Duke Law Student Experience
Wonder what it's like to be a student at Duke Law? Here you'll find students describe the experience in their own words, plus stories about the classes, clubs, public service projects, and community that make your time in Durham so special.
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Students practice legal skills helping communities in North Carolina and across the globe
A state investigation found students were denied special education services during a detention facility lockdown
The Children’s Law Clinic stepped in when a long suspension threatened to derail a family’s first high school graduate
Their work builds on the Duke partnership with the International Organization for Migration (the UN Migration Agency)
The Immigrant Rights Clinic represents individuals facing deportation and partners with local, state, and national organizations to promote access to resources, education, and justice for non-citizens.
“I feel like Indiana Jones, except I’m working with files!”
A Duke Law student’s passion for art law unravels a 200-year provenance
The clinic supports North Carolina entrepreneurs with legal advice that helps move ideas to the marketplace
Duke Law students Beret Dernbach JD/LLM ’26, Joelle Jarjoura JD ’26, and Sabrina Li Shen JD/LLM ’26 are externing with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Legal Advisor
The team will head to Charlottesville in the spring to represent Duke Law at the UVA Law School Invitational.
The finalists presented their arguments before a three-judge panel