The Program in Public Law sponsored this event to honor the memory of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016. In his thirty years of service on the Court, Justice Scalia significantly influenced the ways that judges, lawyers, and the public think, talk, and write about the law, the Constitution, and the Court. Former Scalia clerk and litigation partner William Jay of Goodwin Procter, Professors Neil Siegel, Ernest Young, and Margaret Lemos discuss the life and legacy of this influential jurist.

Duke Law's Center on Law, Race and Politics hosted a conference on November 20-21, 2015, bringing together scholars and experts to discuss civil rights. In 2014, the nation marked the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Freedom Summer. In 2015, we recognized the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Moving into the 21st century, America finds itself at the beginning of a new era defined by its own set of civil rights struggles.

Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher - one of the most experienced and successful appellate advocates in the country - discusses his practice before the United States Supreme Court. Fisher leads Stanford's Supreme Court clinic. In an interview with Professor Lisa Kern Griffin, he addresses the cert. process and the Supreme Court's case selection, the role of oral argument, and some of his recent cases concerning marriage equality, digital privacy, and other criminal procedure issues.

Sponsored by the Program in Public Law.

The Present and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America

Plenary: Race, Political Participation, and the Roberts Court

Moderator: Kerry Haynie (Duke University, Department of Political Science)

Panel: Ari Berman (The Nation), Richard Delgado (University of Alabama School of Law), Luis Ricardo Fraga (University of Notre Dame, Institute for Latino Studies), Pamela Karlan (Stanford Law School), Taeku Lee (University of California Berkeley Department of Political Science), Neil Siegel (Duke Law School)

The Program in Public Law presents its Annual Supreme Court Preview. Duke Law professors Lisa Griffin, Tom Metzloff, Darrell Miller, and Neil Siegel offer a preview of the Supreme Court's October 2015 Term.

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy's 2015 symposium, “Fraud on the Market after Halliburton II.” Leading academics and practitioners in the field of securities law discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision to maintain the fraud on the market presumption.

Deficiencies of the Fraud on the Market Analysis
Authors - Jill Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Law School
James Park, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Moderator - James Cox, Duke University School of Law

The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy's 2015 symposium, “Fraud on the Market after Halliburton II." Leading academics and practitioners in the field of securities law discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision to maintain the fraud on the market presumption.

Opening Remarks and Introduction
Opening Remarks: Joseph Blocher, Duke University School of Law
Introduction: Ann Lipton, Duke University School of Law

The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy's 2015 symposium, “Fraud on the Market after Halliburton II.” Leading academics and practitioners in the field of securities law discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision to maintain the fraud on the market presumption.

Alternatives to Class Action Litigation
Authors - Adam C. Pritchard, University of Michigan Law School
Amanda M. Rose, Vanderbilt University Law School
Moderator - Alan R. Palmiter, Wake Forest University School of Law

A conversation with Professor Joseph Blocher and Wade Penny '60. As a young lawyer, Penny argued the civil rights case, Klopfer v. North Carolina, before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1966. The case became the U.S. Supreme Court's first significant interpretation of the Sixth Amendment-guaranteed right to a speedy trial. Penny speaks about his experience as a young lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court, the Civil Rights Movement, Durham and Duke in the 1960s.

The Program in Public Law presents its annual Supreme Court Review. Duke Law professors Lisa Kern Griffin, Katharine T. Bartlett and Ernest A. Young review the most significant decisions of the 2013-14 term of the U.S. Supreme Court, while Professor Darrell A.H. Miller moderates. Cases discussed include Hobby Lobby, Riley v. California, and Bond v. U.S.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses the most recent Supreme Court term with Duke Law Professor Neil Siegel before an audience of alumni and students from Duke Law's DC Summer Institute.

Sri Srinivasan is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of O'Melveny and Myers LLP, where he focuses on appellate and complex litigation. He has argued 17 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including five cases in the past two terms. Notable cases include Hertz Corp. v. Friend, Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, and Skilling v. U.S.

Michael Dreeben '81, Criminal Deputy Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, talks about his work at the Office of the Solicitor General and Supreme Court advocacy in general.

Originally recorded November 1, 2010.

Sponsored by the Program in Public Law.

Samuel Bagenstos discusses taxing and spending clause litigation in the US Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts.

Recorded on October 03, 2008.

Appearing: Samuel Bagenstos, speaker.

Related paper: Samuel R. Bagenstos, Spending Clause Litigation in the Roberts Court, 58 Duke Law Journal 345-410 (2008). Available at: http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol58/iss3/1/

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.

Duke Law professors and constitutional law scholars Erwin Chemerinsky, Neil Siegel, Robert Mosteller, and Christopher Schroeder discuss current issues of the US Supreme Court.

Recorded on August 28, 2006.

Panel titled: Supreme Court Preview What to Anticipate in the Upcoming Term.

Appearing: Christopher H. Schroeder (Duke Law), moderator ; Neil S. Siegel (Duke Law), panelist ; Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke Law), panelist ; Robert P. Mosteller (Duke Law), panelist.

Duke Law professors and constitutional law scholars Erwin Chemerinsky and Neil Siegel discuss current issues of the US Supreme Court.

Recorded on April 22, 2006.

Panel titled: The Supreme Court in Transition.

Appearing: Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke University School of Law) and Neil Siegel (Duke University School of Law), panelists.

Recorded on September 08, 2005.

Panel titled: The Legacy of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Appearing: Chris Schroeder (Duke University School of Law), moderator; Jeff Powell (Duke University School of Law), Tom Rowe (Duke University School of Law), Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke University School of Law), Laura Underkuffler (Duke University School of Law), Neil Siegel (Duke University School of Law), panelists.

Professor Walter Dellinger interviews Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of the Great Lives in the Law series.

Recorded on January 31, 2005.

Series: Lives in the Law (Durham, N.C.).

Appearing: Walter Dellinger, interviewer ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, interviewee.

The Program in Public Law presents its Annual Supreme Court Preview. Duke Law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Neil Siegel offer a preview of the Supreme Court's October 2015 term.

Recorded on September 27, 2004.

Full title: Preview of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term: Professors Erwin Chemerinsky & Neil Siegel.

Appearing: Christopher H. Schroeder (Duke Law School), moderator ; Erwin Chemerinsky (Duke Law School), Neil Siegel (Duke Law School), panelists.

Robert F. Nagel spoke on "interest assessment" : the weighing by the United States Supreme Court of state interests against the US Constitution. He explored the Court's opinion in Grutter v. Bollinger , which held that the government has a compelling interest in diversity. In so finding, the Court declared that governmental preferences at odds with the Fourteenth Amendment are justified by educators' opinions that diversity is important.

Recorded on November 13, 2003.

Series: Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture 2003.

Students and faculty discuss the importance of judicial clerkships to developing lawyers, and the advantages Duke Law students have in landing prestigious placements.