Commons Faculty Focus Feature Alumni Notes In Memoriam Sua Sponte Centennial Issue 2024 | Volume 43 No. 1 The Commons Justice O’Connor awarded Bolch Prize Macy ’22 and Stone ’20 serving as Supreme Court clerks Pro bono hours soar as 1Ls arrive with a passion for service Recognizing significant professional honors See more articles in The Commons > Havighurst family donates painting to Law School 100 Years of Duke Law As Duke University celebrates its centennial, we’re reflecting on the last 100 years at the law school The Duke Endowment Challenge broadens donor base, bolsters financial aid, and public interest support Also: Professorship dinners honor named professors and celebrate donors of endowed professorships Alumni Profile Full Circle Evan Zucker ’79 has spent a lifetime documenting solar eclipses Alumni Q&A Litigating Change Alla Lefkowitz JD/LLM ’10 works to hold gun manufacturers and sellers accountable for laws governing them Alumni Profile Hometown Impact April Alex ’24 embraced an opportunity to make an impact near her Texas hometown as a research assistant for Duke Law’s Wilson Center for Science and Justice Faculty Focus Five faculty are awarded distinguished professorships Yaron Nili, scholar of corporate and securities law, joins faculty Faculty awards: Adler, Rich, Foster, and Grant nominated by their peers for excellence in scholarship, teaching, institutional service, and community engagement Faculty books explore sex and gender, the origins of American law, and the concept of personhood See more articles in Faculty Focus > Sua Sponte Robert Chang JD/MA ’92 delivers the inaugural Jerome M. Culp, Jr. Critical Theory Lecture