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Bolch Video Library

Welcome to the Bolch Video Library, a curated collection of lectures, conversations, and special programs produced by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. These videos reflect the Institute’s work to study and advance rule-of-law principles, judicial independence, and law reform through technology, innovation, and education.

The library features programming for judges in the United States and around the world, as well as content that supports research, teaching, scholarship, and civic education. Together, these videos highlight the Institute’s mission to strengthen courts, promote public understanding of the judiciary, and recognize exceptional efforts to uphold the rule of law.

Additional videos are available on the Duke Law School YouTube Channel, which contains the Bolch Judicial Institute’s playlist.

Featured Videos

 

Star Rule of Law Series | Attacks on Judges: What Can We Do?

Why Judges Have Lifetime Appointments — Explained

Why State Court Judicial Elections Matter

Understanding the Rule of Law

Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian 2025 | Bob Bauer & Jack Goldsmith

Bolch Prize 2025 | A Conversation with Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law: A Ceremony Honoring Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

Civics Break | The Courts and You

Civics Break | The Rule of Law and the Foundations of the Judiciary

Civics Break | The Job of Judging

How the Supreme Court is Reshaping the Role of Government Agencies in Our Everyday Lives

Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian 2024 | Judge Esther Salas

Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law: A Ceremony Honoring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Bolch Prize 2024 | A Panel Discussion with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s Former Law Clerks

Duke Law Journal | Conversation with Profs. Brandon Garrett, Joseph Blocher, and Judge Paul W. Grimm

Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian 2023 | Prof. Harold Hongju Koh

Bolch Institute | Afghan Women Judges in Crisis: A Discussion with IAWJ Judges

Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law: A Ceremony Honoring the International Association of Women Judges

Bolch Institute | Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat

North Carolina Supreme Court Candidates Forum

Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian 2022 | James E. Coleman Jr.

Bolch Institute | Ribbon Cutting for the Bolch Prize Pedestal at Duke Law

Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law: A Ceremony Honoring Judge J. Clifford Wallace

Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law: A Celebration of Hon. Dikgang Moseneke & Hon. Margaret H. Marshall

Bolch Institute | Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Judge Jacqueline Nguyen

Jennie Lee Anderson and David Kessler discuss best practices regarding proportional discovery

Beyond COVID | Election 2020: Post-Election Litigation

Beyond COVID Clip | Did Trump abuse his power as president?

Beyond COVID Clip | The American Presidency: An Historical Primer

Beyond COVID | The U.S. Presidency: Looking Forward

Bolch Institute | Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Judge Andrew Oldham

Hon. Carla Archie (Duke LLM ’20) talks about writing her master’s thesis on recidivism

Hon. Betsy Chestney (Duke LLM ’20) talks about writing her master’s thesis on judicial behavior

Lemkin Rule of Law Guardian 2020 | Benjamin B. Ferencz

Hon. Sam Thumma (Duke LLM ’20) talks about writing his master’s thesis on anti-lenity statutes

Coping with COVID | The Plague of Excessive Force; Working Together to Find a Cure

Coping with COVID: When is it Safe to Work?

Coping with COVID: Jury Trials, Mediations, and Complex Litigation

Coping with COVID: Leadership Perspectives from the Private Sector

Bolch Institute | Congratulations to the Master of Judicial Studies Class of 2020!

Bolch Institute | Coping with COVID: How Law Schools are Educating Students & Fostering Community

Bolch Institute | Coping with COVID: Legal Services Organizations on the Front Lines

Bolch Institute | Coping with COVID: How Courts are Preserving Access to Justice

Bolch Institute | Judgment Calls: A Conversation with Hon. Dikgang Moseneke

Bolch Institute | Judgment Calls: Conversation with Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall

Richard Gergel | Unexampled Courage: An Untold Story of American Civil Rights History

Bolch Institute | Judicial Review: A Conversation with Justice David Collins

David Collins | Why Nine: A Conversation on Court Packing

Bolch Institute | Fees, Fines, Bail & the Destitution Pipeline: What Can State Courts Do?

Bolch Prize 2019 | Anthony M. Kennedy

Bolch Institute | 51 Imperfect Solutions: A Judicial Roundtable

Bolch Institute | David F. Levi & Jon O. Newman, Judgment Calls

Bolch Institute | Jon O. Newman, Federal Sentencing: The Good, the Bad & the Awful