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Duke Endowment Challenge 2024

Duke Endowment Challenge 2024

Duke Law School donors, board members, faculty, named scholars, and fellows gathered in October 2023 for the Scholarship & Fellowship Brunch. Students had the opportunity to meet and thank the donors whose support of financial aid has helped make their Duke Law...

Meet D.J. Dore spring 2023

Meet D.J. Dore Director of pro bono programs joined Duke Law from Legal Aid of North Carolina D.J. Dore joined Duke Law in May as director of pro bono programs, the latest step in a career devoted to public service. A veteran currently serving in the U.S. Army...

Deans message Spring 2023

From The Dean Spring 2023 Dean Kerry Abrams Dear Friends:  The last few years have disrupted some long-held assumptions about work. Many people no longer see the daily commute to the office as essential to being effective at their jobs. For many others wellness...

Community Discussion Groups Spring 2023

Community Discussion Groups initiative aims to foster dialogue across differences The Law School’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee has launched a new initiative designed to open up lines of communication, encourage honest conversations on sensitive...

Powell book Spring 2023

In The Practice of American Constitutional Law, Powell upholds a shared discipline By Jeannie Naujeck Professor H. Jefferson Powell first conceived his latest book as a repository of what he calls “guild learning,” a methodological guide to “what lawyers are doing...

Purdy book Spring 2023

Purdy defends democracy, urges vigilance in latest book In his new book, Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy is Flawed, Frightening — and Our Best Hope (Basic Books, 2022) Professor Jedediah Purdy examines the challenges of a political system that many consider to...

Timothy Meyer Spring 2023

Timothy Meyer Influential international law scholar focuses on trade, investment, foreign relations, and using trade agreements to address climate concerns By Jeannie Naujeck Timothy Meyer, an international law expert whose scholarship focuses on international...

Shu-Yi Oei Spring 2023

Shu-Yi Oei Spring 2023

Shu-Yi Oei An innovative empirical scholar of global taxation, data, and the gig economy By Frances Presma Shu-Yi Oei, a scholar of tax law and policy and economic regulation, joined the faculty on Jan. 1 as the David T. Zhang Professor of Law. She previously was...

Feature spring 2023

Flex Time By Jeannie Naujeck From where she sits in Midtown Manhattan, Lisa Simpson ’94 T’91 has a comprehensive view of the legal hiring market. A trial lawyer and former member of the management committee at Orrick, she has also served as hiring partner for its New...

Sua Sponte spring 2023

Sua Sponte For the first time since arriving at Duke in 2018, James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law and Distinguished Professor of Law Kerry Abrams returned to the classroom during the fall semester, teaching Family Law to over 40 second- and...

Magazine Cover - Rebooting America

Winter 2021
Volume 40 | Number 1