Faculty Focus

New Faculty: Emily Ryo Fall 2023

New Faculty: Emily Ryo Fall 2023

Emily Ryo Prolific scholar of immigration and criminal law by Andrew Park Emily Ryo, a highly regarded legal scholar and social scientist who studies issues at the intersection of immigration law and criminal law, joined the Duke Law School faculty on July 1 as a...

Rice retires Spring 2023

Rice retires after two decades of leadership in Health Justice Clinic, 28 years on faculty By Frances Presma Clinical Professor Allison Rice has long garnered praise from students, colleagues, and clients for superb teaching and leadership in the Health Justice...

Faculty Notes spring 2023

Spring 2023 In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 20, Lanty L. Smith ’67 Professor of Law Joseph Blocher said that a recent Supreme Court ruling expanding Second Amendment rights will have a significant impact on efforts to protect public safety....

Faculty Notes Summer 2022

Faculty Notes Summer 2022

Wettach is honored for work in education advocacy, Siegel serves as special counsel during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, four new faculty books, and more faculty news.

Celebrating Jerome Reichman

A highly innovative and influential scholar of intellectual property law, Reichman retires from teaching — but keeps publishing

Remembering Walter Dellinger

Remembering Walter Dellinger

The renowned constitutional scholar and Supreme Court advocate is also remembered for his kindness and compassion to all

Frakes

Frakes

Michael Frakes’ empirical studies offer pathways to reform of patent review practices that drive up pharmaceutical costs.

Autopsy of a Crime Lab

“Autopsy of a Crime Lab” analyzes how systemic failures in forensics compromise evidence and have called into question untold numbers of convictions.

Copy This Book!

Copy This Book!

Two new facuilty-authored textbooks can be downloaded, copied, and shared — for free.

Zhang Hire

Zhang Hire

Alex Zhang, who previously directed the law library at Washington and Lee and held positions at Stanford and Michigan, will also be the Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law and associate dean of information services.

Qiao Hire

Shitong Qiao, who was previously on the law faculty at the University of Hong Kong, was a visiting professor at Duke Law during the spring 2019 semester.

Magazine Cover - Rebooting America

Winter 2021
Volume 40 | Number 1