" | WCNC Charlotte
- 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
- Powell says the Emergency Management Act gives Gov. Cooper the power to mandate public face coverings | Asheville Citizen-Times
- Miller tells Politifact there is no federal law that nullifies a concealed carry permit while the bearer is wearing a mask | Politifact
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Covid-19: Clinics and Pro Bono Projects
- Coleman: "We probably have the best opportunity that we've had in my lifetime to actually make real changes" | Duke Chronicle
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- NC Chief Justice Beasley MJS '18, Millhiser ’06 reflect on judiciary’s role in perpetuating racial injustice | The New York Times
- 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
- 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
- Benjamin: Trump's attempt to prevent Bolton from publishing "sensitive" information is in his interest, not the nation's
- 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
- Watch: 'COVID-19: Advancing Rights and Justice During a Pandemic' series
- Jones and co-author Norwood: "How will we teach our students about law and justice this fall?"
- Duke Law faculty react to landmark Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga.
- 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
- Grunwald posits several reasons why law enforcement agencies continue to hire cops previously fired for misconduct | The Washington Post
- 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
- Charles '13 "surprised" the Supreme Court declined today to take up any pending Second Amendment petitions | CNN.com
- 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
- 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."
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Coleman reflects on how COVID-19 has affected scholarship, teaching, and public engagement
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 to discuss racism, policing, and protest
- Master class: Dan Scheinman ’87
- 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
- Cox asks whether Raytheon breached its obligation to shareholders when it raised the value of executive stock awards | Bloomberg
- 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
- Gulati: Debt payments by poor countries may end up going to private creditors instead of relieving the public health crisis | The New York Times
- Benjamin: Trump's strategy to leverage the FCC to strip tech companies' Section 230 protections is a shaky one | Ars Technica
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nam ’21 makes his mark at Duke Law as "powerhouse" leader of pro bono projects and student organizations
- Garrett questions why prisons were applying tougher standards for early release while Barr publicly touted looser restrictions for low-risk inmates | ProPublica
- 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
- 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
- Listen: Gulati discusses comprehensive aid plan for emerging markets and why it's been slow to enact | Bloomberg
- Dunlap suggests ways the U.S. could adapt military planning, strategy, and execution to reopen the economy | Lawfire
- 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
- 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)
- Casey '21: The “Connect with Professors” program is a good model for helping to overcome the drawbacks of online learning
- Darcus '12 will speak on student loan debt relief as an element of economic recovery | The Aspen Institute
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Richman: Surprise medical billing capitalizes on patients' vulnerability to extract outrageous prices | The Conversation
- 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
- 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
- In new Bolch-ALI "Coping with COVID" podcast episode, Levi talks with leaders from Merck, Medtronic, Apple, and 3M
- Children’s Law Clinic files Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of highly mobile and vulnerable students
- Baxter, Reiners, Smith & DeMenno submit comments to the CFTC on climate change and risks for markets
- Judges appear skeptical of state's case in Long hearing as Lau '09 maintains, "No jury would convict Mr. Long today" | Charlotte Observer
- 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
- WATCH: Virtual event celebrating Duke Law's Class of 2020
- Vidmar is honored with Law and Society Association's Legacy Award for lasting contributions to LSA | Law and Society
- Simpkins JD/LLM '99 will return to North Carolina as president of Durham-based MDC Inc.
- Gulati warns of rapidly-developing emerging markets debt crisis, offers relief proposal | Financial Times
- Garrett op-ed: Don't use excessive court fines and fees as a way to make up budget shortfalls | The Washington Post
- 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
- 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
- Blocher: McMichael violated the law no matter why he confronted Ahmaud Arbery with a gun | Christian Science Monitor
- Students honored for commitment to public interest and pro bono at Duke Law
- Student attorneys in the Duke Law clinics recognized for exceptional service
- Class of 2020 honors peers with Justin Miller Awards
- 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
- During en banc hearing in Long case, state's attorney acknowledged exculpatory evidence was suppressed, "sloppy" withholding of evidence | The Davis Vanguard
- After Thursday's virtual appeal hearing, argued by Lau '09, Ronnie Long hopes for end to 44 years in prison | CBS 17
- Rai: Remdesivir patent illustrates importance - and acknowledgment - of collaboration between the public and private sectors | STAT
- Buell on DOJ dropping criminal case against Michael Flynn: “A pardon would have been a lot more honest" | The New York Times
- Lau '09 says Long was wrongfully convicted due to police misconduct: "The defendant did not receive a fair trial" | WCNC-TV
- Reiners, Lawrence JD/LLM ’21, and others from Duke Law contribute to Bass Connections analysis of predatory lending
- Dunlap offers suggestions for summer reading on leadership, history, warfare, technology, and national security | Lawfire
- Watch: Miller hosts discussion of "Corpus Linguistics, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms" with Sachs and Neal Goldfarb
- 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
- 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
- Schroeder's commitment to government service shapes research and teaching, leaves lasting legacy at Duke Law
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Laskowski discusses innovation, inclusion, challenging assumptions, and lessons in leadership | AALL Spectrum
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- A spring semester like no other: Duke Law responds to COVID-19
- 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
- First Amendment Clinic caps off semester with victory in South Carolina defamation case
- Garrett op-ed: 90 day reprieve must become permanent relief for the 1 in 12 North Carolinians with unpayable court debt | NC Policy Watch
- 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
- 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
- Gina-Gail Fletcher, scholar of corporate law, market regulation and manipulation, joins Duke Law faculty
- Charles's op-ed says the roots of Wisconsin's insistence on live voting lie in Rucho v. Common Cause
- De Fontenay's article named one of 2019's ten best papers on corporate and securities law
- Garrett and Center for Science & Justice release report "The Explosion of Fines & Fees in NC" and call for court debt relief
- 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
- 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
- Raskin says Fed should direct Blackrock to consider long-term value of corporate debt as it administers massive bond-buying program | Energy & Environment News
- 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
- Powell: The state shutdown order is a constitutionally acceptable response to a crisis | Charlotte Observer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cox discusses the issues in Sen. Burr's COVID stock sale investigation; special access to information is key | MSN News/The Independent (UK)
- 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
- 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)
- Watch: Baxter, Cox, de Fontenay, and Reiners discuss the effects of COVID-19 on financial markets
- Elias '93: Seemingly small changes to voting rules could make a huge impact on election turnout and results in November | The Atlantic
- First Amendment Clinic files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of First Amendment scholars in support of a Black Lives Matter protest organizer
- Rich ’06 honored with Distinguished Teaching Award at 2020 D.O.N.E Awards
- New symposium issue of Duke Law Journal: "Fees, Fines, Bail, and the Destitution Pipeline"
- Benjamin argues the Government in the Sunshine Act should be repealed permanently for all agencies | The Volokh Cospiracy
- Charles on Wisconsin election: The federal Constitution gives broad authority to states to hold and manage elections | Time
- Watch: Wrongful Convictions Clinic faculty and students discuss client Ronnie Long
- 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
- Legal historian of civil rights movement Timothy Lovelace joins Duke Law faculty
- Gulati analyzes possible inconsistencies within Lebanon’s pari passu clause and its applicability to restructuring | Credit Slips
- Serving the community: A ride-along with faculty Meals on Wheels volunteers
- Immigrant Rights Clinic students present kinship ties as longstanding basis for asylum at hearing
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Former NC Solicitor General Sawchak '89 joins Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte | Business North Carolina
- Buell: Law school a great foundation for entrepreneurs in an innovation economy | LLM Guide
- Group co-founded by Fine '11 petitions to free detained Pennsylvania youths over COVID-19 concerns | The Philadelphia Inquirer
- 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
- 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
- Raskin urges federal government to prioritize people in stimulus spending - or risk another Depression
- Simon '73: Lamar Jackson's argument is "a bit weak" in trademark lawsuit against Amazon | Louisville Courier Journal
- Charles '13 discusses three constitutional questions raised by the closure of gun stores | Second Thoughts
- Garrett: High turnover in local jails increases risk for spreading COVID-19 throughout a community | The New York Times/Marshall Project
- 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
- Santos Rutschman LLM'08 SJD'16: The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine reveals systemic failures in innovation | Columbia SIPA Journal of Int'l Affairs
- Hometown paper recognizes Sachs for his Federalist Society award for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and public impact | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Garrett op-ed: To reduce COVID-19 spread, enact a statewide policy now of early release for low-risk detainees | NC Policy Watch
- Charles '13: Emergency declarations amid pandemic raise constitutional questions around shutting down gun stores | Second Thoughts
- Feeling isolated and inactive? Cergol '20 says now is a good time to take up running
- Dunlap: The U.S. must stay on alert for adversaries seeking to take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis | The Washington Times
- Rai says Congress is likely too preoccupied to take on even the quick fix needed to resolve patent review cases | Bloomberg Law
- Barnes: A digital services tax defies international tax principles and will be chaotic to implement
- Garrett, co-author discuss new paper on the necessity of rigorous validation of corporate compliance programs | HLS Forum on Corporate Governance
- Ronnie Long's long-awaited appeal hearing is being delayed due to COVID-19
- Garrett discusses Amicus Lab's brief that helped get Texas man paroled on eighth try | Forensics Forum
- Garrett discusses Amicus Lab brief that helped get Texas man paroled on eighth try
- Dunlap asserts that the US military should remain focused on its own missions as some call for a greater role in fighting epidemic | Los Angeles Times
- 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
- 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
- Frakes's paper on defensive medicine is a finalist for the NIHCM Foundation's award for best health care research paper; competitors drawn from top economics and medical journals
- Rai comments on implications for diagnostic patent eligibility of appeals court reversal of Roche ruling | Genome Web
- 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
- Dunlap discusses conscription and gender as SCOTUS considers constitutionality of male-only draft | Lawfire
- Frakes's research on medical decision-making reveals nuances in intervention based on liability | MedicalXpress
- Sachs wins Federalist Society’s 2020 Story Award
- Bowling clarifies what campaign practices labor law permits as Western NC nurses prepare for union elections | Asheville Citizen-Times
- Top 16 law review editors lauded for Women & Law joint publication with "moving" foreword written by Bara '20 | Bepress/Elsevier
- Visit Duke Law's dedicated resource page on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Coleman responds to US Soccer misusing her work to bolster its case against equal pay for Women's National Team | Washington Post
- Charles '13 analyzes circuit court opinion upholding lifetime ban on firearms possession by man who was once committed | Second Thoughts (blog)
- Huckerby warns that Commission's agenda is to undermine human rights around the globe
- Int'l Human Rights Clinic team warns that commission is poised to undermine protection of rights in the US and worldwide | Just Security
- 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
- Coleman says U.S. Soccer misused her work in Women's National Team pay discrimination lawsuit, says women players do the same job as men and deserve the same pay | The Wall Street Journal
- Frakes research on medical liability and "defensive medicine" yields surprising result | MIT News
- McGovern remembered as "the heart and soul of contemporary complex litigation," "that rare combination of scholar and strategist, historian and innovator" | Law.com
- Chua LLM ’00, Coles ’08, and Fine ’11 lauded as Duke “women who have innovated and made their mark” | Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- 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
- LiCalsi '77 helps publishers of iconic Woody Guthrie song avert challenge to its copyright | The New York Times
- Russell '59 remembered as "diehard Duke fan," energetic leader and entrepreneur | The Mountaineer
- Duke Law seventh in sending grads to work at the nation's 100 largest firms | Law.com
- Bloomberg newsletter highlights student paper on defaulted pre-1950s Chinese bonds, "The Emperor's Old Bonds"
- Read: LENS Director Emeritus Scott Silliman's tribute to founder Judge Robinson O. Everett | Lawfire
- Watch: LENS Conference keynote from Mike Schmitt addresses offensive cyber ops & international law | Lawfire
- Cadmus: In our information-driven society, librarians' skills are more valuable than ever
- Charles '13: Oral arguments in June Medical v. McGee raise new parallels between reproductive rights and gun rights | Second Thoughts (blog)
- Miller scholarship cited; argues that guns in public spaces artificially inflate the views of those who carry them | The Trace
- Garrett appointed independent monitor of landmark Texas settlement, possible model for bail reform
- Dean Abrams says being a woman leader in higher ed can come at a cost
- 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
- Cox: SCOTUS ruling on disgorgement could have a big impact on SEC's ability to provide relief to investors | Bloomberg
- Dellinger to address class of 2020 graduation convocation
- Allen '97 of ChannelAdvisor receives Triangle Business Journal's 2020 C-Suite Award
- Judge Gordon '79 finds fulfillment in designing outcomes that help offenders walk a better path | Law.com
- Garrett says the error rate for FBI's "blue jeans ID" technique underscores the need for federal regulation of forensic scientists | ProPublica
- Garrett: Improving the reliability of forensic evidence must start with the laboratory | Gizmodo
- Former professor Lawrence Wallace, who argued 157 cases before the Supreme Court, remembered as principled advocate | The Washington Post
- UC Hastings Law, where McGovern taught each spring, remembers him as "completely irreplaceable"
- Sherman, Center on Law & Tech fellow: Countries controlling the internet within their borders will influence the shape of the web over the next decade | New Atlanticist
- The American Law Institute pays tribute to McGovern's "invaluable contributions to tort litigation, his commitment to education, and his good nature" | American Law Institute
- Larry Gill receives Duke University Presidential Award for his positive contributions to Law School's culture
- 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
- Senior lecturing fellow David Hoffman '93, an expert in cybersecurity and privacy law, joins Sanford faculty
- 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
- Watch live at 6 pm: Dean's Cup final
- Judges Rosenberg '89 and Corrigan '81 offer thoughts on the challenges of sentencing defendants | Law.com
- McGovern has a special place in the hearts of Station Fire victims - "He wasn't afraid to look at us," says one survivor | Providence (R.I.) Journal
- Rochelle Newton, Duke Law senior IT manager, is a longtime voice for students facing food insecurity | Duke Chronicle
- Jenkins: American copyright law is more friendly than Europe's, giving artists a chance to reclaim their rights after 35 years | Marketplace
- Duke Law mourns Francis McGovern, preeminent expert in ADR, resolving mass tort claims
- Duke Law grads had 98% first-time bar pass rate in 2019, second only to Harvard among accredited law schools | Law.com
- Public Interest Law Foundation feels the love on Valentine’s Day
- Listen: Prof. Huckerby interviews Dr. Joana Cook on "A Woman's Place: US Counterterrorism Since 9/11"
- LENS delves into hot topics in national security law with 25th annual conference
- Are suspects led toward confessions? Garrett study of exonerations shows 95% of false confessions contained facts only police knew | Live Science
- Longest: Environmental Law & Policy Clinic is proud to rep UNC students petitioning the state to budget CO2 emissions | The Daily Tar Heel
- Bartlett, colleague argue Texas school district’s hair-length policy for boys violates Constitution, Title IX | Verdict
- Bartlett, colleague argue school district’s hair-length policy for boys violates Constitution, Title IX
- Bara '20 says "I could never have predicted" hosting RBG at law review event | Supermajority News
- Wettach clarifies to Politifact Gov. Cooper's claim that a court "ordered" North Carolina to spend more on public education | WRAL Politifact
- Sachs argues that prominent scholars's proposals to reform the Supreme Court actually could destroy its legitimacy | SCOTUSblog
- Dontae Sharpe, exonerated by the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, is working with justice group founded by Swain '12 | Facing South
- Blocher appears on Time Out podcast to discuss challenges to gun laws and the work of the Center for Firearms Law | WCOM
- Haagen discusses how Kleiman '13 channeled his drive into a key position with a buzzy NBA team | The Daily Memphian
- Haagen discusses the drive and determination of Kleiman '13, now EVP of operations for the Memphis Grizzlies | The Daily Memphian
- Bara '20 and Top 16 peers leaving their mark on history as first all-women slate of law review editors-in-chief | Forbes.com
- 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
- First Amendment Clinic files brief in Washington State appeal to support independent journalist
- Bara '20 talks about breaking the glass ceiling for women in law; Levy says "I see a whole lot of hammers out there" | The Washington Post
- Morgan '19 discusses three recently-published articles that examine the scope of the First Amendment’s protections, including "intentionally addictive" speech | So to Speak podcast
- Richman calls medical billing "exploitive" due to lack of mutual assent; bill alterations by patients bring up questions of contract validity | The New York Times
- Nowlin '92: Judge's comment about knowing what hogs smell like was improperly dismissive of plaintiffs' long-term exposure to noxious fumes from agribusiness | Agri-Pulse
- Harrington ’87 profiled as one of NC’s most influential business leaders on annual Power 100 list | Business North Carolina
- Sachs argues that prominent scholars' proposals to reform the Supreme Court are "ill-conceived" and could destroy its legitimacy | SCOTUSblog
- Coleman: NC Supreme Court must step in to end the "open secret" practice of jury exclusion by race | NC Policy Watch
- Duke Law hosts DC event honoring women’s advancement in legal profession and at helm of journals
- Charles '13 says state extreme risk gun laws are nothing new and, with procedural safeguards, have been supported by courts | Virginia Mercury
- Check out Twitter coverage of Monday's event commemorating women holding the law review editor-in-chief position at the Top 16 law schools
- At Duke Law event, Justice Ginsburg reflects on how opportunities for women in the legal profession have changed | The Washington Post
- Coleman: N.C. Supreme Court "has the chance to say that race discrimination in the jury box must end” in two upcoming cases
- Rai comments on Federal Circuit skepticism of ruling on unconstitutionality of PTAB appointments | Bloomberg Law
- Charles to give Feb. 10 lecture honoring Derrick Bell at University of Oregon
- Bowling: Prioritize the truly essential and avoid the trap of chronic "busyness"
- 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
- Rai leads study on pharmaceutical patent challenges under America Invents Act
- Reiners: Exposure to fintech law and regulation is becoming more valuable as law firms take on more fintech work | Paypod podcast
- Listen: Charles '13 says "red flag" laws may fill gaps in involuntary commitment laws and the criminal justice process | Stars & Stripes podcast
- Zelenak explains how a loophole that gives big tax breaks on inherited assets was created
- Miller discusses the Second Amendment sanctuary movement in NC on WFAE's "Charlotte Talks"
- Charles '13: Two lawsuits moving forward on narrow exception in law designed to shelter gun makers from liability | The Trace
- Richman says non-transparent billing practices, hospital monopolies account for much of the high cost of health care | Laurinburg Exchange
- Richman: A sale or merger holds no clear benefit for a community hospital that is already thriving | Port City Daily
- Duke Law faculty, students tackling diverse interdisciplinary research projects through Bass Connections
- DLJ joins with other top law reviews to produce joint issue celebrating women's achievements in law
- Buell: Trump's impeachment defense argument of unfairness is "directed at the political arena" | The New York Times
- Listen: Civil Justice Clinic's McCoy talks about Durham's housing crisis | The State of Things
- Schiff's opening statement earns praise from Dellinger: "One of the most impressive performances by a lawyer I have ever seen" | The Washington Post
- 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"
- Coleman says it's time North Carolina reckons with its role in CIA "torture flights"
- Buell says criminal liability can be an effective lever to deal with corporate crime if implemented correctly, cites Garrett research | Corporate Crime Reporter
- Griffin: Constitution doesn't require a criminal offense for impeachment to occur | Vox
- McCoy: Market forces are penalizing those whose incomes can't meet escalating home prices in the Triangle | WUNC
- Dunlap says timing of GAO opinion on withholding Ukraine aid created the appearance of partisanship | Lawfire
- Miller: "Second Amendment sanctuary" movement by local governments meant to show solidarity with gun rights activists | Gaston Gazette
- For the first time, women are the editors-in-chief at the Top 16 law reviews; Duke Law to host related conference Feb. 3 | Law.com
- Coleman & co-author: By declining to investigate "torture taxis," N.C. continues its shameful complicity in CIA torture program | Charlotte Observer
- Roady '76 applies environmental litigation experience to evolving regulations for deep seabed mining in the "Blue Economy"
- Five Duke Law grads - Brown '86, Bullard '01, Hardin '82, Scriber '11 and Yates '81 - named to Atlanta's 500 Most Powerful list | Atlanta Magazine
- Farahany: "Appropriate ethical frameworks" need to be considered with the creation of xenobots, or "living machines" | Smithsonian Magazine
- Starr '73 joins president's defense team for impeachment trial | Law.com
- Gitanjali Workman LLM ’02 discusses a career fueled by adaptability, enriched through Duke ties
- 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
- Dikgang Moseneke, who helped build and lead a post-apartheid, democratic South Africa, to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- South African jurist, human rights advocate Moseneke to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- Dikgang Moseneke, former deputy chief justice of the South African Constitutional Court, to receive 2020 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law
- Dellinger: Chief Justice John Roberts unlikely to respond to public - or presidential - criticism during impeachment trial | USA Today
- Retired Mass. Chief Justice Margaret Marshall serving as Bolch Distinguished Judge in Residence
- Richman describes the enduring business dynamics of Manhattan's Diamond District, depicted in film Uncut Gems | The Conversation
- Richman describes business dynamic of Manhattan's Diamond District, depicted in film "Uncut Gems" | US News & World Report
- Cox says Oregon law allowing money from out of state law firms to flow into electoral races "has a bad odor" | Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Zelenak calls it "striking" that IRS permitted T-Mobile to take huge tax benefit under old rules | Bloomberg Tax
- Wrongful Convictions Clinic: Misconduct in Ronnie Long case "simply indefensible;" team will request en banc hearing | The Associated Press
- Nowlin: NEPA, threatened by the Trump administration, was enacted to prevent events like the decimation of Durham's Hayti | NC Policy Watch
- Ligon: Lessig will have a hard time proving actual malice by the NY Times in Epstein defamation suit | Mediaite
- Nowlin: Proposed changes to NEPA could prevent input from national environmental groups and disadvantaged communities | Law360
- Dellinger, co-author: Argument against a wealth tax is based on faulty constitutional understanding | The Washington Post
- Appeals judges acknowledge state's misconduct - but refuse to overturn conviction of Ronnie Long | Charlotte Observer
- 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
- 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
- Office Hours: Professor Laurence Helfer
- Garrett research on corporate criminal prosecutions cited; data shows prosecution rate tends to reflect administration's priorities | Law360
- Charles '13 predicts rise in municipal lawsuits against gun makers as court wins chip away at federal law designed to shield them | NPR's Morning Edition
- Event celebrates generosity of scholarship and fellowship donors
- For Sager LLM ’85, heading Swiss development agency is extension of diplomatic career
- Blocher praised as "modern-day, take-note free speech scholar" after his First Amendment writings are featured in nation's most prestigious legal journals | FIRE
- McKissick '83 resigns from North Carolina Senate to join the Utilities Commission | ABC Channel 11
- De Fontenay warns of pitfalls awaiting retail investors if they are allowed to enter private markets | The New York Times
- 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
- 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