by Melinda Vaughn | Apr 15, 2020 | Latest News
State and federal judges are moving quickly to address the unique challenges of ensuring that the courts remain operational during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a panel of judicial leaders convened by the Bolch Judicial Institute and The American Law Institute....
by Melinda Vaughn | Feb 1, 2020 | Latest News
Manuel Sager, the former ambassador of Switzerland to the United States, was appointed to the Bolch Judicial Institute Advisory Board in a unanimous vote by board members at a meeting in December 2019. Sager completed an LLM in international law at Duke in 1985 and...
by Melinda Vaughn | Nov 22, 2019 | Latest News
The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren is deservedly famous for making its mark in an era of high-profile cases. The Exum Court of North Carolina is decidedly less famous — but had a similar impact, according to a new book by North Carolina Supreme...
by Melinda Vaughn | Nov 13, 2019 | Latest News
Judge Richard Gergel, a 1979 Duke Law graduate and U.S. District Court judge for the District of South Carolina, spoke to Duke Law students on Monday, Nov. 11, about his new book, Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President...
by Melinda Vaughn | Jun 5, 2019 | Latest News
Duke’s oldest law journal, Law & Contemporary Problems, has published several thesis papers written by judges who are graduates of the Bolch Judicial Institute’s Master of Judicial Studies program. The papers comprise a special edition of the journal titled...