by Eric Surber | Jan 12, 2024 | Latest News
PICTURED ABOVE: JUDGES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES TRAVELED TO DUKE FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO ACCEPT THE 2023 BOLCH PRIZE FOR THE RULE OF LAW. Dear Friends and Colleagues, When I accepted the position of director at the Bolch Judicial Institute...
by Eric Surber | Jan 10, 2024 | Latest News
In an article published on Jan. 9, 2024, on Law.com, Director Paul W. Grimm called on bar associations to organize swift and coordinated responses against unfair attacks on the judiciary and judges. “It is disappointing to me that the organized bars, who are most...
by Eric Surber | Dec 13, 2023 | Bolch Prize, Latest News
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has been named the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. A ceremony will be held in her honor on April 4, 2024, at Duke University. Justice...
by Eric Surber | Dec 8, 2023 | Latest News, Trauma-Informed Courts
The N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby’s Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts issued its final report on November 30, 2023. Chief Justice Newby, a member of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School’s advisory board, established the task force in March...
by Eric Surber | Dec 4, 2023 | Latest News
Sandra Day O’Connor, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1981 until her retirement in 2006, died Dec. 1 at age 93. She was the first female justice in the Court’s history. David F. Levi, president of the American Law Institute and the James B. Duke and...