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- Nowlin: Businesses can create their own rules on single-use plastics, even with state blocking local ordinances
- Ludington comments on General Assembly's move to shield redistricting records: "Profoundly contrary" to open government
- Martin: Restrictions on judges' speech should be restrictions on a judge’s speech “as light as possible" to comport with the First Amendment
- Brett Ries '23 wins National LGBTQ+ Bar Association writing award for “Don’t Be A Drag: How Drag Bans Can Violate the First Amendment”
- Duke honors Angela Hargrove and Ezara Doles, longtime Facilities Management staff at Law School
- Strawn awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grant to create a critical, eclectic text of the first 50 chapters of the book of Psalms
- Col. Stephen Strickey LLM '12 selected as the first Vice Judge Advocate General in the Canadian Armed Forces
- Trina Jones begins term as chair of the Duke University Academic Council during a time of transition and celebration
- Kalvin Michael Smith, a client of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic, dies at 52
- Jennifer Jenkins and Manuel Chavarriaga Perez LLM '24 discuss Coca-Cola trademark dispute on Planet Money
- Wilson Center policy brief offers solutions for interrupting the cycle of homelessness and involvement in the criminal legal system
- Raskin to co-chair UN study of barriers to achieving net-zero emissions | UN Climate Change
- De Fontenay on NPR: Hedge funds trying to predict the next meme stock through AI
- Faculty panel to discuss the Students for Fair Admissions case at lunchtime forum
- Wilson Center releases new policy brief on removing barriers to housing for formerly incarcerated individuals
- Rai urges legislative action on the listing of patents in the FDA’s Orange Book
- Terry Tucker '04 named president and CEO of Frontline Response International
- Martin says NC government is becoming less transparent as state and local officials move to shield records from public view
- Bending the arc toward environmental justice
- Dowling '10 named co-lead counsel in Camp Lejeune water contamination cases | Reuters
- Willinger predicts Supreme Court will address Second Amendment "sensitive places" doctrine soon
- Farahany: Neurotech advances creating "unprecedented" threats to mental privacy as Chile moves to protect brain data
- Kirk Halpern '88 named a most admired CEO in the family-owned business category by Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Amicus brief by Emily Coward '06 and Johanna Jennings '11 highlights the difficulty of proving racial profiling in NC courts
- Krista Barnes '04 named chief corporate compliance and privacy officer at UVA Health
- Judicature welcomes new editorial board members and chair
- Venroy July '07 appointed to the Baltimore City Trial Court Judicial Nominating Commission
- Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and Haw River Assembly keep plastics out of waterways with "trash trap"
- Jeff Chemerinsky '09 enters race to become Los Angeles County District Attorney
- Duke announces plans for centennial celebration
- Stansbury discusses how upcoming court cases may impact Trump's election campaign
- Meyer speaks on how international trade law impacts efforts to tackle climate change on AJIL webinar (video link)
- Coward discusses the difficult journey of reentering society after incarceration at simulation event hosted by the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice
- Legal Aid intern Will Knight '25 wins Unemployment Insurance Benefits claim for client
- Willinger fact-checks Thom Tillis's claim that Democrats want a "1,000 % gun tax"
- In new article, Schwarcz proposes protecting corporate risk-taking that is based on statistics | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
- Katskee tapped to consult on new American Law Institute project on constitutional torts | American Law Institute
- Willinger says federal law would have limited UNC shooter's ability to purchase firearms | News & Observer
- Buell tells New York Times that Trump's election cases "are much more nuanced and complicated" than Jan. 6 prosecutions | New York Times
- David Grenardo '02 awarded Warren E. Burger prize for scholarship on incivility in legal profession | University of St. Thomas
- Adler's "Prioritarianism in Practice" praised as "comprehensive" and "well-timed" in Journal of Economic Literature review | Journal of Economic Literature
- Grunwald quoted on how police union contracts influence investigations of officer misconduct | Boston Globe
- New York Times column cites Farahany's writing on brain wave monitoring and children | New York Times
- Rai: Giving Medicare pricing power will put pressure on biologics makers | Stat
- Professor Elisabeth de Fontenay appointed by ALI as Associate Reporter for the Restatement of the Law, Corporate Governance
- Duke, NCCU to host symposium on John Hope Franklin’s ‘From Slavery to Freedom’
- Meyer discusses Biden administration's effort to make tariff system more climate-friendly based on carbon intensity of steel production
- National conference informs students’ desire to change child welfare law
- Stansbury comments on defendants' legal strategies in charges over Georgia election results
- Lau comments on battle to prove client's innocence in case notable for amount of conflicting evidence
- Willinger tells WHYY the Supreme Court's ruling in Bruen may keep loosening states' gun carry permit restrictions
- Willinger: NRA's support of state preemption laws "incredibly effective" at keeping towns from enacting strict gun laws
- Greene joins WFAE to discuss her findings on NC hospitals' debt collection practices and how policymakers can limit the consequences to patients
- Greene: Default judgments in medical debt cases "another way large corporations are extracting wealth from patients"
- Brief by special counsel in Trump mishandled documents investigation cites Beale's Grand Jury Law & Practice
- Amanda Martin discusses her long and successful career in media law
- Bolch Judicial Institute names Yale Law's Harold Hongju Koh the 2023 recipient of the Raphael Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal
- ‘Postcards from the Practice’ highlights students’ summer work as legal interns, associates
- Welcome to the 2023-2024 academic year!
- Miller says regulators could measure emissions from individual industrial dairies "if they wanted to"
- Lawrence G. Baxter retires from teaching at Duke Law School
- Martin advises newsroom leaders to know their rights and have a plan ready in case of police raid
- Richman: Some automatic features of the court system after default judgments "really victimize patients”
- Qiao tells Washington Post the best hope for China's slumping real estate market is "a soft landing"
- LEAD Week Memories
- Greene: Default judgments, automatic home liens having "colossal" impact on NC patients sued by hospitals for medical debt
- Richman and Greene tell WRAL a few health systems disproportionately use NC courts to sue patients; some unaware of suits
- Greene tells WSOC "confusing, unclear" bills, high interest rates are harming NC consumers with medical debt
- Longest: Development's large amount of impervious surface area "a one-two punch" for runoff issues, flooding potential
- Stansbury: Georgia's "sprawling" indictment of Trump is on a different timetable than federal prosecutors' more streamlined case
- Greene and Richman co-author report with the NC Treasurer’s Office on hospitals suing patients over medical debt
- Welcome to Duke Law, first-year JDs!
- Richman comments on pharma's legal challenge to excise tax in Medicare drug price negotiation plan
- Shirley Garrett '24 writes for OECD.AI blog on the need to consider the sustainability of AI systems in laws and regulations
- Nita Farahany writes in Wired on TikTok's new opt-out feature: "A win, but not the endgame"
- Katie Fink '24 writes for LENS essay series on how the use of technology can blur the line between civilians and combatants
- Farahany talks with public radio's "The Pulse" about how neurotechnology can be used to monitor employees
- Alison Ashe-Card named inaugural associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Grunwald's "Wandering Officer" article cited as Michigan State Police refuses to disclose info on problematic cops
- In the Classroom: Law & Policy Lab
- Dunlap tells Reuters the Supreme Court "rarely supplants its judgment for that of military leaders," commenting on affirmative action exemption
- Dunlap writes on race-conscious admissions and the military academies exemption in Supreme Court ruling
- Farahany calls for greater transparency, integration of ethics from the earliest stages of hybrid embryo research
- Most former solicitors general end up in private practice, Levy tells Bloomberg
- Thomas Telfer LLM '92 admitted to the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law
- Matthew Sawchak JD/LLM '89, former North Carolina solicitor general, named one of NC Lawyers Weekly's Leaders in the Law
- Janet Ward Black '85 named to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly's "Icons" list
- Richman discusses the antitrust case for breaking up Ticketmaster/Live Nation
- Buccafusco: The kind of copying generative AI models engage in is widely considered non-infringing fair use
- Clotfelter explains how to improve your odds (very slightly) of winning the lottery
- Grimm: Judges can and do learn from mistakes made early in their careers
- Revkin publishes "How Religious Are “Religious” Conflicts?" in International Studies Review
- 1L summer offers students inside look at legal practice, pro bono experience
- Diana Kenealy JD/LLM ’23 awarded Duke Law post-graduate fellowship in international law and human rights
- Schroeder retires from leading Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel
- Emily Ryo, legal scholar and social scientist studying immigration and criminal law, joins faculty
- Gabrielle Lucero JD/MPP '17 named Outstanding Young Military Lawyer (Army) by American Bar Association
- Garrett study finds jails improvising policies due to lack of state guidance on health and early release
- Buell tells NY Times "There's no First Amendment privilege" to commit crimes or suggest others do so
- Prosecutor's indictment heavily emphasizes Trump's "knowledge and intent," Stansbury tells Christian Science Monitor
- Clinic gives student-attorneys chance to employ legal skills directly with Durham nonprofits
- Clinic gives student-attorneys chance to employ legal skills directly with Durham nonprofits
- Cox: DraftKings CEO's ill-timed tweet predicting robust growth could be "problematic"
- Riley Flewelling JD/LLM '24 writes for LENS essay series on how the law might apply to the doxing of civilians in war
- Finholt writes for the Brennan Center that state antipunishment clauses may support more expansive protections
- Zeke Tobin '25 writes on case involving the display or brandishing of firearms in virtual settings
- Emily Johnson '10 advises young lawyers "Tomorrow is made today"
- Professor Emeritus Don Horowitz discusses his new book (as editor) Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia
- Chandler Cole '25 and Johanna Crisman '25 write in The Hill in support of the military exception for race-conscious admissions
- Students enjoy immersive experience in The Hague during the Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law program
- Wettach op-ed criticizes proposal to expand N.C. school voucher program | Greensboro News & Record
- Benjamin: Unflattering but accurate information on public officials' Wikipedia entries "fully protected by the First Amendment" | News & Observer
- Medical and consumer products are a unique challenge for brain data regulation, Farahany says
- Willinger: Courts have split on whether gun makers can be sued under shield of immunity
- Blocher and Willinger discuss the constitutionality of removing guns from domestic abusers
- Richman writes for JAMA in support of expanding physicians' ability to practice telemedicine
- Meyer proposes sectoral trade deal with a common external tariff on steel imports and flexibility for domestic decarbonization strategies
- Meyer responds to critics of proposal to create a transatlantic agreement to decarbonize steel and aluminum production
- Swanson: Efficacy of gun violence restraining orders depends on how they're applied
- Grimm: In brands' legal fight over knock-off goods, default decisions are “disfavored but necessary”
- Farahany addresses BRAIN conference on the role of the right to cognitive liberty in scientific research
- Kendra Montgomery-Blinn '03 appointed district court judge for N.C. judicial district 14
- Richard Katskee joins faculty as director of Appellate Litigation Clinic
- Schwarcz testifies before CFTC committee on vertical integration of crypto and digital asset markets
- De Fontenay tells Institutional Investor leveraged loans “have all the hallmarks of securities”
- Coleman: DAs trying to limit innocence claims are "a political force that tries to cover up deficiencies in the system"
- Scholarship Spotlight: Corporate Enterprise Law and ESG
- Willinger: Ruling in Rahimi unlikely to fully clarify how the Bruen standard should be applied
- Elyse Burns '22 discusses her design business and shop with Durham Magazine
- Grimm, panel discuss the role of international courts and tribunals in Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- Duke Law School staff attend Durham Bulls baseball game
- Fogel and panel discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of plea bargains in the criminal legal system
- Ronja Wosch LLM '23 talks about her Duke Law experience
- People on the Move - July 2023
- Buell comments on the judge presiding over Trump's classified documents case
- Karla McKanders '03 wins teaching award from American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Root Martinez: The DOJ should analyze the data on whether its corporate incentives and deterrents are effective
- Jenkins explains why some artists are now rerecording and rereleasing their old music
- Ryan McLeod '07 discusses clerking in Delaware, corporate law issues facing state courts
- Sabrina McKenna MJS '25 to receive ABA's Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award
- Judge Timothy Corrigan '81 calls for civility and civic awareness
- Ludington: Vagueness of UNC's new “compelled speech” ban could lead to self-censorship in hiring process
- Farahany: New course will help students understand technology's transformative effects on society
- Willinger discusses upcoming SCOTUS case on domestic violence and firearms possession
- Longest urges preservation of Topsail Island's southern tip
- Blocher: Ruling in U.S. v. Rahimi could provide lower courts with clarity in how to apply historical analogy test
- Robert Markowitz '84 discusses why he left law to become a children's entertainer
- Ward joins advisory board for Legal Aid of North Carolina's Innovation Lab
- Thomas Logue '82 elected Chief Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Bowling ’80 retires from teaching at Duke Law
- Coleman scholarship cited in New York Times column on women's sports
- Shannon Wells Stevenson '02 talks about her new position as a solicitor general
- Barrett's concurring opinion in Biden v. Nebraska cites Restatement (Third) of Agency, for which DeMott was sole reporter
- Karla McKanders '03 appointed as director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute
- Meyer writes for Lawfare on why the new US-Taiwan trade deal raises complications for trade and foreign policy
- Dunlap: Despite challenges, Americans have ample reasons to feel proud and optimistic
- Ashley DaBiere '23 writes on "Wartime Propaganda in the Age of Generative Chatbots"
- Grimm urges Defense Secretary Austin to act on uniform sexual assault prosecution standards
- Sanya Sharma LLM '23 named recipient of The Diana Award
- Siegel tells FT the SCOTUS term was "ideologically quite mixed" until rulings on student debt, affirmative action, and 303 Creative
- Martin tells Axios the ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis "undermines efforts ... to address civil rights issues"
- Willinger comments on cert grant in U.S. v. Rahimi, a challenge to law that bars people under restraining orders from obtaining firearms
- Blocher and Willinger discuss red flag laws with CBS News, say a federal law is unlikely
- Duke Law ranked first by Above the Law for second straight year | Above the Law
- In new article, De Fontenay examines the costs, benefits, and financial impact of side letter agreements and proposes reforms
- Gammell discusses new Wilson Center initiative to evaluate community sentiment on ShotSpotter
- Rai comments on efforts to limit who can challenge a patent's validity
- Root Martinez writes in Blue Sky Blog on why organizations should consider insights from behavioral ethics in crafting DEI strategies
- Dunlap to deliver keynote address at Global and National Security Institute's Tampa Summit in September
- Farahany writes for Time on the urgent need for a right of cognitive liberty
- Zelenak tells WSJ momentum has been building for high court review of tax law on realized income
- Raskin speaks at Council of Economic Policies event on the relationship of monetary policy to climate change
- Garrett discusses new police legislation database, says more states are tracking officers who tend to use force
- Garrett says SCOTUS majority adopted a "very narrow" reading of the savings clause in the federal habeas statute
- Brett Ries '23 wins LGBTQ+ Bar’s Greenberg Writing Competition
- Aguirre selected as a Stigler Center Affiliate Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- In dissenting opinion, Circuit Judge Diane Wood cites Second Amendment scholarship by Blocher, Miller, and Willinger
- Peter Verniero '84 writes on Allen v. Milligan and the politicization of the Supreme Court
- Stansbury describes the intricacies of preparing federal prosecutors' case against Trump
- Longest comments on the possibility of a settlement in North Carolina lawsuits over PFAS contamination
- Stansbury breaks down the federal charges against Donald Trump on Spectrum News
- Alumni Newsmaker: Athul Acharya ’14
- Len Simon '73 writes on how to ensure fair compensation for college athletes
- Lauer and Nowlin submit comments on EPA's Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution
- Kelly, fellow at Center on Law & Tech, named to Triangle Business Journal's 2023 "40 Under 40" list
- Revkin tells Vox Syrian camps housing 50,000 displaced people are verging on de facto detention
- Willinger: Bruen provides little guidance on the theory behind the sensitive places doctrine
- Meet the 21 judges and justices beginning their MJS studies at Duke Law
- Center for Firearms Law and Arnold Ventures create a primer on the state of gun policy one year after the Bruen ruling
- Duke Law Podcast | 'Closing international law's innocence gap'
- Coward writes on the state of jury discrimination in NC as state's highest court considers high-stakes Batson case
- Griffin analyzes the current and possible indictments against Donald Trump on BBC's The Real Story
- Ellison and other members of AILA's Amicus Committee honored for excellence in immigration law litigation
- Revkin comments on principles of law and policy regarding Iraqis returning from Syrian detention
- Levy reviews new article analyzing Supreme Court clerkships and those selected to fill them
- Meet the 21 judges and justices beginning their MJS studies at Duke Law
- Huckerby writes that a conservative “renewal” project undermines decades of progress in human rights
- Naho Kobayashi '98, debt finance attorney, advises students to seek out differing views
- Root Martinez says "it is now on us as legal educators to do something meaningful" with data showing lack of law clerk diversity | Jotwell
- Mishchenko discusses her career in patent law and bringing innovations to the market
- Buell tells NY Times Trump's legal team has "extremely limited" options for halting federal criminal charges
- Willinger: Supreme Court may seek to clarify Bruen ruling by taking up more Second Amendment cases
- Bowling: Dockworker union dispute another "lose-lose" situation for Biden administration
- Blocher and Carberry '21 cited in Eighth Circuit decision rejecting challenge to federal law prohibiting gun possession by felons
- Dissenting opinion in Third Circuit ruling cites scholarship by Blocher
- DOJ launches corporate crime database - years after Garrett's more comprehensive Corporate Prosecution Registry
- Zephyr Teachout '99 wins Washington Monthly's Kukula Award
- Meyer says Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum could have significant effects on decarbonizing aluminum production
- New York Times Magazine quotes Greene's 2022 article on unequal impact of credit scoring | New York Times Magazine
- Richman quoted in article on FTC interest in state legislation involving UNC Health, ECU | Triangle Business Journal
- 2022 panel on pharmaceutical mergers featuring Rai, Richman seen as influencing FTC, DOJ | Lexology
- Law & Entrepreneurship students spend 1L Summer Immersion in New York
- Brandon Long ‘05 nominated for seat on U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Louisiana
- Alex Gonzalez ‘93 recognized for largest verdict in Florida in 2022 | Daily Business Review
- CLEA Awards recognize two graduates for outstanding clinic and externship work
- People on the Move – June 2023
- Eldar's “The Rise of Anti-Activist Poison Pills” selected as best paper in the field of corporate law and governance by ALEA
- Frakes's “Racial Concordance and the Quality of Medical Care: Evidence from the Military” selected as best paper in health law, insurance law and torts by ALEA
- First Amendment Clinic gets public records in one day - after DEQ kept client waiting for nine months
- Brittney Ajaj '25, Lok Ngai Ho '25, and Emily Teng '25 join Akin's Strauss Diversity & Inclusion and Pro Bono Scholars program
- President Biden taps Mark Uyeda '95 to serve a full term in a Republican seat on the SEC
- Paul Genender '94 helps secure exoneration for innocent man imprisoned for 26 years
- Bowling joins PBS News Weekend to discuss the loosening of child labor restrictions in some states
- Listen: Garrett discusses Wilson Center's new database that tracks over 3,800 federal, state and local police reform bills
- Garrett writes for The Messenger that Congress must act to regulate AI if the Supreme Court refuses to
- Richman tells Bloomberg Law of growing trend of hospitals using state laws to avoid anticompetitive scrutiny
- Grimm tells Law360 judge is taking a "reasonable approach" in requiring attorneys to disclose use of AI in generating filings
- Lau and Finholt comment on the clemency fight for Charles McNeair, sentenced to life as a juvenile
- Two graduates selected for Duke Law’s Farrin Fellowship
- Wiener comments on EPA's proposed rule to reduce CO2 emissions from electric power plants and legal basis for carbon trading initiatives
- Fleishman reflects on decades of teaching, advises students to work at something meaningful
- McCoy calls bill that would strengthen landlords' ability to turn away low-income renters "horrific"
- Gammell tells WRAL North Carolina has passed relatively few laws on policing since George Floyd's death
- Dunlap speaks on panel on commercial drones on the battlefield and the implications to the law of war
- Longest says the state Department of Environmental Quality is failing its mandate to protect NC's air and water from pollution
- Jenkins talks with The New Yorker about the Sheeran copyright infringement case and the historical context of musical appropriation
- Gammell speaks with Sydney Morning Herald on policing legislation since the death of George Floyd
- Richman: Proposed exemption of UNC Health from antitrust regs a "brazen" example of a trend that is increasing healthcare costs
- Data from Wilson Center's Just Sentencing Project shows nearly 2,000 people in state's prisons could be helped under proposed medical release expansion
- Farahany tells Discover Magazine people may one day give away their mental privacy as readily as personal data online
- Watch: Farahany delivers TED Talk on "Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing technology"
- Haagen discusses the potential impact of the Diamond Sports Group bankruptcy fight on sports broadcasting
- Schwarcz to Reuters: Fitch gained attention for its threat to downgrade the US - without committing to an actual downgrade
- Boyle discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's opinion in Warhol v. Goldsmith
- Gammell discusses Wilson Center's new database of police reform legislation, three years after George Floyd's death by police
- Wilson Center releases "Debt Sentence," the first national survey on the impact of court-imposed fines and fees on individuals and working families
- Finholt: Plea deals may improve court efficiency, but their coercive power can be problematic
- Finholt says vulnerable inmates are falling through the cracks of North Carolina's inconsistent sentencing and compassionate release policies
- International LLM candidates should begin early to adjust to legal English and the U.S. style of legal learning, LLM Guide advises
- Megan Walsh '06 discusses starting the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at Minnesota Law
- Johnson selected for the 2023 Faculty and Staff Leadership Award from Duke Science & Society
- Zelenak tells Marketwatch taxpayers' dissatisfaction with their IRS bill may be tied to the end of pandemic tax relief
- District Judge Jed Rakoff calls Garrett's Autopsy of a Crime Lab "devastating" in its analysis of the shortcomings of most forensic sciences
- Melana Dayanim '25 awarded Peggy Browning Fellowship to work at the United Steelworkers Union in Pittsburgh for the summer
- Wilson Center releases report and database of all federal, state, and local bills on regulating law enforcement introduced in the three years since George Floyd's murder
- Grimm comments on the problem of deepfakes and how they may complicate e-discovery
- Check out the Duke Law Class of 2023 sparkpage for graduate news and photos
- U.S. Circuit Judge J. Michelle Childs MJS '16 elected to the Council of The American Law Institute
- Schwarcz provides testimony to House committee on regulating stablecoins
- Nicholson to collaborate on Duke-funded research project on racial inequity in early grade school suspensions
- Garrett research on public attitudes toward crime and punishment cited as exonerations hit record high
- Federal judge cites Blocher's scholarship and Willinger's blog posts in decision on New Jersey’s new concealed carry regulations
- Richman testifies at Health Subcommittee hearing on how hospital monopoly power contributes to high healthcare costs
- Brett Ries '23 is finalist in ACS's Constance Baker Motley National Student Writing Competition
- Buccafusco calls Supreme Court ruling against Warhol "a modest effort to clarify fair use doctrine" that leaves the ‘transformativeness’ test largely intact
- Supreme Court's opinion in patent infringement case cites amicus brief co-written by Rai | U.S. Supreme Court
- Washington Post covers the case of Lamont McKoy, Wrongful Convictions Clinic freed from prison and asking the Supreme Court to clear his name
- Park, associate dean for communications, marketing, and events, discusses Duke-wide diversity in communications initiative | Duke Today
- Amy Pope '01 elected director general of the International Organization for Migration
- Farahany, DeMott, Childs MJS '16, and Gergel '79 are featured speakers at ALI's annual meeting
- Patricia Timmons-Goodson MJS '14 named dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Purdy writes in The New York Times on the "myth" of non-partisan courts, and says candidates must clearly convey the stakes of judicial elections
- Kelly Keglovits '23 awarded Duke Law's Keller Fellowship
- Jeffrey Henson '92 discusses recent bank failures and the advice he's giving to clients
- Meet the 21 judges and justices beginning their MJS studies next week through the Bolch Judicial Institute
- Revkin and research team awarded grant to study cumulative civilian harm in war
- Marie Cepeda Mekosh ’23 wins praise for externship work
- Farahany talks with the BBC about brain sensing technologies and possible uses to improve mental health
- Garrett writes for Slate on how the public's seemingly inconsistent views on criminal justice may hold a key to successful reform
- Watch: Levy discusses judicial independence and the federal courts in the 20th century at National Constitution Center event
- Robert Bishop, empirical researcher of law and finance, joins faculty
- Convocation 2023: Kate Adams tells graduating students to savor the moment
- Andrew Foster, Ryke Longest awarded newly endowed clinical professorships
- Graduation 2023
- A Supreme Court opinion cites ALI Agency Restatement, for which DeMott was the sole reporter, for the second time this term
- Finholt discusses how prosecutors leverage charge stacking to pressure defendants into taking plea deals and giving up their right to a jury trial
- Swartz talks with WFAE about how North Carolina's refusal to expand Medicaid set back mental health in the state
- Raskin named to Policy Advisory Board of Watershed, an enterprise climate platform
- Watch: Farahany joins NBC's Stay Tuned Now to discuss the rapid developing ability to decode brain activity using AI and the implications for individuals' privacy
- Catching up with the Class of 2023
- Luciano Cruz Morandé LLM ’06 on developing government policies for lithium mining in Chile
- Qiao discusses homeowners' resistance to a real estate tax in China with The New York Times
- Bolch Judicial Institute receives grant to support the first-ever day-long trauma education program for newly elected NC district court judges
- Class of 2023 Spark Page
- Schwarcz's proposal to create a special-purpose entity to issue new securities could help government avoid debt default
- Coleman writes for The Atlantic on the Biden administration's proposed regulation on school sports participation
- Schwarcz's model law is basis for bill in Congress that would create bankruptcy-like protections for sovereign debt holders, blocking predatory hedge funds
- Buccafusco writes on why Sheeran's court performance may have swayed the jury in copyright infringement trial
- People on the Move – May 2023
- Wilson Center releases policy brief on ensuring access to Medicaid for formerly and currently incarcerated persons
- Christy L. Brown JD/MA '94 named president of Alverno College
- Meyer discusses the impact on trade cases of a potential reversal or narrowing of the Chevron deference doctrine
- Duke Law graduating first father and daughter LLM students
- Jenkins tells the New York Times Sheeran verdict is "a win for all songwriters"
- Distinguished professorships awarded to Abrams, Buccafusco, Meyer, Oei, Purdy, and Raskin
- Purdy: Rulings closely aligned with party identity make NC Supreme Court look more like a legislature than a judiciary
- Dellinger discusses the "far-reaching consequences" of NC bill that would criminalize abortion after 12 weeks
- Farahany: Widespread use of brain wearables could make it harder to prevent interception, manipulation, or punishment for our thoughts
- Michael Lieberman '81 writes on the 30th anniversary of Wisconsin v. Mitchell
- Nowlin and Lauer will work on CRISP-funded team to quantify the environmental and social costs of plastics
- Baxter: Investors with uninsured deposits may be more likely to pull money out at signs of trouble
- Judge Colm Connolly '91 sets "an exemplary standard for transparency in the litigation system," Rai says
- William S. Brewbaker LLM '93 named dean of The University of Alabama School of Law
- "A wonderful life": Professor of Law and Public Policy Joel Fleishman celebrates teaching his last class at the Sanford School
- Jenkins discusses Sheeran case on Marketplace: "The law shouldn’t ... lock up basic musical building blocks, chord progressions"
- Jeremy Muhlfelder JD/LLMLE '18 discusses his career in tech entrepreneurship and the law
- Duke Law students and undergraduates present historical research on NC gun laws at forum bringing together differing viewpoints
- Community Enterprise Clinic helps launch nonprofit aiming to house families of Duke Children's patients
- "AEDPA Repeal" by Garrett and Kaitlin Phillips ' 21 is named by Jotwell as "one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to courts law"
- Richman denounces "confounding" bill that would exempt two NC academic health systems from state antitrust laws
- AAPI Heritage Month: APALSA, SALSA celebrate solidarity and inclusivity across communities
- Cox: Fed report on SVB's collapse could bolster shareholder lawsuits against former executives, accounting firms
- Willinger tells NPR the Bruen ruling prescribes "a more nuanced analysis" of historical restrictions on dangerous weapons
- Lauren Fine ’11 joins Duke Law as supervising attorney of the Criminal Defense Clinic
- Congratulations to the Global Law Student Association at Duke Law wins Student Group of the Year Award from the Duke International Student Center
- Panelists discuss the lingering effects of prison and the challenges of reentry at Wilson Center sponsored event
- Farahany talks with public radio's The Pulse about the social, legal, and ethical implications of emerging technologies
- Farahany tells Harvard audience “Commodification of brain data has already begun" and says immediate action is needed
- Benjamin says comments by DeSantis may undermine his defense in Disney suit claiming retaliation for activism
- Webinar: Raskin discusses US bank supervision and deposit insurance after Silicon Valley Bank collapse
- Raskin says drop in deposits at First Republic warrants closer watch on regional banks by federal regulators
- Gammell op-ed: "For a real second chance, Medicaid expansion must account for formerly incarcerated people"
- Color of Justice: A Conversation among Women
- Grunwald tells ABC News some police agencies may see a fired officer's record as desirable as cop who killed Breonna Taylor gets new job
- Jenkins: Privatizing very common elements of musical compositions would constrain songwriters
- Garrett says Supreme Court's refusal to hear Tennessee capital case may encourage lower courts to deny relief
- Farahany says society needs to wrestle with legal issues, such as originality and copyright, around AI-generated creative works
- Claudia Benz ’23 awarded E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship
- U.S. Supreme Court cites Helfer’s scholarship on treaty withdrawal in opinion on interstate compact case New York v. New Jersey
- Dellinger tells WRAL the Supreme Court's order leaving mifepristone on the market averted "chaos"
- Garrett writes for Law360 on the Supreme Court decision allowing a longer clock for prisoners requesting post-conviction DNA testing
- De Fontenay's forthcoming essay addresses the disparate approaches courts take to disputes when an investment is structured as debt instead of equity
- Buccafusco talks with Bloomberg Law about copyright litigation leading up to the “Thinking Out Loud” dispute
- Jenkins joins Planet Money to demonstrate the similarities and differences between songs in copyright infringement case
- Last Day of Class Celebration
- Watch: Farahany is interviewed by Walter Isaacson on Amanpour & Co. on "The Battle for Your Brain" and defining human rights in the era of neurotechnology
- Zelenak tells NPR's Planet Money the IRS may offer its own free tax prep software to Americans within the next five to 10 years
- Blocher's forthcoming Originalism-by-Analogy and Second Amendment Adjudication is "highly recommended" by Legal Theory Blog
- Human rights faculty and students work in the Netherlands
- Duke Law Podcast | Research: 'Police agencies on Facebook overreport on Black suspects'
- Bobby Sharma '98 launches private equity firm to back sports, media, and entertainment deals
- Richman proposes a "Rooney Rule" that would give judges in antitrust cases technical assistance from economists
- Listen: Farahany in conversation with Preet Bharara on "AI & Neurotechnology: Ethics & The Future"
- Dellinger talks with The AP about the impact of mifepristone litigation on states positioned as safe havens for abortion access
- Miller talks with Here & Now about how politics impact what state gun regulations pass and stand after Bruen
- D.C. Court of Appeals opinion in Trump v. Carroll relies on Restatement (Third) of Agency, for which DeMott was sole reporter | DC Court of Appeals
- Duke Law School's Vis Moot team celebrates successes in competitions in Prague and Vienna
- Cox tells Bloomberg that corporate collapses illustrate continuing problems with audit quality by the Big Four
- Helfer will appear on London panel discussing whether the Facebook/Meta Oversight Board can be considered a human rights court
- Porcaro writes for Wired on the coming flood of chatbots in courts, and how the rise of software-powered legal advice is a call for systemic reform
- Dellinger discusses the implications of competing legal rulings on access to mifepristone, individual privacy, and states' ability to regulate abortion
- New LLM Ambassador Program connects LLM students with JDs
- People on the Move – April 2023
- Law Alumni Association honors 2023 award recipients
- Strauss's paper "Is Everything Securities Fraud?” cited in discussions of whether event-driven litigation is more often deemed frivolous or successful
- Strauss says increased disclosure of climate change-related legal risks is "an attempt to get out in front of litigation" likely to follow new SEC rules
- Eva Guzman MJS '14 to deliver the commencement address at Texas Law’s 2023 Sunflower Ceremony
- Daniel Rosenthal '02 named president and CEO of Global Critical Logistics
- Benjamin Ferencz, last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials and the inaugural Raphael Lemkin Guardian of the Rule of Law honoree, dies at 103
- Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges speaks at Duke Law
- Bowling talks with The Chronicle about university's challenge to graduate student unionizing effort
- Zachary Kleiman ’13, general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies, wins Law Alumni Association's 2023 Young Alumni Award
- Raskin a member of team discussing opportunities for U.S.-China collaboration on financing projects to mitigate and adapt to global climate change
- Aguirre receives the 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award at the D.O.N.E. Awards
- Kimberly Rehberg '94 featured in Governing story on how Durham's top leadership roles are filled by Black women
- LENS video: de Fontenay leads panel on “Corporations and National Security Law: Is the Private Sector the New Battleground?”
- Farahany talks with Alan Alda for his podcast Clear & Vivid on neurotechnology and "The Battle for Your Brain"
- Meghna Melkote ’25 prevails in Hardt Cup competition
- Grimm talks to Washington Post about how to restore public faith in the judiciary
- Jason Sass '04 interviewed for Law Across the Sea videocast on Taiwan’s history, current domestic and international affairs, and relationship with China
- Schwarcz: FedNow is not a form of currency but an electronic system run by the Federal Reserve to transfer money between banks
- Farahany discusses how neurotechnology could unlock valuable information on brain health and the need to guard against misuse of the data
- Gammell discusses proper and improper uses of force at police oversight commission hearing in Michigan
- Nicole De Brigard ’23: Making a difference on the Law School's diversity
- Farahany and Preet Bharara discuss the growing use of AI and neurotechnology in criminal justice at SXSW
- Coleman tells NY Times a new proposal barring outright bans on trans athlete competition allows a "bespoke" approach by schools
- ICYMI: Watch Provost's Forum discussion with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and Prof. Nita Farahany
- Connor Leydecker '22 wins Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award for “A Different Curse: Improving the Antitrust Debate About “Bigness”
- Grunwald's research on racial bias on police social media pages raises questions of how posts both shape public perception of crime, and are influenced by it
- Video available: Rai speaks on “Intellectual Property and National Security” at the LENS Conference
- Matthew Sawchak JD/LLM '89, former NC solicitor general, named to NC Lawyers Weekly's “Leaders in the Law" list for 2023
- Stansbury tells the LA Times the Manhattan DA may rely on "multiple legal theories," including election law violations, in case against Trump
- Garrett discusses his book Autopsy of a Crime Lab and the impact of forensic failures on the criminal legal system
- Stansbury speaks with WRAL on what the indictment reveals about prosecutors' case against Trump
- Stansbury: Indictment against Trump "reads a lot like a conspiracy," calls use of multiple legal theories a good strategy
- Martin joins Campbell Law Review Symposium panel discussing "The Chilling Impact on First Amendment Rights and #MeToo after Depp v. Heard"
- Blocher's forthcoming article in Yale Law Journal sets out principles that should be central to Second Amendment scholarship and adjudication after Bruen
- Cox tells Bloomberg Law law firm may suffer a reputational hit from its relationship with FTX
- Willinger: Lack of guidance in Bruen ruling leading to conflicting reasoning by courts on gun laws
- Farahany speaks with podcaster Bob Sullivan about the distinctions between using neurotechnology for influence and for control
- De Brigard '23, finalist for Graduate/Professional Young Trustee, praised for work ethic, kindness
- Farahany writes for Fast Company on brain productivity technology and the potential backlash from workers being monitored by employers
- Farahany writes that addressing cognitive warfare requires more than a TikTok ban as nations race to weaponize neuroscience
- Murphy to speak on lawyer wellness and legal ethics at Gonzaga Law CLE April 13
- Nick Galifianakis '53 T'51, who represented central North Carolina during three terms in Congress, dies at 94
- Focus on Scholarship: Professor Brandon Garrett on the use of artificial intelligence in criminal justice
- Faculty, student video series celebrates Women’s History Month
- Citing Blocher's scholarship, judge upholds federal rule barring gun possession by people under DV restraining orders
- Raskin speaks with CNBC about the hearings on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
- Students from seven law schools participate in 2023 Future of Contracts Design Derby
- 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
- 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
- Afghan Judge Tayeba Parsa to serve as inaugural Bolch Rule of Law Judicial Fellow
- 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
- Ward talks about issues around the use of AI by legal professionals at Legalweek 2023
- 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
- 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 tells Communications Daily the FCC has little power to intervene in DirecTV-Newsmax dispute
- 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
- 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
- Coward discusses creation of new implicit bias education video for jurors
- 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
- 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
- Students explore how to apply legal training to public service on a global stage
- 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
- Baxter tells Politifact Silicon Valley Bank's heavy exposure to one sector, substantial bond holdings among the factors making it vulnerable
- 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
- Willinger says the original intent of 1919 pistol permit law is unclear as North Carolina lawmakers seek to repeal it
- Duke Law Vis Moot team travels to Prague
- Wiener co-directing Duke Climate Commitment project “Planetary Engineering and Planetary Ethics" through Duke Center on Risk
- 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
- 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
- Elizabeth York Schiff '85 T'81 and Jim Schiff T'81 make $10 million gift to Duke University in support of the humanities
- 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
- Farahany JD/MA '04 PhD '06 argues for a new human right to “cognitive liberty” that protects against misuse of our brain data
- 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
- Dunlap writes on why few - if any - accused Russian war criminals are likely to be prosecuted in U.S. courts
- McCoy named faculty director of PreLaw Fellowship Program
- Wilson Center-sponsored study finds disparity in Durham police response to fatal and non-fatal shootings
- 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
- Watch: Powell discusses his book The Practice of American Constitutional Law at faculty author celebration
- 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
- 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
- Listen: Willinger joins WBEZ's Reset to discuss federal judge's decision to deny a motion that would block Illinois assault weapons ban
- 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
- 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
- WATCH LIVE at 6:30 p.m.: Dean's Cup Final Round
- 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
- Griffin tells Washington Post the Proud Boys are unlikely to succeed in compelling Trump to testify in seditious conspiracy case
- Jones is named chair of the Duke University Academic Council, beginning in July
- 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
- 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
- Students negotiate complex mineral rights deal to win 2023 Transactional Law Competition
- 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
- A Valentine’s Day celebration of Duke Law’s alumni couples
- 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
- 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
- Fletcher warns House committee that expanding private markets to more investors also means expanding risk, and calls for more disclosure
- 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
- Kelly Capen Douglas '93 named general counsel of Santa Clara University
- Lawfire guest authors discuss the legal issues surrounding the shoot-down of China's high altitude balloon in U.S. airspace
- Padowithz Alce LLMLE ’11 starts one of few Black-owned patent law firms
- 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 tells Law360 the design patent bar's scientific and technical requirements lock out talented attorneys
- 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
- 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
- BLSA celebrates Black History Month and honors legendary Black leaders
- 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
- Watch: Tiedrich and Carl Hahn discuss the integration of tech, data, and AI in defense and national security
- 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"
- 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
- Campuswide sustainability initiatives aim to help Duke University achieve carbon neutrality in 2024
- Note by Sasha Kahn '23 explores how regulatory takings might be used to fund the relocation of Alaska Native villages affected by climate change
- 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
- Farahany, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to speak at Feb. 17 Provost’s Forum on “Big Problems in Big Tech”
- 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
- 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
- Clinics, pro bono projects offer international LLMs the chance to work on U.S. social and environmental issues
- In op-ed, Garrett urges Pennsylvania policymakers to mandate recording of police interrogations
- 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
- David F. Levi appointed Director Emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute
- 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
- 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"
- Article by Lauer et al. explores the inequitable distribution of benefits and burdens of plastic at each stage of its lifecycle
- 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
- 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
- Farahany: Advances in consumer neurotechnology last year include brain-scanning headsets, earbuds
- 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