The Jean E. and Christine P. Mills Conversation Series on Race returns to Duke Law School with the first of three provocative and interactive events. Kevin R. Johnson, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies at University of California-Davis School of Law, launched the series on March 5 [via a video teleconference] with a discussion of the racial dynamics underlying the immigration debate.

The Global Capital Markets Center presents Ed Greene, General Counsel for Citi Markets and Banking. Introduction by Jim Cox.

Recorded on February 25, 2008.

Appearing: Jim Cox, host/introductions ; Ed Greene (Citi Markets & Banking), speaker.

In 1993, the extra cost to North Carolina taxpayers, per execution, for prosecuting a case capitally, was more than $2.16 million. Come hear how much it costs us today in a talk by Philip Cook, Professor of Public Policy Studies, and Economic and Sociology at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

Recorded on November 20, 2007.

Appearing: David Fry (JD '10), host/introductions ; Phillip J. Cook (Sanford Institute of Public Policy), speaker.

Since 1976, when genetic material from one species was first introduced into another, animal bioengineering has been a controversial topic. Lawyers and scientists from across the country came together to explore and discuss the evolution and development of laws relating to the use of animals in bioengineering.

Since 1976, when genetic material from one species was first introduced into another, animal bioengineering has been a controversial topic. Lawyers and scientists from across the country came together to explore and discuss the evolution and development of laws relating to the use of animals in bioengineering.

Professor Reva B. Siegel (Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law and Professor of American Studies at Yale University), delivers the 40th Annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture. Her lecture is entitled "The Right's Reasons: Constitutional Conflict and the Spread of Woman-Protected Anti-Abortion Argument."

Appearing: Reva B. Siegel (Yale Law School), speaker; Neil Siegel (Duke Law School), introductions.

Originally recorded on March 1, 2007.

Gary Lynch gives the keynote address at the Fifth Annual Duke Law ESQ Career Symposium. Mr. Lynch, a Davis, Polk and Wardwell, alumnus and a former head of the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is now the Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Lynch discusses his career achievements and provide strategies on succeeding in the field of law.

Recorded on February 09, 2007.

Conference title: ESQ Business Law Symposium 2007.

The Program in Public Law presents Media Coverage of the Duke Lacrosse Case, with Jack Ford. Mr. Ford is a Senior Anchor for Court TV.

Recorded on February 07, 2007.

Appearing: Christopher Schroeder (Duke University School of Law), introducer. Jack Ford (Court TV), speaker.

Professor Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas School of Law argues that the Constitution is fundamentally defective in several respects and proposes a new Constitutional Convention. He also argues that law schools should reconsider how constitutional law should be taught.

Recorded on January 10, 2007.

Appearing: Speaker: Sanford Levinson, professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

This groundbreaking Symposium will analyze two seemingly conflicting value systems in recent employment discrimination cases: one that prohibits stereotyping in the workplace, and another that upholds workplace appearance standards. Part 1. Welcome by Catherine Fisk --- Closing remarks by Devon Carbado.

Recorded on October 20, 2006.

Conference title: Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination (Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination Symposium (2006))

Appearing: Devon Carbado (UCLA School of Law)

Keynote lecture about animal rights, animal agriculture and the law, and promotion of animal welfare. Sponsored by Law & Contemporary Problems.

Recorded on April 07, 2006.

Conference title: Animal Law Conference (Law and Contemporary Problems (2006))

Appearing: Gary Francione (Rutgers University School of Law), speaker.

The Duke Law School Clinicians kick off their year-long Faculty Instructional Technology Fellowship program with a workshop on using video in skills training. Workshop presenters share how they are using video in skills training in law, medicine, and other fields. The focus is on both pedagogy and technology to facilitate extensive use of videotaped student practice. Larry Farmer delivers the first part of a lecture entitled "Using Technology to Enhance Skills Training"

Recorded on December 12, 2005.

Lecture titled: Taming the Video Monster.

Professor Fisk will present her work examining the rise of corporate ownership of intellectual property in the nineteenth century. This work is based on extensive research into nineteenth century law as well as the practices of several large and small firms, including Dupont, Rand-McNally, and law book publishers, that employed people who created patented and copyrighted works. It argues that the rise of corporate intellectual property necessitates development of an alternative non-property regime to acknowledge and reward innovation by employees.

Francois Lafarge speaks to Duke Law students about the intersection of art and law in Europe.

Recorded on March 30, 2005

Lecture titled: Europoean Art Law.

Appearing: Francois Lafarge (Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute), speaker.

Stephanos Bibas presents a lecture entitled: "Justice Scalia's Sudden Fondness for Criminal Defendants: Principled Originalism or Soft-on-Crime Judicial Activism?". Professor Bibas teaches at the University of Iowa College of Law in the areas of criminal Law, criminal procedure, and sentencing. His publications have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and others. Professor Sara Sun Beale provides comment.

Sponsored by the Federalist Society.

Originally recorded January 27, 2005.

Benjamin S. Hayes of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP introduces the emerging technology of radio frequency identification--smart product tags that can communicate data to remote readers--and discusses the legal and public policy considerations associated with RFID. Topics include an explanation of RFID technology, the potential economic benefits of RFID, and the potential threats.

Recorded on October 05, 2004.

Full title: RFID: Holy Grail of Economic Efficiency or Big Brother's Little Helper?.

Appearing: Benjamin S. Hayes (Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP), speaker.

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.

Recorded on October 02, 2003.

Full title: Professor Richard Epstein Reflects on Anti-Discrimination Laws Since His Book Forbidden Grounds.

Appearing: Richard Epstein (University of Chicago School of Law), speaker.

A presentation on technology to afford client communications.

Recorded on April 01, 2003.

Lecture titled: Client Communication.

Series: Technology in the Practice of Law Series.

Appearing: Kenneth Hirsh, introductions ; Douglas Caddell (Foley & Lardner), speaker.

Inaugural Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property featuring Prof. Lawrence Lessig.

Recorded on March 23, 2001.

Series: Meredith and Kip Frey Lecture in Intellectual Property 1st.

Appearing: Lawrence Lessig (Stanford Law School), speaker.

Michael Tigar, listed among the best oral advocates in American history, will present his 12 Ideas on Appellate Advocacy. A seasoned appellate advocate with 100's of representative experiences, Mr. Tigar's advice and reflections are invaluable to anyone interested in oral advocacy. Hosted by the Moot Court Board.

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy Annual Spring Symposium.
Keynote Speaker: John Orth, UNC School of Law

Co-sponsored by the Goodson Law Library and the Duke Environmental Law Society. "It is hard to make a desert in a region that receives almost sixty inches of rain each year, but that is exactly what happened in the Ducktown Basin." Join Duncan Maysilles '79 as he discusses his recent book, Ducktown Smoke: The Fight over One of the South's Greatest Environmental Disasters, a story of environmental devastation from sulfur dioxide pollution in Southern Appalachia, and a 1907 decision that reframed nuisance law and was the first case of cross-border air pollution to reach the Supreme Court.

January 25, 2012 - Chris Christie (L'85) talks about representing death row inmate Victor Stephens. In 2011, a federal court granted Stephens a new trial. The State of Alabama had convicted Stephens of killing two men in a 1986 convenience store robbery. The jury recommended a sentence of life without parole. The trial judge, however, entered an order, drafted ex parte by the Assistant District Attorney, overriding the jury and sentencing Mr. Stephens to death.

The Law & History Society and Haiti Legal Advocacy Project invite all students to join Professor Laurent Dubois for a conversation about the Haitian legal system and its contentious development from the Haitian Revolution to the 2010 earthquake. Laurent Dubois is a leading historian of Haiti and is the Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke.