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Professorship Dinner 2024

Professorship Dinner 2024

Professorship Dinner Duke Law School held a Professorship Dinner on October 26, 2023, to honor named professors and celebrate donors of endowed professorships. The event provided an opportunity to express gratitude and celebrate our wonderful donors and professors who...

insignes Fall 2021

insignes Fall 2021

Recent graduates have secured a Supreme Court clerkship, a DOJ Bristow Fellowship, and a clerkship with Europe’s highest court, among other honors.

insignes Fall 2021

Masthead

Masthead Summer 2022Volume 41, Number 1 DeanKerry Abrams Executive Director of CommunicationsAndrew Park EditorFrances Presma Contributing writersMaria BajgainJeannie NaujeckAndrew ParkFrances PresmaSean RoweMelinda Vaughn Art Direction & DesignMarc Harkness...

Janse Haywood retires

Janse Haywood retires

Haywood retires Jan. 31 after serving as assistant to four deans, in the Office of Alumni and Development, and as an anchor for many in the Duke Law community.

Shaw exoneration

Shaw exoneration

Willie George Shaw was released on Jan. 19 after serving nearly six years in prison following an Alford plea for a crime he didn’t commit.

International Studies welcomes new dean

International Studies welcomes new dean

Jennifer Maher and Oleg Kobelev are working closely together as the Office of International Studies, which oversees the LLM, SJD, and visiting scholars programs, transitions to its third leader in almost 40 years.

Remembering RBG

Remembering RBG

Students, faculty, and alumni reflected on Justice Ginsburg’s legal, cultural, and personal impact during an online tribute.

Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

Environmental Law and Policy Clinic

The clinic’s work with three partner organizations led to new rules for testing and removing lead from water at N.C. childcare centers.

Climate Risk Disclosure Lab

Climate Risk Disclosure Lab

Report warns that financial markets are exposed to the downstream effects of climate change due to lack of disclosure requirements.

Magazine Cover - Rebooting America

Winter 2021
Volume 40 | Number 1