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The Future of Rights Fall 2023

The Future of Rights Fall 2023

AI and algorithmically-based applications may help solve humanity’s most pressing problems. But they also come with challenges for civil rights and liberties.

Insignes Fall 2023

Insignes Fall 2023

Recognizing significant legal clerkships, fellowships, and honorsFall 2023 Goodrich Ellen Goodrich ’23 and Lily Talerman ’23 are the inaugural recipients of the Farrin Fellowship, established by James Farrin ’90 and his wife Robin Farrin in 2021 to support graduating...

Law and Policy Lab Fall 2023

Law and Policy Lab Fall 2023

In the Classroom Law and Policy Lab students tackle the legal and ethical challenges of data governance Nineteen students from the Law School, Graduate School, and Sanford School of Public Policy participated in a role-playing simulation course this spring in which...

Convocation Fall 2023

Convocation Fall 2023

Convocation speaker Kate Adams, senior vice president and general counsel, Apple Convocation 2023 by Jeannie Naujeck Kate Adams, senior vice president and general counsel for Apple, told Duke Law School’s class of 2023 to be generous, take risks, and seek ways to make...

From the Dean Fall 2023

From the Dean Fall 2023

Dean Kerry Abrams From the Dean Dear Friends:  One of the biggest stories of the past year was the release of ChatGPT, an online tool that uses artificial intelligence to generate quick, human-like responses to prompts, often with impressive accuracy. Almost...

Clinic Roundup Fall 2023

Clinic Roundup Fall 2023

Clinic Roundup Highlights from the Duke Law School clinics Faculty and student-attorneys in Duke Law’s 12 clinics advance their clients’ interests in a variety of ways — often through advocacy in court or administrative processes but also by recognizing opportunities...

Community Enterprise Clinic Fall 2023

Community Enterprise Clinic Fall 2023

Clinic Spotlight Community Enterprise Clinic The clinical experience at Duke Law School provides students with the opportunity to combine theory and practice to develop a deeper understanding of substantive law as well as the soft skills required in client-facing...

Wilson Center Fall 2023

Wilson Center Fall 2023

Wilson Center database tracks police reform legislation Few events have galvanized calls for policing reform more than the 2020 murder of George Floyd, who died handcuffed and pinned to the ground under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s...

Judge Tayeba Parsa Fall 2023

Judge Tayeba Parsa Fall 2023

Judge Tayeba Parsa in Gdansk, Poland Judge Tayeba Parsa Exiled Afghan judge serving as inaugural Bolch Rule of Law Judicial Fellow Duke Law School welcomed Judge Tayeba Parsa of Afghanistan in May as the first Bolch Judicial Institute Rule of Law Judicial...

Magazine Cover - Rebooting America

Winter 2021
Volume 40 | Number 1