Archive  |  Fall 2021  |  Volume 40 No. 2

Dean Kerry Abrams

From the Dean

Taking pride in our community’s adaptability to changes in legal fields and the challenges of returning to campus

Law student and clinic clients
Clinic News: A digest of recent advocacy, achievements, and outcomes from Duke Law’s clinics
International Studies Dean illustration

Recognizing significant legal clerkships, fellowships, and honors

Farrin and law school
Justice Moseneke

Bolch Prize celebration honors Justices Moseneke, Marshall

Janse Haywood

Convocation 2021
Newman ’88 urges graduates to help “bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice”

See more articles in The Commons >

ESG Cover art

How the environmental, social, and governance movement is gaining ground in boardrooms, law firms, and legal scholarship

Photo of Zhang, Quiao and Aguirre

New Hires

Zhang named director of Goodson Law Library

Qiao: Property and urban law scholar focuses on comparative law and China

Aguirre: Business law scholar studies socially conscious firms

Brandon Garrett and Autopsy of a Crime Lab book

Office Hours

Autopsy of a Crime Lab

In his new book, Brandon Garrett illuminates the flaws in forensic science

Andrea Nelson Meigs ’94

Alumni Profile

Lawyers and Leaders

Andrea Nelson Meigs ’94, a partner at United Talent Agency in L.A., discusses her path to becoming a leading motion picture talent agent with Dean Kerry Abrams

James Bergin LLM ’93

Alumni Profile

A deal lawyer on the pandemic’s front lines

The top lawyer at Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health, James Bergin LLM ’93 is helping to get the COVID-19 vaccine to some of the world’s most vulnerable populations

Sarah Bloom Raskin

Former deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin awarded distinguished professorship

Arti Rai testifying

Faculty Notes: Rai appointed as advisor in Commerce Department, Schroeder confirmed to head Office of Legal Counsel, and more faculty news

Theresa Newman ’88

Theresa Newman ’88, clinical professor and Wrongful Convictions Clinic co-director, retires

Paul Carrington

Remembering Paul Carrington, renowned scholar, transformative dean

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Gabriel Carillo JD/MD ’23

Student Profile

Gabriel Carrillo III JD/MD ’23 plans to use his concurrent training in medicine and law to both fight against disease and influence the future of health care

Student giving victory sign

Sua Sponte

Honoring the Class of 2020