Dean Kerry Abrams moderates a panel discussion with three of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s former law clerks: Duke Law Professors Lisa K. Griffin (clerked in 1997-98) and Matthew Adler (clerked in 1992-93) and Duke Law alumna Sarah Boyce ’12 (Deputy Attorney General & General Counsel, NC Department of Justice, clerked in 2015-16).

This conversation was hosted as part of celebrations at Duke University on April 8, 2024, honoring the life and legacy of Justice O’Connor, the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law.

Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was celebrated as the 2024
recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a private ceremony held at Duke
University on April 4, 2024.

During the ceremony, John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, delivers remarks
and a slideshow presentation honoring Justice O’Connor’s life and legacy (29:58) and Scott
O’Connor accepts the prize on behalf of his late mother (18:15).

Professor Harold Hongju Koh of Yale Law School, the 2023 recipient of the Raphael Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian Medal from the Bolch Judicial Institute, was honored during a program (recorded here) at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Oct. 9, 2023 at Duke Law School. In addition to receiving the medal, Professor Koh spoke with Paul W. Grimm, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute and a retired federal judge, about his distinguished career defending human rights and promoting the rule of law.

ABOUT PROFESSOR KOH

In its opening issue of Volume 73 (2023), Duke Law Journal published "Fact Stripping," written by Duke Law's own professors, Joseph Blocher and Brandon L. Garrett. In this interview, Judge Paul W. Grimm (ret.) of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law asks the authors about the concept of fact stripping and a current trend of appellate courts assuming fact-finding power over trial courts. The authors suggest Congress may want to reallocate factfinding power to trial courts through legislation.