A discussion of the wide-ranging impacts of the criminal legal system on individuals and communities. Members of our Duke Law community involved in criminal defense were in conversation with artist Sherrill Roland, in conjunction with the exhibition, Processing Systems: Numbers by Sherrill Roland on display at the Nasher Museum of Art. Panelists included Sherill Roland (Artist and Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), James E. Coleman, Jr. (John S.

Quincy Amerson, a client of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law, was released from prison on March 13 this year, after spending more than 20 years behind bars. He was convicted of first-degree murder in 2001 and sentenced to life without parole. After taking up Amerson's case, the clinic presented exculpatory evidence that led to a dismissal. A Superior Court judge found that Amerson was denied a fair trial due and exonerated him of the crime.

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Duke Law Professor James (Jim) E. Coleman Jr., the 2022 recipient of the Raphael Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal from the Bolch Judicial Institute, will be honored during a program (live-streamed here) at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 7, 2022. In addition to receiving a medal, Professor Coleman will talk with David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, about his distinguished career as a criminal defense attorney and civil rights leader.

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The North Carolina Racial Justice Act (RJA) permitted inmates to challenge their death sentences by establishing race as a significant factor in their trial. The RJA was repealed in June 2013. In State v. Robinson, the first winning decision under the RJA, Marcus Robinson's death sentence was lowered to life imprisonment after Robinson proved racism in his trial 18 years prior. His case will be heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court on April 14. Jay Ferguson of Thomas, Ferguson & Mullins, LLP, counsel in Robinson, will discuss the case as it heads to the Supreme Court.

Professors Jim Coleman and Myles Lynk discuss the life of the private practitioner and the practical and ethical challenges that lawyers face.

Recorded on October 20, 2010.

Appearing: James E. Coleman Jr (Duke Law), Myles Lynk (Duke Law), speakers.

Massey addresses the media about his incarceration and release, with Wrongful Convictions Clinic co-directors James Coleman and Theresa Newman and two students who worked on the case Kim Kisabeth '07 and Emily Sauter '09.

Recorded on May 27, 2010.

Appearing: Shawn Massey, James Coleman (Duke Law), Theresa Newman (Duke Law), Kim Kisabeth '07 and Emily Sauter '09.

Panel discussion on issues particular to primary education, and whether integration is an answer to educational disparities in public schooling.

Part of the conference: Moving Education Forward : Perspective and Innovations in Education Law and Policy.

Recorded on February 13, 2009.

Duke Forum for Law & Social Change.

Appearing: James Coleman, moderator ; Wendy Scott, Olatunde Johnson, and Kristi Bowman, panelists.

Panel discussion on critical issues in legal education, as well as innovations and work being done to evolve legal education in keeping with social and practical developments. Also discussd were the disparities in information provided to law school applicants, and the issue of law school and law firm preparedness.

Part of the conference: Moving Education Forward : Perspective and Innovations in Education Law and Policy.

Recorded on February 13, 2009.

Duke Forum for Law & Social Change.

Recorded on October 24, 2007.

Appearing: Speakers: Mark Kleinschmidt of Fair Trial Initiative and Professor Jim Coleman.

Discussion of important cases that the Supreme Court will hear in the upcoming term, including the Guantanamo cases and Medellin, as well as some significant employment discrimination, election, and criminal procedure cases.

Recorded on October 01, 2007.

Appearing: Neil Siegel (Duke Law), introductions/panelist ; Curtis Bradley (Duke Law), panelist ; Catherine Fisk (Duke Law), panelist ; James Coleman (Duke Law), panelist.

What catapults a case into the media spotlight? Who is responsible for focusing media and public attention on a particular case? Once a case gains high-profile status, what are the professional and ethical roles and responsibilities of members of the media, the bar, and the institutions involved? How do media balance their First Amendment right to watch over the operation of government with the rights of the accused?

Alumni and friends gather for a reception welcoming David F. Levi as he begins his tenure as Dean of Duke Law School. The focus of the event then shifts to Duke Law's committment to community involvement demonstrated by its strong clinical program. Clinical Program Director Andrew Foster leads a panel discussion of the program. The panel ends with Michael Palmer, Duke University's Vice President of the Office of Community Affairs, describing their Neighborhood Partnership Program. Dean Levi makes closing comments and takes questions from the audience.

A discussion of the Duke Lacrosse case.

Recorded on April 14, 2007.

Lecture titled: Ethics Lessons Learned in the Duke Lacrosse Case.

Appearing: Kathryn Bradley (Duke University School of Law), moderator; Tom Metzloff (Duke University School of Law), Jim Coleman (Duke University School of Law), Mike Tigar (Duke University School of Law), Seyward Darby (Editor - Duke Chronicle).

A discussion panel that will explore issues surrounding high publicity cases. The panel includes Duke Law Professors Tom Metzloff, Jim Coleman, Mike Tigar, and N&O reporter Joe Neff, who has been covering the Duke lacrosse case.

Recorded on January 25, 2007.

Duke Law School pays tribute to the late Professor Jerome Culp, Jr., with a panel discussion on Reflections on Racial Justice. Introductory comments by Dean Katharine Bartlett ; speakers: Duke Law Faculty Trina Jones and Karla Holloway ; Frank Rudy Cooper (Suffolk University Law School) ; and William Darity (Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill)

Recorded on February 13, 2006.

American Bar Association President Dennis Archer called on student to be healers during his talk at the Duke Law School.

Recorded on November 03, 2003.

Great Lives in the Law Lecture Series.

Appearing: Introductions by Dean Katharine Bartlett and Professor James Coleman ; Speaker: Dennis W. Archer, President of the American Bar Association.