by Eric Surber | Feb 17, 2022 | Latest News
Duke Law School Professor Emeritus Walter E. Dellinger III, a renowned constitutional lawyer, leading Supreme Court advocate, and acting solicitor general and assistant attorney general during the Clinton administration, died Feb. 16 at the age of 80. David F. Levi,...
by Eric Surber | Jan 31, 2022 | Latest News
Judge Diane P. Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit will be a “virtual visitor” to Duke Law this month as part of the Bolch Judicial Institute’s Distinguished Judge in Residence program. As part of her residency, Judge Wood will join a course taught...
by Eric Surber | Jan 27, 2022 | Latest News
Judge J. Michelle Childs, a 2016 graduate of Duke Law School’s Master of Judicial Studies program and a recent nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is reported to be under consideration for Justice Stephen Breyer’s seat...
by Eric Surber | Jan 26, 2022 | Latest News
United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer spoke about his new book, The Authority of the Court and the Perils of Politics, and his views on judicial decision-making with David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School and president...
by Eric Surber | Jan 26, 2022 | Judgment Calls Podcast
“If you want a rule of law, if you want it in reality and not on paper, you can’t just talk to the judges and you can’t just talk to the lawyers. . . . It is the people in the towns, in the villages. Contrary to popular belief, of our 331 million...