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NEW | Prof. Darrell A. H. Miller, a Con Law and Second Amendment scholar, discusses the perils of relying on analogical reasoning in applying SCOTUS’ new 𝘽𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙣 test — and how to avoid them — in his Duke Law Journal article “Historical Analogy and the Role Morality of Reason-Giving.” ➡️ duke.is/m/q5ec
NEW📝: “Increasing Compliance with Int’l Pandemic Law” — Duke Law Professor Laurence Helfer, et al suggest 6 politically feasible monitoring mechanisms for a draft global health treaty to induce positive changes in state behavior. Read here: 👉 duke.is/5/k8zh
LISTEN 🎧 | “Universities can take proactive steps, for example, in educating their community about what civil discourse looks like...” First Amendment Clinic Dir. Sarah Ludington chats w/ @npr.org about 1A protections for students and faculty protesting on college campuses.
Do students and faculty facing arrest at protests have First Amendment Rights?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Sarah Ludington of Duke University's School of Law about the first amendment protections for students who are protesting on college campuses.
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While on a typical date for the couple, Aditi Mishra LLM ’24 never expected to receive a proposal from her longtime boyfriend, Jai Singh LLM ’24. But just a couple of months ago, she got what she had hoped for. 🌻🌹💍 Read their story ➡️ duke.is/5/8amj
“It’s moving quickly, but it’s about to grow exponentially.” Author of “The Battle for Your Brain,” Duke Law Professor Nita Farahany talks to the @nytimes.com about future of neurotech industry as new Colorado law extending protections to brain data garners national attention.
Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That.
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
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Prof. Neil Siegel's “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” presents new insights on the structure and purpose of the founding document. Siegel provides a broad but deep theory of the U.S. Constitution's basic structure, drawing from the disciplines of law, history, political science, and economics.
We’re thrilled to share news of our Assoc. Dean for DEI Alison Ashe-Card and Sylvia James ’96 being elected to leadership positions for the National Association for Law Placement. Ashe-Card was voted president-elect and James as VP for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read more ➡️ duke.is/v/vmtt
Alan LeBlang ’24 is one of 14 law students selected for a law fellowship that uses the conduct of legal professionals in Nazi-occupied Europe as a framework for approaching ethical responsibility in the legal profession today. “I wanted to start my legal career with a strong ethical foundation....”
Alan LeBlang ’24 chosen for FASPE Ethics Fellowship
LeBlang sought a law fellowship to nurture his moral and ethical compass as an aspiring lawyer.
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What was it like to clerk for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor? We heard from 3 of her former clerks—Duke Law Profs. Lisa Kern Griffin ('97-'98) and Matt Adler ('92-'93) and NC Deputy AG Sarah Boyce '12 ('15-'16)—at yesterday's 2024 Bolch Prize event recognizing Justice O'Connor as this year's recipient.
We’re thrilled to see our own Assoc. Clinical Prof. Crystal Grant highlighted as a #Duke100 Trailblazer 🤩 for her thoughtful, innovative, and interdisciplinary approach to working with students in the Duke Children’s Law Clinic. Read more about Prof. Grant ➡️ duke.is/9/azy6
WATCH | We’re kicking off a new four-part video series exploring judicial clerkships! ⚖️👩⚖️ In Ep. 1, Prof. Veronica Root Martinez shares why she chose to clerk after law school, how it honed her legal skills as an attorney and academic, and ways to broaden the clerkship applicant pool.
Clerkships | Insights from Prof. Veronica Root Martinez
Duke Law Prof. Veronica Root Martinez talks about what motivated her to pursue a clerkship as a law student, how she went about that process, and the legal s...
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Speaking to WRAL-TV News, Professor Paul Haagen says he doesn't see a return to large-scale sports betting scandals, says players' activity is easier to monitor with legal online gambling. "Once you make it legal, you can have some greater control in monitoring the market,” Haagen said.
Does legal online sports betting change behaviors of players and fans?
While systems are in place to monitor the market, there have been instances of players betting on sports.
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“Highlighting the nation’s failure to protect journalists, Reporters Without Borders recently declared that the United States is ‘no longer a champion of press freedom, either at home or abroad,’” writes Second Amendment Prof. Joseph Blocher in his essay for @knightcolumbia.org ➡️ duke.is/j/atbc
Tuesday at Duke Law: Israeli Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez 👩⚖️ spoke about her new 📖, “Biblical Judgments: New Legal Readings in the Hebrew Bible,” which considers today's dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights through the perspective of the Hebrew Bible.
We're thrilled to share news of this year’s Mock Trial Board winning awards at the Texas Young Lawyers Association National Trial Competition and reaching the semi-finals at the John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition! 🏆⚖️👏 https://duke.is/5/ywrd
🗣️ 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞? Duke Law Prof. Jeff Powell, a constitutional law scholar, argues that it is not. "The common life of the United States centers on the U.S. Constitution to a degree unparalleled elsewhere, and if that center is out of date, we have a serious problem," Powell writes.
POWELL: Is the Constitution obsolete?
An increasing number of Americans are asking whether our Constitution is obsolete. Whether that fear leads to legal cynicism, political despair or a call for radical change varies from person to pers...
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WATCH 👩💻📱 | PBS docuseries “Returning Citizens: Life Beyond Incarceration, Testimony” featured Asst. Clinical Prof. Lauren Fine ’11 talking about her work in juvenile justice. Fine is the co-founder and immediate past co-director of the Philadelphia-based Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project.
Returning Citizens: Life Beyond Incarceration | Testimony | Episode 102 | WHYY
Sentenced as teens, then freed by the Supreme Court, inmates tell their truths.
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An honor to have Harvard Law Prof. Ruth Okediji with us yesterday for this year's Lange Lecture in Intellectual Property, exploring how the interplay among U.S. identity politics, foreign relations crises, and the dynamics of European integration have shaped new frontiers in int'l IP lawmaking.
Kudos to Profs. Doriane Coleman, Emily Ryo, Veronica Root Martinez & Sara Sternberg Greene on receiving distinguished professorships from Duke. They are among 32 recognized this year, including Prof. Elisabeth de Fontenay, who was awarded a distinguished professorship in Oct. Story ➡️ duke.is/n/tvfy
4th Circuit rulings on 3 Second Amendment cases will help shape the post-Bruen landscape, says Andrew Willinger, executive director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law “We’re still in that period where these appellate decisions are going to go a long way toward shaping the post-Bruen landscape.”
Gun Laws to Face Fourth Circuit in Trio of Post-Bruen Tests
A trio of Second Amendment cases this week will offer a look at how federal appellate judges are navigating gun regulations in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen decision, giving courts new...
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“The rule has been under enormous stress primarily because large economies...are increasingly interested in the kinds of activities that their consumption supports overseas,” said Prof. Tim Meyer on the trend of countries imposing tariffs and regulations on the production of goods elsewhere.
Lecture explores shift in international economic governance
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) and the College of Law at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) continued their collaborative lecture series “Foundations of International...
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In this Guardian op-ed, Duke Law Prof. Nita Farahany, a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging tech, is calling on Congress to adopt "a nuanced, risk-based framework" toward TikTok and other social platforms.
Congress is right to want to curtail TikTok’s power and influence | Nita Farahany
Millions of young Americans love the social media app – but it’s alarmingly addictive and a national security risk
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Duke Law is home to thought-provoking discussions like yesterday’s ‘Law and AI in China and the US’ talk exploring tech advancement and legal frameworks. Speakers: Profs. Shitong Qiao and Arti Rai, Duke Engineering’s Profs. Yiran Chen and Jian Pei, and Prof. Jun Yang, from Duke’s Dept of Comp Sci.
More wonderful alumni news! John Macy ’22, known for immersing himself in courts and the judiciary while at Duke Law, will have a front row seat this fall at the nation's highest court. Macy has been selected to clerk for Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito for the upcoming term.
John Macy ’22 to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito
Macy immersed himself in courts and the judiciary during his time at Duke Law and will have a front row seat this fall at the nation's highest court.
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We’re thrilled to share news of Duke Law alum Donovan Stone ’20 being selected to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson! 👏⚖️👏 “I am incredibly excited to start the clerkship,” Stone said. Full story ➡️ duke.is/y/tvvy
Griffin Baker ’21, an associate in the tax department of Weil Gotshal, is serving as the firm’s 14th Lend-A-Lawyer in the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, dedicated to increasing and enhancing pro bono legal services to the poor in Dallas. Read more ➡️ duke.is/4/rkvw
Recently, 4 Duke Law students—Noah Buyon ’25, Amy Hartzell JD/LLM ’24, Korede Sotubo LLM ’24, and Tatiana Varanko JD/LLM ’24—joined the nation’s top students in international law in D.C. for the prestigious 2024 Cutler Fellows weekend. Read their full story here ⤵️
Students get immersion in international law during Cutler Fellows weekend
The annual program draws the nation's top students in international law to Washington for discussions of current global issues and networking with top officials and practitioners.
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