Banner
News Archives
Main Content
- Meet David T. Zhang Professor of Law Shu-Yi Oei
- Watch: Farahany and Tiedrich demonstrate chatbot technology and discuss the benefits and risks of generative AI
- Purdy discusses proposals for defending democracy in his book "Two Cheers for Politics"
- Spring Break: Students provide legal aid, engage in experiential learning
- Bowling says Biden's pro-labor talk belies any actual gains by Democrats among unionized workers
- Flex Time: Some pandemic-era changes to workplace culture will likely endure
- Forthcoming scholarship by Blocher discusses history, reasons for prohibiting gun ownership by those under domestic violence restraining orders
- Pandemic Pivots: Seven Duke Law alums discuss their career and life changes
- Afghan Judge Tayeba Parsa to serve as inaugural Bolch Rule of Law Judicial Fellow
- Farahany tells The Guardian that more precise brain hacking and tracking is threatening our last bastion of privacy
- De Fontenay's new paper "The Value of M&A Drafting" explores what terms M&A lawyers deem most important and how they affect deal outcomes
- Ward talks about issues around the use of AI by legal professionals at Legalweek 2023
- Writing for Judicature, Levy investigates the "curious phenomenon" of visiting judges in the federal courts
- Luke Mears '24 and Madison Pinckney '24 discuss the Lyme Disease Advocacy Project pro bono group they co-founded
- Nicole De Brigard '23 discusses background and issues she hopes to focus on at Young Trustee candidate forum
- Dunlap: Disobeying a lawful order is the issue with servicemembers who refused vaccine, not the merits of the mandate
- Students work with supervising attorneys from Legal Aid of North Carolina on domestic violence cases
- On CNBC, Raskin analyzes how the Fed might respond to elevated stresses on the banking system
- "Manufacturing Outliers" by Blocher and Miller "highly recommended" by Legal Theory Blog
- Farahany talks with Harvard Business Review on what managers need to know about brain monitoring technology
- Benjamin tells Communications Daily the FCC has little power to intervene in DirecTV-Newsmax dispute
- Duke Law Podcast | "The Battle for Your Brain" and a right to cognitive liberty
- Jonathan Aronie '93, faced with a life-threatening illness, advises young lawyers to put family first
- Benjamin writes on Volokh Conspiracy on new paper revealing polarization among circuit judges and in their shaping of the law
- Lee Miller elected chair of the board of The Academy of Food Law and Policy
- Coward discusses creation of new implicit bias education video for jurors
- Farahany joins public radio's On Point to discuss the rise of brain-computer interface technology
- Longest, Lovelace, Miller, and Nowlin to work on projects building intellectual communities among Duke University faculty
- WSJ review: Farahany's "The Battle for Your Brain" is a much-needed call for “prudent vigilance and democratic deliberation” on neurotechology
- Note by Kristin Oakley '23 is published in Harvard Journal of Law and Technology
- Blocher tells The Washington Post the historical record offers no clear-cut answers on how to regulate guns today
- Kraz Greinetz '24 writes for Reason in favor of increasing the limit on immigration from China into the U.S.
- On the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion, Revkin writes essay on the self-fulfilling prophecy of "perpetual" war in Iraq
- Farahany in MIT Technology Review: Having access to own own brain data will change our relationship with ourselves
- Farahany writes for the LA Times on how employers may use technology to screen, monitor, and evaluate workers
- Siegel talks with CNN about the reversal the Supreme Court has taken since the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Farahany talks with Vox about neurotechnology's applications in mental health and well-being
- Baxter tells Bloomberg regulators could help restore the banking "crisis of confidence" by increasing the deposit insurance limit
- Students explore how to apply legal training to public service on a global stage
- Farahany discusses the commodification of brain data and need for a right to cognitive liberty on Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast
- Student team advances to semifinals of national environmental law moot court competition
- Haagen: Federal regulation of college sports betting would be a far more cohesive approach than scattered state bans
- In op-ed, Farahany warns of the risks of neural surveillance and misuse of brain data from wearable devices
- Farahany tells Bloomberg society is at a critical juncture where it must make choices governing the use of neurotechnology
- In Le Grand Continent, Meyer counters objections to GASSA
- Sam Bell '64, longtime Florida lawmaker and founder of the University of South Florida College of Public Health, dies at 83
- Baxter tells Politifact Silicon Valley Bank's heavy exposure to one sector, substantial bond holdings among the factors making it vulnerable
- Willinger says online traffic to the Center for Firearms Law's Repository of Historical Gun Laws has grown fivefold since the Bruen decision
- In Wired, Farahany says societal interventions and personal mental resilience can help combat intentional efforts to manipulate and exploit our brains
- Farahany joins NPR to discuss her just-released book "The Battle for Your Brain"
- Blocher's Urban Legal History seminar allows students to research and contribute to the body of knowledge about Durham's history
- Watch: Ben Finholt, director of the Just Sentencing Project, discusses the harms to individuals and society of imposing life without parole
- Willinger says the original intent of 1919 pistol permit law is unclear as North Carolina lawmakers seek to repeal it
- Qiao and Zhang awarded seed grant for project that will engage faculty across Duke on topics related to Chinese law and policy
- FiveThirtyEight: Empirical study by Grunwald et al. demonstrating racial bias in police Facebook posts raises new research questions on the reasons for it
- A veteran comes home, tenants get justice, and other highlights from the Duke Law clinics
- Podcast: Farahany discusses threats to privacy and freedom of thought and the future of neurotechnology with Vox Media
- Longest speaks at online forum on the continuing leaching of hazardous waste from Alcoa sites near Badin and questions why the state hasn't ordered a cleanup
- Brewster tells Marketplace U.S. export growth comes despite export restrictions on sensitive goods and an agreement to shut off more trade with China
- Wiener co-directing Duke Climate Commitment project “Planetary Engineering and Planetary Ethics" through Duke Center on Risk
- Duke Law Vis Moot team travels to Prague
- Evans: Proposal requiring sheriffs to detain suspects with unknown immigration status would have significant negative impacts
- Watch: Farahany kicks off LENS Conference with talk on neurotechnology, national security, and the age of cognitive warfare
- Yibing Mao '89 to lead growth in Asia for Marriott International as president, Greater China
- Eleventh Circuit panel cites "The Origin of Toy Guns in America" by Catie Carberry '21 as it upholds Florida's ban of under-21 gun sales
- People on the Move - March 2023
- Jill Steinberg '98 sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia
- International Association of Women Judges receives Bolch Prize for “swift, breathtaking” effort to aid Afghan women judges
- Coward discusses concerns over effectiveness of Batson framework for addressing juror discrimination
- Kate Adams, general counsel at Apple, to address class of 2023 at Convocation
- Elizabeth York Schiff '85 T'81 and Jim Schiff T'81 make $10 million gift to Duke University in support of the humanities
- Listen: Garrett and Durham DA Satana Deberry '94 discuss their joint initiative to bring transparency to plea bargaining
- Raskin discusses the backlash in Congress against ESG investing on CNBC
- Farahany JD/MA '04 PhD '06 argues for a new human right to “cognitive liberty” that protects against misuse of our brain data
- Natalie Laflamme '14 talks about her work to reform New Hampshire's public education funding system
- Faculty and students participate in the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s 4ALL Statewide Service Day
- Grimm is named to EDRM 2023-2024 Global Advisory Council
- Raker tells ABA Journal incorporating a design mindset early helps prepare law students for an increasingly tech-driven world
- Durham DA Satana Deberry '94 aims to bring transparency to office through Wilson Center partnership
- Garrett talks with The Assembly about police accountability regarding falsified evidence and use of informants
- Nicole Becton Jackson '98, general counsel for Events DC, is featured in Vanguard Law Magazine
- Meyer tells The American Prospect that Treasury's move to loosen sourcing rules in trade deals is "definitely an expansion" of free trade
- Dunlap writes on why few - if any - accused Russian war criminals are likely to be prosecuted in U.S. courts
- Women's History Month: Katie Fink '24 explains why late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspires her to pursue a career in the judiciary
- Video: Fletcher interviews CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson on how and why regulators should protect cryptocurrency investors
- Jones elected chair of Duke University Academic Council
- Listen: Bowling joins public radio's All Sides to discuss the history of child labor amid a move to loosen age restrictions and new reports of child labor violations
- McCoy named faculty director of PreLaw Fellowship Program
- Wilson Center-sponsored study finds disparity in Durham police response to fatal and non-fatal shootings
- Watch: Powell discusses his book The Practice of American Constitutional Law at faculty author celebration
- New issue of Judicature features articles by Dellinger, Lemos, Levi, Levy and more
- Grunwald's research shows how social media shapes - and may distort - the public's perception of crime and who commits it
- Registration now open for Summer Institute on Law and Policy
- Willinger joins Legal Face-off podcast to explain how the Bruen ruling is affecting states' attempts to regulate firearms
- Grimm calls Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) "an unopened gift" and says judges and attorneys need to be aware of it
- Wilson Center's Plea Tracker Project aims to bring transparency to the making of a plea deal
- Chelsea Nielsen JD/MEM ’25, Catherine Cole ’25, Alex Emken ’25, and Michael DeLuca ’25 win Twiggs-Beskind Mock Trial Tournament
- Coleman, Demeritt, Glasner, Lau, and Newman file brief asking Supreme Court to hear the case of Crosley Green
- Grunwald says laws requiring agencies to report why cops leave can help prevent problem officers from escaping accountability
- Jones elected to two-year term as Duke University Academic Council chair
- Listen: Willinger joins WBEZ's Reset to discuss federal judge's decision to deny a motion that would block Illinois assault weapons ban
- Police department updates policy on recording interviews following publication of report by Wilson Center for Science and Justice
- Scholarship Spotlight: Professor Veronica Root Martinez on improving transparency around corporate monitorships
- DeMott publication cited in Supreme Court opinion
- Nicole De Brigard '23 is selected as a finalist for Young Trustee on the Duke Board of Trustees
- McCoy: “Evictions weren’t a crisis just because of COVID – they were a crisis long before COVID” | News & Observer
- ABA taps Duke Law Journal note by Michael Biondi ’23 for session on money laundering and asset forfeiture
- Farahany interviews Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen at Provost’s Forum examining “Big Problems in Big Tech”
- Caroline Tervo ’24 prevails in Dean’s Cup final round
- John Yates '81 receives Atlanta Business Chronicle's Ann Cramer Lifetime Achievement Award for corporate citizenship
- WATCH LIVE at 6:30 p.m.: Dean's Cup Final Round
- Judges are taking vastly different approaches to interpreting the Bruen ruling's historical analogy test for firearms laws, Willinger says
- Blocher tells the Washington Post the Supreme Court could end up reviewing lawsuits seeking to hold gun manufacturers liable for shootings
- Wilson Center and Durham County District Attorney's Office release data from Plea Tracker Project
- Miller comments on power of state and federal gun regulations over localities as Second Amendment sanctuaries face first major legal challenge
- First Amendment Clinic files appeal in case alleging violations of the state’s open meetings law by the Pinehurst Village Council
- District court decision upholding a municipal assault weapons ban cites "The Positive Second Amendment" by Blocher and Miller
- Jones is named chair of the Duke University Academic Council, beginning in July
- Griffin tells Washington Post the Proud Boys are unlikely to succeed in compelling Trump to testify in seditious conspiracy case
- Justice Susan Glazebrook visits Duke Law School this month as the Bolch Judicial Institute’s Distinguished Judge in Residence
- The International Association of Women Judges will be honored with the 2023 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law at March 1 ceremony
- Jennifer Kinsley '99 discusses her career, from defense attorney to law professor to judge on Ohio’s First District Court of Appeals
- Jenkins says use of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in a horror film doesn’t diminish A. A. Milne's original work, or the value of the public domain
- Listen: Duke Law Clemency Project client Anthony Willis discusses his road of redemption from juvenile sentenced to life to public advocate for mercy
- Students negotiate complex mineral rights deal to win 2023 Transactional Law Competition
- Farahany JD/MA '04 PhD '06 talks with the The Wall Street Journal about companies' ability to collect brain data from employees: "There really is no check on how they use that data right now"
- Rai files amicus brief asking Supreme Court to keep the standard of patent enablement in case involving Amgen cholesterol drugs
- Buell discusses how the Law & Entrepreneurship Program prepares students to advise start-ups or become entrepreneurs themselves
- A Valentine’s Day celebration of Duke Law’s alumni couples
- Dunlap calls the downing of foreign objects in U.S. airspace a lawful display of force, but incidents also reveal a ‘domain awareness gap’
- Coleman: Overturning affirmative action will not only undermine education for Black students, but could reduce support for public education generally
- Lau says man sentenced to life at 16 for second-degree rape is one of many deserving clemency
- Garrett questions police justification for using a Taser on Raleigh man with heart condition who later died
- Despite repeated calls for action, Garrett, Fogel, and Gammell say there's been little change in policing guidelines, methods, and accountability
- Nowlin and Environmental Law & Policy Clinic present case for plastic bag surcharge to Durham City Council
- Young's article "State Sovereign Immunity After the Revolution" highly recommended on Legal Theory Blog
- Fletcher testifies before House committee on proposals to expand private market access
- Raskin says the Fed's six-bank climate analysis pilot needs to be expanded well beyond the limited risk scenarios it envisions
- Fletcher warns House committee that expanding private markets to more investors also means expanding risk, and calls for more disclosure
- Kristen Love '24 and Analese Bridges JD/LLMLE '24 prevail in moot court competition
- McCoy says people vulnerable to eviction should act quickly to take advantage of tenant resources in the community | News & Observer
- Shirley Fulton '80, trailblazing judge and activist, dies at 71
- Coward discusses how the Batson test on juror discrimination applies in cases argued before the NC Supreme Court
- Watch webinar: Farahany discusses her forthcoming book "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology"
- Zelenak discusses the history of tax loss harvesting with ProPublica
- Kelly Capen Douglas '93 named general counsel of Santa Clara University
- People on the Move - February 2023
- Blocher tells CBS News "there's absolutely room" to pass common-sense gun regulations under the most restrictive reading of Bruen
- D'lorah Hughes '01 discusses the impact of the legal clinic she directs at the University of Kentucky
- Fletcher testifies at House Financial Services Committee hearing on how the "accredited investor" definition unfairly limits investment access for the non-wealthy
- Luis Ceballos LLM '09 discusses his multifaceted career in Hispanic Executive magazine
- Lawfire guest authors discuss the legal issues surrounding the shoot-down of China's high altitude balloon in U.S. airspace
- Padowithz Alce JD/LLM ’11 starts one of few Black-owned patent law firms
- Buccafusco tells Law360 the design patent bar's scientific and technical requirements lock out talented attorneys
- Purdy joins public radio's The 21st podcast to discuss the ideas in his book Two Cheers for Politics
- Tiedrich calls for "a national learning moment" on both the benefits and responsibilities of artificial intelligence
- On New Books Network, Powell discusses his latest book The Practice of American Constitutional Law
- Shannon Wells Stevenson '02 appointed solicitor general of Colorado
- Duke I&E case study features Upswing co-founder and CEO Melvin Hines '09 MBA '11
- Buccafusco and students in Intellectual Property Law Society submit comments to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Miller comments on the consequences of letting the farm bill expire, including a rise in dairy prices
- Garrett says courts have taken a "narrow" view of their role in reviewing deferred prosecution agreements
- Garrett: Whether FTX's counsel shares privileged information with prosecutors is up to the company, not the lawyer
- Finholt calls the state's lack of transparency, slow pace on the clemency process "frustrating" as more than 50 people await review of lengthy juvenile sentences
- De Fontenay's scholarship and testimony cited in policy speech by SEC commissioner
- Cox tells Bloomberg retail investors are unlikely to recoup full losses resulting from NYSE glitch
- Princeton Review ranks Duke Law among the very best law schools for student experience, faculty, and employment
- BLSA celebrates Black History Month and honors legendary Black leaders
- Alumni named to Atlanta Magazine's "500 Most Powerful" lists
- Eight individuals and five teams to receive the Presidential Award, Duke’s highest honor for staff and faculty
- Grant discusses why special needs students are especially vulnerable to learning loss from low school funding
- Watch: Tiedrich and Carl Hahn discuss the integration of tech, data, and AI in defense and national security
- Dore talks about the Durham Expunction and Restoration (DEAR) program at event “Second Chances and the Law"
- Wilson Center's joint study with Quattrone Center shows few PA police departments require recorded interrogations
- Note by Sydney Engle '23 proposes changes to minimize the impact of postmarket issues with current FDA drug labeling rules
- Ludington negotiates apology from Hope Mills mayor who blocked citizens from her Facebook page while using it for town business
- Garrett comments on why consideration of the public interest might not be included in deferred prosecution agreements
- Farahany to open 28th annual LENS Conference with keynote on neurotechnology and national security; speakers also include de Fontenay, Rai, Reiners, and Stansbury
- Tiedrich predicts more laws and regulations governing the use of AI this year as new applications for the technology emerge
- Nicholson cites insufficient staffing, teaching experience, and availability of services as factors hindering the educational progress of special needs students
- Kelly Sather JD/MA '95 chosen as the 2023 Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner for "Small in Real Life"
- Campuswide sustainability initiatives aim to help Duke University achieve carbon neutrality in 2024
- Barbara Arnwine '76 writes on the importance of diversifying media ownership as FCC considers bid for TEGNA
- Anthony Willis, whose sentence was commuted through efforts of the Clemency Project, exemplifies possibility of rehabilitation by juvenile offenders
- Note by Sasha Kahn '23 explores how regulatory takings might be used to fund the relocation of Alaska Native villages affected by climate change
- Farahany, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to speak at Feb. 17 Provost’s Forum on “Big Problems in Big Tech”
- Qiao warns of problems such as lack of transparency, uniformity, and accountability, in AI-enabled legal programs
- Bowling comments on NLRB investigation of unfair labor practice allegations at Amazon warehouses in NC
- Willinger says uncertainty will prevail until some consensus is reached on how to apply Bruen's historical test to gun regulations
- Arnold Ventures announces support for Duke Center for Firearms Law
- Cox says Musk's $3.6 billion Tesla stock sale "should be of great interest to the SEC"
- Siegel's scholarship cited in NYT column on the ideological extremism of the Freedom Caucus
- In Politico op-ed, Richman urges policymakers to use antitrust laws to foster meaningful competition and innovation in health care
- Farahany presents on "Brain Transparency" at World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos
- Lovelace joins Wiley Podcast to reflect on the context and content of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
- Miller, Blocher leading new firearms law section of Association of American Law Schools
- Clinics, pro bono projects offer international LLMs the chance to work on U.S. social and environmental issues
- Andrew Foglia '13 appointed deputy director of policy and international affairs for the U.S. Copyright Office
- Gordon elected to AALS Clinical Section Executive Committee
- On Outside In podcast, Raskin discusses building ruggedness and resilience in the face of climate and other risks
- Wilson Center research team finds promising results in pre-arrest diversion program for people who use drugs
- Buccafusco's research on establishing a threshold of creativity and how people value creative work is cited
- Alaska Law Review editors trek to Anchorage to meet local attorneys, host symposium
- In op-ed, Garrett urges Pennsylvania policymakers to mandate recording of police interrogations
- David F. Levi appointed Director Emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute
- Retired federal judge Paul W. Grimm succeeds Levi as director of the Bolch Judicial Institute
- Blocher: State bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines now must meet Bruen's historical tradition test
- Willinger says a Supreme Court vote on the constitutionality of assault weapons would be "close"
- Grunwald writes for Inquest on how data analysis can help reveal the optimal pathways to decarceration
- Eldar appointed research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute
- Article by Lauer et al. explores the inequitable distribution of benefits and burdens of plastic at each stage of its lifecycle
- New report from Duke Law and Penn Carey Law emphasizes need for reform of law enforcement interrogation policies
- Benjamin Rossi '23 writes on Fourth District challenge to NC election libel law; panel cites First Amendment Clinic's amicus brief
- Willinger: Lower courts have invalidated federal and state firearms regulations since June's Bruen ruling
- People on the Move: January 2023
- Farahany says her forthcoming book The Battle for Your Brain "offers an update to Mill's On Liberty"
- Collin Cox '01 tells how giving young lawyers stand-up trial experience can make "a better product"
- Toni Jaeger-Fine '86 steps down as longtime administrator at Fordham Law, where she led International and non-J.D. programs
- Schwarcz's proposal for special-purpose entities cited as a way for Biden to circumvent the federal debt ceiling
- Farahany: Advances in consumer neurotechnology last year include brain-scanning headsets, earbuds
- Richman says noncompete contract provisions rarely benefit both parties as FTC considers ban
- Stansbury calls alleged fraud by Bankman-Fried "a pretty simple deception" regardless of whether crypto is a security
- Tiedrich writes on how society can foster AI enforcement in a way that redresses harms but doesn't hinder innovation
- Applications open for 2023-24 Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public International Law and International Human Rights
- Richman comments on the corporate practice of medicine doctrine as lawsuit seeks to ban private equity from owning medical practices
- Collin Cox '01 says giving young lawyers stand-up trial experience can make "a better product"
- Jenkins talks with WNYC's All of It about the newly public books, movies, and music, and explains the concept of public domain
- Garrett says unprecedented release of plea agreement data reveals patterns in how dealmaking affects criminal legal outcomes
- Nowlin criticizes lack of environmental impact statement in SC development plan that would likely kill endangered birds
- Willinger tells CNN the Supreme Court has its first chance to consider how lower courts are applying Bruen framework
- In The Practice of American Constitutional Law, Powell upholds a shared discipline