Faculty and alumni are helping shape policy on the use of artificial intelligence to maximize its benefits while guarding against potential harms| Duke Law Magazine
Macy ’22 and Stone ’20 serving as Supreme Court clerks John Macy ’22 and Donovan Stone ’20 are serving as Supreme Court clerks for the October 2024 term. Macy is clerking for Associate Justice Samuel Alito and Stone is clerking for Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. They are the twelfth and thirteenth Duke Law graduates […] The post Supreme Court Clerks 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was celebrated as the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law. The post Bolch Prize 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Insignes Recognizing significant legal clerkships, fellowships, and honors Nick Opoku LLM ’24, a corporate lawyer from Ghana, is the first international LLM graduate to be awarded the Farrin Fellowship. Funded by James Farrin ’90 and the North Carolina law firm bearing his name, the fellowship will support Opoku’s work for the next year on the […] The post Insignes 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
The Duke Endowment Challenge Broadens donor base, bolsters financial aid and public interest support In 2022, The Duke Endowment awarded Duke Law School a $10 million grant to bolster financial aid and public interest assistance funds for students to study and launch careers in law. The grant came with a challenge: Match the commitment with […] The post Duke Endowment Challenge 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Distinguished Professorships Professors Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Elisabeth de Fontenay, Sara Sternberg Greene, Veronica Root Martinez, and Emily Ryo have been awarded distinguished professorships from Duke University. They are among 32 faculty from across the university who were recognized this year. The appointments went into effect on July 1, except for de Fontenay who received her […] The post Distinguished Professorships 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Inaugural Duke Law Faculty Awards Adler, Rich, Foster, and Grant were nominated by their peers for excellence in scholarship, teaching, institutional service, and community engagement. Professors Matthew Adler, Rebecca Rich, Andrew Foster, and Crystal Grant were honored in December as the inaugural recipients of the Duke Law Faculty Awards. Dean Kerry Abrams and Professor Neil […] The post Duke Law Faculty Awards 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
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 play a vital role in fulfilling the academic mission of the Law School. Whether through teaching, […] The post Professorship Dinner 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Yaron Nili, scholar of corporate and securities law, joins faculty Yaron Nili, a scholar and teacher of corporate law, corporate governance, and securities law, joined Duke Law School on July 1 as a professor of law. Most recently, Nili was a professor of law and the Smith-Rowe Faculty Fellow in Business Law at the University […] The post Yaron Nili 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Jenkins appears on CBS Sunday Morning Clinical Professor of Law Jennifer Jenkins JD/MA ’97 was featured in a CBS News Sunday Morning segment on copyright and the public domain on April 14. Jenkins, director of Duke Law’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, told correspondent Lee Cowan that allowing works into the public […] The post Faculty Notes 2024 appeared first on Duke Law Magazine.| Duke Law Magazine
Alumni profile Full Circle Umbraphile Evan Zucker ’79 has spent a lifetime documenting solar eclipses For Evan Zucker ’79, time can’t blot out memories of his first solar eclipse. “It was 1963, I was 8, and I was playing outside in upstate New York,” Zucker says. “I knew the eclipse was coming, and I could […]| Duke Law Magazine
In this issue: 100 years of Duke Law; Justice Sandra Day O'Connor awarded the Bolch Prize; distinguished faculty; alumni books.| Duke Law Magazine
Nita Farahany JD/MA '04 PhD '06 proposes establishing a human right to mental privacy in her new book "The Battle for Your Brain"| Duke Law Magazine