Videos tagged with American Law Institute

  • David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of The American Law Institute, leads a panel discussion about the legal strike force “SG3” that assembled in response to the Trump campaign's challenges to the 2020 election.

  • Historian David Kennedy of Stanford University gives a brief presentation of U.S. presidential history, highlighting some of the major changes to the office in the last 200 years. This history prefaced a discussion about Trump's presidency for the first episode of the “Beyond COVID” series, co-produced by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School and the American Law Institute.

    Also appearing: David F. Levi, Director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and Levi Family Professor of Law

  • David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of the The American Law Institute, leads a panel discussion on the future of the American presidency. Panelists include David Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University; Daphna Renan, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Terry Moe, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; and Jack L. Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University.

    Sponsored by the Bolch Judicial Institute and the American Law Institute.

  • Harvard Law Professor Daphna Renan explains the two conflictual but ultimately interdependent understandings of the American presidency: The president is both an individual and an institution. Her full article on the topic, "The President's Two Bodies," was published in the Columbia Law Review and is available at this link: https://columbialawreview.org/content/the-presidents-two-bodies/

  • David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of the The American Law Institute, leads a panel discussion on how judges are working to address racial disparities in courts and to ensure equal justice for all litigants. Panelists include Cheri Beasley, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; Goodwin Liu, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court; Raymond Lohier, United States Court of Appeals Judge, Second Circuit; and Charles Breyer, senior district judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

  • Host David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of The American Law Institute, and four distinguished colleagues address another ‘plague’ — police brutality and the use of excessive force — following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020. Featuring Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago; Art Acevedo, chief of the Houston Police Department; Barry Friedman, Jacob D.

  • Host David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of The American Law Institute, talks with experts on employment law who, in the interest of getting Americans back to work, call for a united approach between employees and employers. Featuring Kim Askew, partner, DLA Piper; Patrick Casey, senior counsel, Sidley Austin LLP; Anton Hajjar, former general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO; Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law at NYU Law School; Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D.

  • Host David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of The American Law Institute, talks with judges and administrators about how trials, mediation, MDLs, and other court procedures that traditionally rely on in-person interactions might change with the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring Sherri Carter, Clerk of the Los Angeles Superior Court; Judge Karen Caldwell, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Judge Mark A.

  • Host David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of The American Law Institute talks with leaders from Merck, Medtronic, Apple, and 3M about their efforts to meet demands for medical equipment and technology to assist in the fight against the virus while also taking steps to adjust business practices to protect employees and communities around the world.

    Appearing: David F. Levi (Duke Law), Kenneth Frazier (Merck), Malini Moorthy (Medtronic), Ivan K. Fong (3M) and Katherine L. Adams (Apple).

  • David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of the American Law Institute, talks with top law school deans about how they made the rapid transition to online learning and what the coming months and years might hold for law schools and students. Featuring Kerry Abrams, the James B. Duke and Benjamin N.

  • Bolch Judicial Institute Director David F. Levi talks with leaders from the Legal Services Corporation and legal aid agencies about the challenges they face as they continue to provide critical legal aid to low-income communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Featuring Ronald Flagg and Lynn Jennings of the Legal Services Corporation; Raun Rasmussen of Legal Services NYC; Laura Tuggle of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services; and Yvonne Mariajimenez of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.

  • Host David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and president of the American Law Institute, is joined by top state and federal judges to discuss the steps the courts are taking to ensure they can continue to function during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Appearing: Nathan L. Hecht (Texas Supreme Court), Diane P. Wood (8th Cir.), Bridget Mary McCormack (Michigan Supreme Court), Lee H. Rosenthal (S.D. Tex.); David F. Levi, host.

  • Duke Law's Law and Contemporary Problems journal held a symposium on Consumer Credit in America on September 30, 2016.

    Panel 1: Consumer Credit and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    • Moderator: Pamela Foohey
    • Christopher Peterson, SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
    The CFPB’s Power to Regulate “Abusive” Financial Products

    • Angela Littwin, University of Texas School of Law
    Examination as a Method of Consumer Protection

    • Nick Bourke, The Pew Charitable Trusts
    The CFPB’s New Payday Loan Regulations

  • Duke Law's Law and Contemporary Problems journal held a symposium on Consumer Credit in America on September 30, 2016.

    Panel 2: The Aftermath of Consumer Indebtedness

    • Moderator: Creola Johnson
    • Creola Johnson, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
    Contractual Duplicity: Creditors Force Consumers into Arbitration While Exploiting the Criminal Justice System to Arrest Consumers Who Cannot Pay

    • Richard Hynes, University of Virginia School of Law
    “Maximum Possible Accuracy” in Credit Reports

  • Duke Law's Law and Contemporary Problems journal held a symposium on Consumer Credit in America on September 30, 2016.

    Panel 4: Consumer Credit and Law in Society

    • Moderator: Pamela Foohey
    • Mehrsa Baradaran, University of Georgia School of Law
    The Color of Money: Black Banking and Debt Collection

    • Sara Greene, Duke University School of Law
    Poor Credit: Personal Responsibility in an Era of Credit Reports