Donovan Stone ’20 withstood a round of tough grilling by a three-judge panel to prevail in the 2020 Dean’s Cup, winning the final round of Duke Law’s premier advocacy competition.

Stone and Zeke Starr ’20 briefed and argued a Supreme Court appeal of Manning v. Caldwell, a 2019 case in which a Fourth Circuit court invalidated a Virginia statute that permits the civil interdiction of one who has “shown himself to be a habitual drunkard,” which subjects the individual to criminal statutes restricting the possession and consumption of alcohol.

Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, offers remarks on behalf of federal, state, and international jurists completing Duke Law's two-year Master of Judicial Studies program. Judge Rawlinson spoke to Duke Law's Class of 2016 during their hooding ceremony.